Base Coat and Sealer Needed for Weathering?

[WilliamZ]

Hi all,

Currently in the process of making a remnant Scout and was wanting to know if anyone has ever needed to lay down a base white coat before attempting to weather or if they were able to paint straight onto the plastic? I'm mainly looking at using acrylics to stipple with. I'm also curious if anyone ever needed to lay down a clear coat after weathering to hold the paint onto the plastic or if they've been doing okay without it. Thanks!

[Chopper]

Acrylic weathering, once dry, is usually tough enough that you shouldn't need to put a clear coat over it. The only thing that'll strip it off is 90% iso alcohol, so it should be fine if it gets a little wet or anything like that.

Any scrapes from armor parts bonking against each other are just...weathering!

You shouldn't need to lay down a white base layer first. You should just be able to build up layers of weathering in a gradual process onto the plastic itself. Sometimes a very light wet sand with 1200 grit can help the paint stick, but the key is to keep it light.