[Random note] How to repare from peeling paint, over shadowed skin, garbage on it, or peeling when scraping... without removal of paint (Patreon)

In this issue, I would like to pick up on the "how to recover without removing the paint".

Specifically, I'm talking about skin main recovery, but it can probably be applied, so "I don't want to remove the paint!" Try this when you find yourself in a situation where you have to!

┃An example of why I don't remove paint and reapply it and some example

■The reason for not removing the paint is to pursue efficiency

First of all, why not remove the paint? Simply to save time, paint, solvent, and labor.

Most people who have been painting and assembling garage kits for a long time have experienced soaking parts in a bath of solvent and repainting them when they were a beginner and didn't like the paint job.

However, when you gain some skills and start working on paint sample or commission work, you may be paid by the hour. So basically, there will be a need to cut down on unnecessary work.

Of course, if the work is for yourself, you can repaint it until it is in ideal condition, but if it is for a job, you may cause trouble for the client by taking too much time.

Therefore, I try to think of and experiment with recovery methods that are as lean as possible.

If you are still focusing only on your own work, you do not need to think much about recovery methods. For those who are pursuing efficiency or want to do commissions in the future, it is useful to be aware of this.

┃Eye painting should also be done in a way that does not require redoing as much as possible

When working with eye paint, I apply the skin later for efficiency.

I often spend the most time here because the face is the most important.

A simple one takes 10 hours, and a complex one takes about 20 hours.

By the way, I do not paint eyes with lacquer paint.

This is because I don't think it is efficient for people who are already accustomed to enamel brush painting to paint with lacquer.

Of course, if you are used to lacquer brush painting from the beginning, or if you practice, you will be able to draw eyes with lacquer.

However, lacquer has a strong solvent smell and requires constant ventilation, so I don't feel the need to use it. And It dries too quickly.

The method of painting eyes first can be corrected in this way even if a mistake is made in the skin tone.

https://twitter.com/sukimasangyo2/status/1630574961902628864

Of course, the ideal is to match the skin tone appropriately while checking another skin part to avoid such a situation, but mistakes are made on rare occasions.

Even in such cases, it's better if we don't have to redraw all the way down to the eyes. It's really hard to redraw eyes that are already perfectly fixed...

And now that I have written about why I avoid it to some extent, let me cut to the chase.

┃An example of recovery without paint removal

■Recovery when thick coating peels off

If a thick paint film like this peels off due to part interference (mainly impact), it can be filled in and then recovered by painting with color-matched paint.

More details are written in the following post.

[Random Tips] How to repair parts damaged after painting or chipped paint and specific examples

https://www.patreon.com/posts/65661915

■Repair of small paint chips that would not be visible after built

If you have taken the time to watch the video of Captain Marine in the 3D Edition, you will see that he is repairing the paint chips in the tights area.

Here it is. First, enamel paint is used to create a color similar to the tights color. Then I dilute the color with enamel solvent and retouch it by dotting it with a brush.

You can retouch well by using a Kimwipe to absorb excess paint and dotting it with a density that is just enough to snatch it away.

Wipe off the overhang (the edge of the chipped area) with Finish Master (or Rubihead). It is best to do this carefully, as paint usually accumulates on the edges and becomes darker and more noticeable.

Now the paint chips are almost invisible.

Fortunately, this tights area was an area to be painted darker again, so it was possible to retouch it, but depending on the stage of painting, such retouching may be difficult in some cases. Everything is on a case-by-case basis. It is difficult.

By the way, I use this method for retouching skin tones. I mainly use mucous membrane clear for skin tones*, so I can do the exact same repair with enamel mucous membrane clear. Overwhelming efficiency......!

I am so grateful that you released it.

Model Kasten's Mucous Clear (C-12) does not appear to be available outside of Japan. However, it is possible to create a similar color by toning. Please refer to the following post about it.

Sukima's skin color painting method memorandum (paints needed to create pinkish skin)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/sukimas-skin-to-73845556

Almost 90% of the time, the skin paint chips when small black spots (paint dust or splashes) or dust are placed on the skin-colored area and scraped off with a design knife.

In such cases, using the method described above as a repair method is really easy because it can be repaired extremely quickly.

■ Retouching of painted bald spots on the skin (added 20230326)

As an actual example, I will also post an example of skin retouching.

In the video, the process of smoothing out the eyes was skipped, but in fact, even the skin tone was removed at that time...

I had to remove quite a large area, but as mentioned above, I mainly use mucous membrane clear to create skin tones, so if I dot the skin tone with enamel mucous membrane clear, I can retouch it to a level that is almost unrecognizable.

As the name suggests, Mucous membrane clear is a clear paint, so the more layers are applied, the darker the color becomes. Therefore, the key point is to spread the paint as thinly as possible to avoid unevenness.

It is enough if you can do it to this extent. It is probably not visible at first glance.

If you matte coat it with this, you won't be able to tell where the retouched is!

Of course, there are cases where the retouching area is too large or in too conspicuous a location to be addressed. In such cases, it may be necessary to remove the skin coating gracefully.

I was not sure whether to remove the skin color at that time, but I am glad that I was able to retouch it to the extent that it was not noticeable.

I have also uploaded a video of the retouching!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/80556354

■Coat areas with too dark skin tone shadow with skin tone surfacer → retouch with safresh paint

Until recently, I thought that skin-colored parts should be removed and repainted gracefully if the paint job failed, but when I decided to apply Gaianotes' Surfacer EvoFresh (GS-05) to the part I wanted to repaint, it blended in unexpectedly.

So I thought, "If that's the case, why not reapply the shadow with mucous membrane clear on top of this? I tried it and it really worked. Amazing...

Here are some after-the-fact photos, but can you tell which areas were repainted?

Well, I say shadow, so it is the circled area.

If the mucous membrane clear is painted while the skin-colored surfacer is still drying, the pink color will be slightly stronger, but you may not notice it if you are told that you have repainted this area while looking at the real object.

I thought it was a practical enough recovery method since the level was almost unrecognizable.

┃The key to work efficiency is to always consider repair methods that do not remove paint

It is not necessarily a method that is recommended for everyone, and it goes without saying that it is not necessary for those who are just doing it as a hobby to begin with.

However, if you really need to improve your work efficiency, it is essential to incorporate these efficiency improvement methods. I hope this will be of some help to you.