#First time Speed Paint and Slap Chop

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zealous cedar
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Hello! This is my first time using Speed paint and the slap chop method. My main question is about how bright your dry brushing should be... I left some spots rather dark and have noticed that the Speedpaint did not do well over that area. I thought this might just be because the speedpaint is pink and that does not cover well? However I moved onto a blue and that seems to be not covering well over the darker areas either. Should I have done more drybrushing? Or do I need another coat of speedpaint over the whole thing again?

Thanks for any help!

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I have also considered that I might need to use a thicker coat of the speed paint. I just painted another blue one leaving a much thicker amount of speedpaint on

mint kindle
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Heya! So normally for speed paints you want as much contrast prior to application . You'll get the brightest color on the white surfaces. Now some colors similar to normal ones don't cover as good as others. So testing them before hand is helpful

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On darker areas it won't show up quite as vibrant and usually will remain darker. Some people will do white to grey instead of to black areas for some.models

zealous cedar
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Thanks! I think one of my problems is it has shown up very blotchy and im not sure why that is. It did improve significantly on a model that I did two coats on! I think in retrospect maybe I shouldnt have primed them black, but maybe a grey and then drybrushed in white

mint kindle
zealous cedar
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Maybe, its blotchy in very weird places. I think mostly in places that I couldnt dry brush well, not really places that I think the paint would pool. Its like the paint didnt cover well over those places because they were left mostly black

austere estuary
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Are you mixing in a speedpaint medium?

zealous cedar
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I am not. I am not really sure what the Medium is for

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I think a lot of it has to do with the black priming and poor dry brushing. I am repriming one of them in white and going to try again and see how it comes out

austere estuary
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For speedpaint, I prime in black also, but I drybrush white pretty heavily. Unless you want an area to remain dark, you might be better off with a grey prime or bonewhite maybe. Medium is to thin the speedpaints, but if you're happy with the paint out of the bottle then stick with it.