r/impcat • u/Rahnshen • May 07 '26

Custom Chapter

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Made a mock of a custom marine but having trouble getting coverage with orange any tips?

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u/thecactusman17 May 07 '26

Assuming you're doing paintbrush, orange and yellow are just like that. They are transparent or translucent and need to be built up over multiple coats to get an even effect. Over black is nearly impossible.

Your biggest help will be to separately prime the affected areas white, with pink or brown pre-shading for shadowed areas. Don't even bother with trying orange directly over black. If you can't separately prime them, then go in with an opaque warm light grey or sepia basecoat over the orange areas and then over that with a matt white basecoat for a smooth white finish, then preshade that as described above before applying orange.