Liquid masking agent advice needed.

[Mark Yungblut]

Hey all,

I have started to put this figure together:

So my question is what is a good liquid masking agent. I want to do the metal in the armor as a natural finish. So, there are places on the bottom half of the figure that will need to be masked and then the mask will need to stay in place till the end of the painting process. I need something that will coat the chain mail yet not tear badly when I pull it up.

What I want to try to avoid is going back and picking tons of little pieces of latex or the like. I know I'll have to pick out some I just don't want huge bunches of little bits to have to deal with.

Cheers,

Mark

 

[btavis]

The best protective coating I have ever used is called Spraylat and is used in sign making. I am not sure if you can get it in small quantities. I had a gallon I bought years ago. Perhaps if there is a sign painting shop near you you can get a small quantity. It dries a transparent blue color that you can see detail through.

http://www.spraylat.co.uk/index.php

The other thing I have used is rubber cement which also dries transparent. Another thing to use is blue tac for masking. It is easy to remove but is opaque and it is hard to get crisp edges. Tank modelers use it for creating camo patterns that can be airbrushed.

 

[megroot]

I should do it with Blue Tac.
Works like hell.

Marc

 

[gioazz]

Hey all,

I have started to put this figure together:

So my question is what is a good liquid masking agent. I want to do the metal in the armor as a natural finish. So, there are places on the bottom half of the figure that will need to be masked and then the mask will need to stay in place till the end of the painting process. I need something that will coat the chain mail yet not tear badly when I pull it up.

What I want to try to avoid is going back and picking tons of little pieces of latex or the like. I know I'll have to pick out some I just don't want huge bunches of little bits to have to deal with.

Cheers,

Mark

Hi Mark,

The best solution to use with a brush are:

Maskol from Humbrol

Mr Masking Sol Neo from Gunze Sangyo

You use these like a normal paint, when done you just peel it off.

Hope this helps.

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[Diegoff]

I use Liquid Masking Film of Talens for watercolour. It is very easy to find in artists shops and works fine.

 

[Einion]

I use something very like the one Diego recommended, W&N's version.

More options from Dick Blick here.

Einion