Painting Tutorial: Prepping Canopies - 40K Terra

Mart007 · 10-20-2007

(Moved from my Project log - will post tutorials on this board from now on)

Okay the first of my step by step.

It is hard to get a clean canopy with standard painting, the best way around this is by masking and spraying. Now I am doing this black, if you are using a different colour for your army thats fine do the same as I am in black, when you come to painting your colour, lightly go over the top of the raised area in the desired colour leaving black in the ridges, leaving you the clean look.

K

you will need masking tape (this is just standard decorating tape - cheap!)

you will need a knife (with fresh blade, that is key)

First stick tape all over canopy (i use two layers to be safe)

Then, with your finger nail push tape into crease firmly

With knife "carefully" go round ridges getting right into the crease

once that is done (have a good check you've got into corners first) slowly peel back tape using your knife to nick any uncut tape

You should have something like this

Now carefully check canopy, you may have some bits that need attention

just put a little bit of tape over it and re cut

now you need to slap some tape on the underside (again, check that no spray can get under)

and voila your ready to go!

Ok hope that helps someone, I know SoB have some canopies that you can use this on.

(I'll show you them sprayed tomorrow)

PS, if you want blacked out window do as above and then paint glass on the inside, looks like proper glass then.

Lord Commander Erus · 10-20-2007

Will make sure to refer the missus here when it comes time!

Ikarus · 10-20-2007

This is really a nice and simple tutorial. I love it, and it does make sense so easily... how to paint canaopies. + Rep + Thanks.

Lord Commander Erus · 10-20-2007

+ rep indeed! I just recommended this to a friend who is painting a FW thunderhawk!! He loved it!

vicius13 · 10-29-2007

Dude, looks great, do you use citadel paints?

Mart007 · 10-30-2007

I use Citadel Under coat. You must spray to get the clean lines. As I say even if your painting the canopy another coluer spray it with the black undercoat and lightly paint the raised bits with your colour.

Though you can use any colour spray you like.

10-20-2007	#1 (permalink)
Mart007 Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 1 Thanks: 102 Thanked 93 Times in 68 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Painting Tutorial: Prepping Canopies (Moved from my Project log - will post tutorials on this board from now on) Okay the first of my step by step. It is hard to get a clean canopy with standard painting, the best way around this is by masking and spraying. Now I am doing this black, if you are using a different colour for your army thats fine do the same as I am in black, when you come to painting your colour, lightly go over the top of the raised area in the desired colour leaving black in the ridges, leaving you the clean look. K you will need masking tape (this is just standard decorating tape - cheap!) you will need a knife (with fresh blade, that is key) First stick tape all over canopy (i use two layers to be safe) Then, with your finger nail push tape into crease firmly With knife "carefully" go round ridges getting right into the crease once that is done (have a good check you've got into corners first) slowly peel back tape using your knife to nick any uncut tape You should have something like this Now carefully check canopy, you may have some bits that need attention just put a little bit of tape over it and re cut now you need to slap some tape on the underside (again, check that no spray can get under) and voila your ready to go! Ok hope that helps someone, I know SoB have some canopies that you can use this on. (I'll show you them sprayed tomorrow) PS, if you want blacked out window do as above and then paint glass on the inside, looks like proper glass then. __________________ Follow my log (dont worry, it's a project log) http://www.40kterra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3223

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Lord Commander Erus Your Friendly Neighborhood Heretic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisville, KY (Back home in the bluegrass) Posts: 6,629 Rep Power: 7 Thanks: 170 Thanked 398 Times in 249 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Will make sure to refer the missus here when it comes time! __________________ "Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?" - Odysseus (Troy - 2004) Black Saints Adeptus Astartes Chapter

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Lord Commander Erus Your Friendly Neighborhood Heretic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisville, KY (Back home in the bluegrass) Posts: 6,629 Rep Power: 7 Thanks: 170 Thanked 398 Times in 249 Posts Blog Entries: 5	+ rep indeed! I just recommended this to a friend who is painting a FW thunderhawk!! He loved it! __________________ "Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?" - Odysseus (Troy - 2004) Black Saints Adeptus Astartes Chapter

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Mart007 Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 1 Thanks: 102 Thanked 93 Times in 68 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I use Citadel Under coat. You must spray to get the clean lines. As I say even if your painting the canopy another coluer spray it with the black undercoat and lightly paint the raised bits with your colour. Though you can use any colour spray you like. __________________ Follow my log (dont worry, it's a project log) http://www.40kterra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3223 Last edited by Mart007; 10-30-2007 at 04:02 AM.

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10-29-2007	#5 (permalink)
vicius13 Primer Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dude, looks great, do you use citadel paints?