foz75 93 Posted August 2, 2020 Does anyone use a Sharpie or other permanent black marker instead of paint for detailing, either inside the shell before painting, or on the outside? Have seen this on a few videos but not sure how good the results actually are. A couple of different sized permanent markers are surely cheaper than a full can of paint, would last for ages and would make masking easier? And can anyone advise on how close ps-16 metallic blue and ps-59 dark metallic blue compare to ps-4 blue? Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howards 450 Posted August 3, 2020 PS4 is quite rich and dark when applied in a few coats. See the Terra Scorcher box art. You could probably re-create PS-59 by doing two - three light coats of PS4 then backing with silver then black. PS16 is lighter and translucent (although it's not specifically a translucent colour) and needs a backing coat of white or black or silver to be a 'solid' colour. If you backed PS16 with white, you'd get something close to PS4 but it would be metallic. Not as rich or deep though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foz75 93 Posted August 3, 2020 OK thanks, but I don't quite understand why I'd want to recreate PS59 with a few coats of PS4, then backing with two other colours? Why not just use PS59? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howards 450 Posted August 3, 2020 3 hours ago, foz75 said: OK thanks, but I don't quite understand why I'd want to recreate PS59 with a few coats of PS4, then backing with two other colours? Why not just use PS59? No reason, was a way I thought of illustrating the closeness of the match of the base colour. Given that you can't create a non-metallic from a metallic, it seemed to make sense to illustrate it that way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites