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2012/09/20 23:33:38
Subject: vallejo liquid metals
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Morphing Obliterator
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hello dakka,
I've been hearing (reading) people rave about Vallejo's Liquid Gold line for a while now, but I've not seen anyone explain why it's so much better than VGC Gold or GW's metallics line or whatever. I understand that it's a bit harder to use and requires a dedicated (or, at least, non-cherished) brush since it's alcohol based and that's it's in the same price range as most other gold paints. what are the advantages?
cheers,
v
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2012/09/21 00:04:07
Subject: vallejo liquid metals
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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Goes on super smooth, has superior coverage (no need for undercoating like with most acrylic-based metallic paints), and since it is made with real metal flakes (that will rust in water, hence the alcohol suspension) it has a luster that cannot be beat... I mean it shimmers as you paint it on.
The colors Old Gold, Silver, and Copper are the highlights of the line and are the three to start with (Copper not as much as the other two, but nice none the less). Red Gold has a nice, rich color as well and regular Gold is nice as well.
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2012/09/21 02:33:07
Subject: vallejo liquid metals
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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2012/09/21 02:48:52
Subject: Re:vallejo liquid metals
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Brutal Black Orc
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Vallejo is by far the best metallic paints I have ever used, wish I discovered it earlier, prior to Vallejo I was using testors metallic paints (enamel). Enamels are a pain in the ass to clean.
I do thin it a bit, a guy on youtube recommended mixing a water and alcohol with the metallic paint to prevent the paint from clumping up. In particular it works best with air brushes.
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2012/09/21 03:29:42
Subject: vallejo liquid metals
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
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VMC Brass and Gold are still just soo darn good.
The Liquid Gold stuff is actually pretty amazing though. I am just usually too (lazy) unwilling, to change over my water and brushes. You MUST use alcohol only to clean and thin - any water will totally F* it up.
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2012/09/21 09:12:01
Subject: Re:vallejo liquid metals
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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 Piston Honda wrote:Vallejo is by far the best metallic paints I have ever used, wish I discovered it earlier, prior to Vallejo I was using testors metallic paints (enamel). Enamels are a pain in the ass to clean.
I do thin it a bit, a guy on youtube recommended mixing a water and alcohol with the metallic paint to prevent the paint from clumping up. In particular it works best with air brushes.
That guy on YouTube is wrong. DO NOT thin that paint with water or a water/alcohol mix for any reason. Use only straight isopropyl alcohol.
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2012/09/21 19:23:30
Subject: vallejo liquid metals
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And you must use 90% iso alcohol too. 70% still has too much water in it. You can get a small bottle from Target for like $2.50 and it will last you a LONG time. I put some in a dropper bottle and it works great.
And yes the Liquid gold is great. I ended up getting a separate set of brushes from dickblick.com just for this paint. Of course that sounds like a lot, but you can get really nice brushes from dick blick for very cheap. I got ones that are a mix of natural and synthetic.
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2012/09/21 20:08:55
Subject: vallejo liquid metals
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I don't REAAAALLY like the Silver one, but all three gold/bronce I have are super amazing.
It takes some time to get used to them, but the moment you have a slight idea of what's going on, you've painted some extremely beautifuly looking gold.
And they aren't even expensive!
I think I own red gold and old gold.
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2012/09/21 23:20:44
Subject: Re:vallejo liquid metals
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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I love it, absolutely love it. I thought I'd found the pinnacle of metallics with the Vallejo Model Air range - virtually no glitter thanks to the extremely fine grain of the pigment - but oh my the liquid metals blow even those clean out of the water.
I'll say this; get yourself a good quality set of synthetic brushes to use with it, because even with proper care the alcohol base will significantly shorten the useful life of a sable hair brush.
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