Acrylic paint tips and techniques

[mrsamimi]

Thank you all form the responses, i am a beginner modeler and using Shellack as final finish in my ship, then i realized some areas are painted! That is why i asked, did not know how you protect and finish painted acrylic paint areas.

[mrsamimi]

Update: I found out there is Acrylic Varnish! So inly for painted parts i think i have to use this clear Matt acrylic varnish

[wefalck]

The question is also does one really need to 'protect and finish' painted areas? On a display model, this may not be really needed.

 

The only reason I can see why one wants to varnish a previously painted area is that one wants to have a uniform sheen. However, on a real ship surfaces treated differently would have a different sheen.

 

Many modellers simulate surfaces that on a real ship would have been treated with wood-tar by leaving the wood 'bare' and only varnish it. Or they want to emulate the look of historic models, where the wood would have been varnished or oiled. In this case I would first varnish the whole model and then paint the areas that would have been painted. Beware that acrylics are probably not sticking well to oiled surfaces, even when oxidising oils, such as lineseed or tung oil have been used.