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Originally Posted by The Ark
How did you go about repainting the nose cone? I picked up a couple of extra Acid Storms and plan on repainting them as Skywarp and Thundercracker. These will be my first attempts at TF repainting.
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Sounds very simple, but it may be tough for many people. First, take the whole figure apart then repaint all the parts. You can paint it without taking it apart if you have an airbrush. I took mines apart test painting it with a spray gun, and it works very well still. I transform Sunstorm for more than 10 times, didn't get any chip, only on one area on the hand that I didn't clear coat. I test fitted everything before I clear coat. I chipped a few places when test fitting, so ended up repainted some parts. I was going to do some shadowing, but then changed my mind. I think it is better to leave it more "toy looking" with the other Henkei/Classic jets. There are lots of work to be done. I am going to put wax on the figure later to prevent even more from chipping.
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Originally Posted by Bruticus82
That's really great. Almost looks like a metallic quality to the paint like on the old G1 seekers. What types of paint did you use?
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I have six layers of paint on the figure. White base coat, 2 yellow coats, 1 pearl coat, and 1 clear coat. This is called "Tri-coat". But I don't recommand anyone doing this unless you know how to paint Tri-coat. So maybe you can use other source of yellow. I used PPG automotive paint. The figure looks very sparkling if you see the real thing, but then I don't have good lighting or a good camera.
