Iron Man Model repaint

[Samuelmcguire]

Hi guys 

 

I'm looking at repaint my Dragon Models Iron Man and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good paint to get that nice red metallic look. I'm not to fussed about the gold and silver I think I will look at the alclad colours although I welcome any advice on these as I've never really painted any kind of metallic look before 

 

thanks 

Sam

[Kallisti]

I did the Moebius Iron Man Mk VI kit a couple of years back and used Alclads on them, you can see the thread here 

 

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234955607-iron-man-mk-vi-16-moebius-kit/

 

I used the Alclad gloss black paint then a overall coat of Pale Gold which is then the base coat for the Candy Red which needs a metalic colour underneath to get the best results. This is what it looked like at the end

 

[Samuelmcguire]

Awesome thanks! 

 

Although after a bit of research it looks like alclad doesn't work well with a brush is this true? As I don't have an airbrush and wasn't planning to invest anytime soon..

[Kallisti]

No you can't brush paint Alclad. There are some other metallic paints out there from MiG and so on but I don't know much about them I'm afraid.

[Richard Baker]

Not sure if this will help, but some craft stores & hobby shops sold a simple airbrush which used a can of compressed air - I believe Testers made one.  It was dirt cheap and sufficient for one modeling build.

[Grumpy Popeye]

For my Dragon MK XVII, I used a base coat of Tamiya gold and top coated with Tamiya Mica Red. The red is just slightly translucent, allowing the gold to add a bit of a tint.

 

 

 

Edited March 7, 2017 by Grumpy Popeye

[Richard Baker]

Love that effect- it gives the surface some real depth!