Frosted Ultra Detail Plastic is extremely popular with our scale model and wargaming communities on Shapeways, for good reason: along with incredible detail, it offers a surface that’s easy to paint.
Coming at this as a total newbie, I painted this Sherman tank at Historicon a few weeks ago and was very pleased with the results:
I started by applying a base coat with gray spray paint primer. Then we went over to our friend at at Atlantis Games and Comics to use their airbrush. The only color they had was hot pink, so we opted to give this tank a unique look.
Afterwards, I painted on a trendy-looking interpretation of a camouflage pattern. The whole process took a little under an hour total and was very easy; Frosted Ultra Detail takes paint nicely, and once it has a solid coat, it’s virtually indistinguishable from an injection-molded equivalent. Even better, because of the freedom that 3D printing affords, I didn’t have to do any assembly — the tank came ready to paint.
Head over to our Miniatures Marketplace here to find the perfect model to paint today, and check out more of the awesome painted miniatures we saw at Historicon below. Do you paint your FUD models? Share your proudest paint jobs in the comments!
Tank by Steve3D, vehicle by Arctic Skunk
Tank by Arctic Skunk, Painted by James Wappel
Terrain display with various vehicles by Arctic Skunk