Using AK Interactive Acrylic Thinner for Hand Painting Tamiya Acrylic Paints

Seeing the Results I’ve been using Tamiya Acrylics for a very long time now. I really love their paint range, as they mix well, have great coverage, and are easy to thin down for airbrushing. However, they are notoriously difficult when it comes to hand brushing. I’ve had limited success hand brushing them in the … Read more

How to Paint Realistic Gemstones on Miniatures

Build Colour, Contrast and Highlights Transcript* Intro Hey there, it’s Vsauce. Yeah. Hey there, it’s Paul from Sunward Hobbies. Today we’re going to be talking about gems and how to paint them. Gem alert. Gem alert. [laughter and gasps] So yes, today we’re going to be talking about gems [music] um using gem paints. So … Read more

Painting Warhammer 40K Armoured Containers

Getting Battle-Ready! Transcript* Intro Hello there. Welcome to the Sunward Hobbies YouTube channel. My name is Paul and today we will be painting terrain. But this terrain is specific because it serves basically just one purpose to put in your 40k games. Uh now this is the Battlezone Manufacturum. So a factory setting for your … Read more

How to Paint Foam Without Melting It

Diorama Tips Transcript* Intro Hey there. Welcome back to Sunward Hobbies. My name is Paul and today I have a question for you. Are you using Styrofoam or any kind of foam? If you are, then this video is actually quite pressing for you. Assuming you don’t have an airbrush, the first thing you turn … Read more

Meng Fokker Dr.I 1/32 Build Part 8

The Final Reveal Transcript* Intro Hello all. This is David from Sunward Hobbies and welcome to part eight of my Meng Fokker DR1 build. And you know what? No more of this. We are going to finish this kit today. Varnish Coat So, the first thing I’ll be doing is giving everything a varnish coat. … Read more

AMT Kenworth Aerodyne Cabover Review and Build Part 6

Truck Cab Assembly This is the sixth part of the AMT Kenworth Aerodyne Cabover Tractor Truck 1/25 Scale 1463 I’m very excited to dive back into this project and to start working on the interior. I looked up several Aerodyne trucks for reference, and it seemed there wasn’t really a standard set of colors. All … Read more

Can Mr. Color Leveling Thinner Work With Tamiya Acrylics?

Mr Color T108 Transcript* Skit They’re not coming back. Are they with Tamiya lacquer thinner being banned in Canada and their regular acrylic thinner being recalled till god knows when. If Tamiya is your go-to airbrush paint, then I guess you’re screwed, right? They can try all they want, but they will never break our … Read more

Gold Paint Over Brown Primer?

Using a Brown/Mahogany Primer Transcript* Intro Yes, it’s back. So, now that it’s back, we can actually do this sort of experiment. Basically, we will be finding out whether the gold is better when the kit underneath is primed with gloss black. This is Vallejo black or Mahogany or Brown, which is 1,000 from Mr. … Read more

Meng Fokker Dr.I Part 7

The End Is Near Transcript* Intro Hello all. This is David from Sunward Hobbies and welcome to part seven of my Meng 1/32nd scale Fokker DR1 build. In the last part, we finally got around to painting the main air frame in that glorious shade of red. In today’s video, we’re just going to be … Read more

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