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Hello,

I would like to start with the Liquid Gold from Vallejo, but I'm not sure which to start with.

Gold and silver is what I want for sure, copper would be nice, but I have never seen it on a painted model before...
I saw there was red gold, white gold and many more, I need the "standard" gold and silver, and copper if anyone has a referance picture!

So which one is the standard gold and silver? I'm slightly confused, I don't need no highlights, just a gold and a silver.

Well most silver acrylic are pretty good. Where I normally get frustrated is in painting golds. So I would recommend the old gold one.

Kernash1234 wrote:
Hello,

I would like to start with the Liquid Gold from Vallejo, but I'm not sure which to start with.

Gold and silver is what I want for sure, copper would be nice, but I have never seen it on a painted model before...
I saw there was red gold, white gold and many more, I need the "standard" gold and silver, and copper if anyone has a referance picture!

So which one is the standard gold and silver? I'm slightly confused, I don't need no highlights, just a gold and a silver.

Old Gold is the "standard" gold in the Liquid Gold line, so I definitely recommend it. Liquid Gold Silver has a phenomenal luster that is unmatched by any acrylic silver you can find. I would also recommend Copper too, I use it quite a bit. The best part about these paints are the superior coverage they offer. You'll definitely enjoy them.

I bought gold and silver and was not at all impressed.

Since you cant use water, they are annoying to use and waste time.

For me they tended to clump up, and the way they paint on is strange, they are always either too thick or too thin. I felt like im trying to paint with some crapy nailpolish or something. Brushes dont like alcohol, probably very damaging for them.

I found the finish to be only marginally more shiney than my regular metallics.

Perhaps i bought the wrong ones. Maybe the "old gold" everyone talks about is the only one worth using. Im not sure.

Maxlvlpainting - You need to mix/shake them a bazillion times more than normal due to the (lack of) effective pigment suspension. Use a stirring stick to get the stodge off the bottom of the pot.

They are the nuts once you've done that.

Old gold, copper (Just incase) and silver on its way, I read that you need 96% + to thin it down, would a normal hand sanitizer work?
Atm there is a 80% gel hand sanitzer next to me, but I recon its easy to find a 96% in the store

Thanks for helping me!

go to the drugstore (walgreens, cvs, even walmart), they have isopropyl alcohol in different strengths. dont use a hair brush use a decent junker (master's touch kolinsky knockoff is what i use, not really a junker but a good brush thats usually on sale for half off) and dont use a gel sanitizer, use an actual liquid to thin it down with. A bottle of alcohol is pretty cheap and one will probably last you the whole bottle of liquid gold.

Pretty much just assign that one brush, alcohol and paint together. always clean with alcohol, mix with it, etc. otherwise it will ruin the results.

 Orki wrote:
Maxlvlpainting - You need to mix/shake them a bazillion times more than normal due to the (lack of) effective pigment suspension. Use a stirring stick to get the stodge off the bottom of the pot.

They are the nuts once you've done that.

Yes, i shook and stirred them, i knew about the seperation before i even bought them.



I painted the gold parts on this with all acrylics, I think they are sufficient.

Kernash1234 wrote:
Old gold, copper (Just incase) and silver on its way, I read that you need 96% + to thin it down, would a normal hand sanitizer work?
Atm there is a 80% gel hand sanitzer next to me, but I recon its easy to find a 96% in the store

Thanks for helping me!

Be careful with them because my gold one went all clumpy and wierd, i was going to strain it with a stocking but decided to forget it and just threw it out. The silver seems fine still. Maybe i somehow got water in the gold, i have no idea when or how though. I was using 99% isopropyl. They are very sensitive paints i guess.