Action Figure Customizing Tip: Skin Shading With Pastels

[@JeremyCollinsworth]

Robo, we need you to remake this video with your new camera system that shoes detail. I've never seen this technique before.

[@D8O2M]

"Im just looking for crevices" -every Desperate college student ever

[@Lobo_cafetero]

2020 and still watching

[@louisqui7861]

Thanks for the tip. Your the Bob Ross for custom figure painting in this vid.

[@christophercerda]

its not that your using acrylic pastels, your using dry hard pastels. any dry pastels aren't oil based. soft pastels are oil based. as long as dry pastels are used your good. so the viewers cam search them under dry pastels.

[@rizkyfajaradiputra6609]

christophercerda So It's better to use dry pastel than soft pastel for pastel shading pvc figures? Dry pastel is the same as hard pastel, right?

[@Lobo_cafetero]

We need some more of these!

[@aguilartist]

? 🤔do you spray something after you are done coating it with the pastels so it can stay set and won’t rub of. Because it would suck if you do put time into doing something like that and then it would just come of easily. Thank you for sharing.

[@SpiderS2099]

Neat technique, btw that Warpath custom looks awesome.

[@TheFwoosh]

SpiderS Thanks man! THe Warpath is a bit old. Well, all of my customs are a bit old, need to get back at it.

[@kuldipbinning1989]

Great technique.

[@mrrictus]

You sound so subdued here in comparison to your much later vids lol.

[@TheFwoosh]

Swoldier_ Boi Haha, yeah, it throws me how different these older ones are. Much more comfortable now.

[@collectornerd1138]

Do you fix chipped off paint first skin tone neck

[@kairus1]

did u make the warpath custom?? looks awesome!

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, out of an old Rhyno figure.

[@gabe5499]

The Fwoosh what rhino figure is that?

[@kiltedcripple]

You were so damned Goobertown Hobbies back then. It's kind of hilarious now.

[@mahmoodalmahmood7014]

Can use dry brushing with acrylic skin tone paint?

[@Mustardknuckles]

Is there some kind of sealer that you put on after?

[@TheFwoosh]

I usually use Testors Dullcote on everything.

[@MarvelMenace8]

great idea.

[@rkttkr]

Very nice shading tips for action figures. I've done some custom work on my King Thor, not painting though. Check it out when you can. I subbed as well.

[@ignatiusroger]

Thanks for this video....something easy to start with. After the dullcote, it last? How long to dry it after spray?

[@TheFwoosh]

I usually let it sit a few hours, make sure it's nice and sealed.

[@pyjamagenie]

What stops the pastels from just rubbing off?

[@TheFwoosh]

You have to Dullcote it or seal it with your preferred sealer. Be careful if you spray, it may blow some of the pastel away. Just lightly spray it in a quick pass.

[@pyjamagenie]

I was wondering what you meant by dullcote in the video. Is that some type of spray?

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, it's a spray sealer that protects your paint after you're finished. bit.ly/1rKcbzz There are a lot of different brands but Testors Dullcote is my preferred method.

[@joramishere]

Who is this dude talking? This isn't even Robo hahaha

[@TheFwoosh]

Haha, oh yeah it is, back in the "I'm freaking out, why did I get picked to do the KZbin videos, must hide accent, why why why" days. I can't even go back and watch most of these, so bad, heh.

[@mr.e...]

Unintentional ASMR

[@rizkyfajaradiputra6609]

Do we have to spray with topcoat before applying the pastel?

[@TheFwoosh]

It helps the pastel adhere, adds a little surface. You don't HAVE to, but it does work better.

[@gremlinbd]

i use this on model kits(mostly like here, to do shading on figs, but also weathering)... i don't want to just be contradictory, but especially with bare, injection plastic like this i find the pastels wipe/blow off far too easily and just putting on a clear coat before pastels is a night and day difference with control and coverage. also, going over acrylics tends to stick too well, so i use the same method of clear-coating before applying

[@lugomat]

@@gremlinbd I'm gonna try this for the first time, so... Coating, then pastels, then coating again? Thank you for all the useful info 🙏

[@gremlinbd]

@@lugomat yes. I usually start with a coat of paint that's dried, topcoat that with dullcote and wait around 20-30 minutes. It'll be dry, but not 24 hrs. dry. Then I apply my pastels and dullcote again, first with a light mist coat from further away to avoid too much direct airflow, then again after about 20-30 minutes to give it a full smooth finish.

[@lugomat]

@@gremlinbd thank you very much 💗

[@jaredkofoed3963]

Encore!!! Encore!!!

[@BatFan1]

How come you dont do more customs?

[@edwarddillon5886]

10:29 burp talk?

[@TheFwoosh]

Don't make me click back to the green background videos, they suck so much, haha. I annoy myself listening to them.

[@edwarddillon5886]

Your custom videos are really helpful, I would of never have guessed to use pastels on figures. Brilliant!