>>7625184>Any tips?General artist tips would be fairly applicable here like basic brush handling.
If you have a shaky hand, you can brace against the edge of the table like I do, or train your slow twitch painting muscles like real artists. There are plenty of exercises to do this.
Use pointed tipped brushes for 70% of work
Flat for large broad areas, like really large
Exotic brushes for exotic effects (dont bother until you have the basics)
Thinner, of course. How much depends on your environment. Just test and test and you'll be fine. Remember that testing is not about measurements, but about brush feel, since the paint quality changes as the solvent off gases, and includes the condition and quality of the coverage when the paint actually dries. Look less at the amounts but how the paint actually reacts on your palette and on your brush (will save you countless hours of confusion when the humidity changes or when the temperature goes up by 0.001 degrees)
Dont load up the entire brush, paint should only get up to the mid point of the bristles
Smaller is not better due to this reason, you'll be using 10000 brush strokes on a moderate sized part. A good size 4-6 brush will do all of your leg work for you. If you want corner coverage, then swap to a smaller brush.
Paint preference is extremely important as it will decide what brushes to get from the beginning. I prefer enamels but it's super effective on Bandai plastic and will result in death of the model if too much thinner is used. Acrylics will give you lots of flexibility, but achieving a smooth thinner is harder imo. Dont use water to thin because of the surface tension.
>>7625190>Just buy a pack of disposable plastic spoonsDo both, spoons are good for testing colour and pigment coverage, but the actual thing will teach you how to paint real parts
