Dipping question

[jellobrain13]

I am serriously like 2 days from going out and buying a battleforce.. so I like the look of dipping, but was wondering,,,,, Can I dip any colors? or just some? I kinda wanted black or white/bone for the bodies and blue carpaces... so could I paint the carpace blue and dip it?

[weezhard]

Typically, you dip using a poly-urethane wax. This stains a light (white, bone etc) colour to provide a shading effect. Given the wax is for wood, it stains brown. the degree of shading depends on the darkness of the wax. If you do choose this route, don't get a stain too light, it will look pap.

So, to recap; the stain is brown and works best over light coloured paints.

[bigpig]

The color of stain you choose to dip with will affect the outcome. You can now get tinted stains as well that have blue shades to them ( though these are water based and I have not used them so maybe practice first ). Check your local big box hardware store for some examples.

If going with a dark colored body I would go with a dark stain.