To paint or not?

[TK-0380]

I was wondering what the general consensus was on painting the abs vs just weathering over it as is. Thanks. 

[Chopper]

You mean painting the armor white and then weathering over it? Are you concerned about diff shades of ABS plastic or something of that nature? Otherwise, that seems like a lot of extra work for not a whole lot of benefit?

[TK-0380]

16 minutes ago, Chopper said:

You mean painting the armor white and then weathering over it? Are you concerned about diff shades of ABS plastic or something of that nature? Otherwise, that seems like a lot of extra work for not a whole lot of benefit?

That's what I thought but I was wondering if there was some techniques that worked better on a prepped surface? I'm thinking of going with the oil paint weathering similar to Christina's build and didn't know if that required extra steps. Figured I would ask before I started setting down decals and details. 

[Chopper]

For Christina's method, I don't believe you'll need to do anything like painting the armor white first. It's not needed.