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Lip colour is a common problem for learners Wayne, for some good reasons. It's hard to perceive the colour accurately, as I mentioned here, because there's a natural optical illusion to see the colour as more toward magenta or violet than it is. Relates to this previous thread of yours also...

Just need to check, at the same time, same distance etc? Even minor differences can affect the way primer goes down unfortunately, just backing off a short distance can be enough to cause some additional grain. Also if there was settling in the AB after figure #1 was sprayed the primer coming...

Welcome Wayne. If you'd like to explore any colour differences that someone described like this in a way that's more useful I'd be happy to try to help. Einion

The apron is magnificent Marta I know you intend to weather the goggles but they look fab as they are IMO. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out! Einion

One thing to bear in mind immediately is when you're looking at photos of surviving WW2 examples they are that old, so you can safely assume their colours will have changed at least a bit with wear, exposure to light etc. Here's a large version of that pic of Monty wearing one, retouched to make...

For anyone interested, my reservations about this posted on CMON: http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?53654-Scale-Model-Helper-a-utility-for-color-matching Einion

That looks really great, best of luck with it! Einion

The simple answer is it really doesn't. The fuller answer would probably reach the character limit for a single post. My advice, and I can't put this strongly enough Wayne, is don't even go there. Buying into the artists' notion of 'colour temperature' wholesale can be a terrible handicap...

That has winner written all over it for sure. Einion

Why the new accounts Mark?? Einion

What would you like to work on - scale, subject, cheap-but-good or the best sculpts possible? Humbrol is still a viable choice even if few figure modellers still use them, the results achievable do speak for themselves. Acrylic-type paints do offer many advantages. however there's a very steep...

That's a sweet little kit. Having the hand fully articulated is genius! Einion

I thought eBay first too but I think you're better off looking on a trophy site, found this one and prices seem very reasonable but no idea of the shipping costs. Einion

TVM. Sound advice this. Willow, if a WIP sounds like too much you can just post pics of your work on Painting & Conversions and ask for critique. You're much more likely to get critical feedback when you ask for it on CMON than here. Einion

That is sad news. Too large too early maybe. Einion

Hey, welcome to the hobby. Cheap synthetic brushes aren't a big handicap except when it comes to painting some fine detail (due to the tips hooking over) so it is worth getting at least one decent Kolinsky brush for that purpose as soon as you can manage. No problem with using synthetics for...

That's a lovely bit of work. Difficult pose to pull off and it's worked well because of the good anatomy On the mail though, it's beautifully done but quite overscale. Einion

Welcome Chuck, I'm sure you'll like it. Honestly no need, the homemade type works just as well, and sometimes better - some users of the Masterson palette don't like the membrane paper it's supplied with and substitute something of their own. Just to mention, I usually mix any colour in bulk...

If anyone is interested in trying a stay-wet palette very quickly to see the advantage it's very easy to knock up a rudimentary one, you may have all the materials in the house already. You just need something to act as the reservoir (piece of damp kitchen paper/paper towel, sponge or cloth) and...

They're useful even for shorter stints. You should notice the difference immediately when you try one, even over less than an hour as there's no drying in from the edges of a puddle of paint which starts nearly immediately on a plastic or ceramic palette surface. Also the paint doesn't keep on...