Great job man!!! I've gotta get on repainting my Landfilll in G1 Devestator colours...

Great job man!!! I've gotta get on repainting my Landfilll in G1 Devestator colours...

That would be one helluva Landfill - be sure to post pics when you do.

 

I think the tricky part would be getting the colors JUST right.......

Me likey.

Great job man!!! I've gotta get on repainting my Landfilll in G1 Devestator colours...

That would be one helluva Landfill - be sure to post pics when you do.

 

I think the tricky part would be getting the colors JUST right.......

lol that and FINDING my Landfill......

 

ech 20 yrs of collecting has left my Shelves in shambles

Ah, the alter-ego black wins me over every time.

 

Questions:

 

1. Did you paint the merged set or each of them one at a time and then combine them?

 

2. If you wanted to really spend the $s on paint, what is out there and why is it better or not?

 

Thanks again for sharing.

Ah, the alter-ego black wins me over every time.

 

Questions:

 

1. Did you paint the merged set or each of them one at a time and then combine them?

 

2. If you wanted to really spend the $s on paint, what is out there and why is it better or not?

 

Thanks again for sharing.

I painted each of the individual figures, THEN combined them. The black is spraypainted, the gold, red and silver are brushed. It's much easier to paint something that doesn't move around too much, which makes the individual figures a better route. Stability is good.

 

I'm not much on knowing how much each type of paint costs, but the Tamiya paints I used were $5 a bottle for the spraypaint, and $2 for the acrylic paints I used for highlights. I'd estimate I used about 1.5 cans of the black spraypaint for both this Landfill AND the "EVIL OPTIMUS" I have posted here as well. The acrylics go a LONG way, so long as you're careful.

 

The Tamiya stuff is really good, I'm quite pleased with it. But I haven't used any others, so I don't have much for a basis of comparison.

 

Also, look out for a thread I just posted of a repainted Energon Megatron, I'm definitely getting better at it!