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Originally Posted by TheSymbiote

wow thats alot of info,do i have to remove the paint completley b4 i paint it.

Nah, at most depending on your needs you might need to base coat it in something. But the easiest approach is to use as much as what's already there to your favor, like skin tones, eyes, etc. Otherwise you should be okay.

And yeah there are a ton of paint brands out there. I've just recently started dabbling the Testor's Masterworks paints, but so far love em, and they cover a wide array of colors and are pretty durable once they completely set in.

It really depends on your needs and paint that you buy. Like for Ironman metallic colors, even with buying a metallic red or whatever color, you might need to put a silver coat down first so it shows up as you need it to. But for solid colors it can vary. And yeah gundam markers aren't worth the money at all. Those are generally a skip unless you absolutely need them for fine work. Another thing that comes in handy is to have a piece of paper or other thing that you can test colors on that you buy, so you have a reference of how it looks before you use it. I generally use old packaging for that. The bubble of the bubble cards comes in handy for that lol.

Water soluable is just the only thing I'd suggest avoiding honestly besides gundam markers. Water soluable is just full of issues unless you're extremely experienced, just as gundam markers are an extreme pain unless you're experienced at how to keep them sealed. And also yeah, gloss paints vary per need. Flats are generally better, but thankfully testor's masterworks has every color in both.