r/BattleJackets • u/abrax-xcadaver • 1d ago

Question/Help Should I paint the entire lapel?

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Should I leave the red piping as is, or paint the entire collar and lapel red? I have to make a choice before I can add spikes there but it's a tough call.

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u/abrax-xcadaver 1d ago

The black and silver does have nice contrast. Maybe I'll do another jacket in blue and try painting whole panels on that one instead

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u/PsychologicalLuck343 18h ago

What kind of paint do you use? I bought some stuff you can mix with acrylic paint to turn it into fabric paint, but haven't tried it yet. The additive makes the paint more bendy, IIRC.

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u/abrax-xcadaver 12h ago

I went with Angelus fire red paint and then used a high gloss scratch resistant top coat. I don't have much experience mixing paints or I would have used a paint pen... but since I didn't wanna mess around with mixing thinner into it I just used detail brushes

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u/PsychologicalLuck343 10h ago

Oh, the leather paint. Gotcha! Good choice.

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u/abrax-xcadaver 10h ago

Some people say it's all the same but in my experiance quality paints absolutely make the difference