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I'll be picking them all up, except for the earth one. I have things already that do most of those jobs, but more tools can never hurt. Actually, if one is exactly the same as VGC Smoky Ink, I can skip that one as well.

The Earth one would be used so rarely for me that it won't be worthwhile. I could see using it on the edges of the suspension armour on tanks and armoured vehicles for really thick, dried-out mud, but I'm concerned about how fragile it looks, and I'd probably use crackle medium from an art-supply place instead

Cracking paint is a standard special effect paint you get in most art stores. Just in case you want alternatives to GW.

That thick, though? The scale modeling/trains store I inquired with into that didn't have a clue. Craquele effect, sure. Nothing anywhere near as thick and 'textured' as, say Ziterdes dead earth paste (and I imagine this stuff), though.

Try art supply stores, rather than model stores.

 Bolognesus wrote:
That thick, though? The scale modeling/trains store I inquired with into that didn't have a clue.

Need to try art and/or craft stores, not scale modeling/trains stores...

T

Thanks. Already ordered the Ziterdes stuff but will try.

Need that blood for the blood god for my DE now that I've see how it looks. I could FINALLY get that disgusting, horrific "parody of angels" look for my scourges!

It is really hard to get the crackling effect done right. it has to be quite thick TBH

Yeah. I'm still experimenting with how thick I need to put the effect on to get a large crackle. I'm still getting smaller ones that can be seen and look really nice, like in my photos, but I would like some large sized one.

Apparently (according to my local FLGS) 1 in 3 of the "Agrellan earth" is the wrong stuff, due to a labelling mix up, and is just regular brown (non-cracking) paint.

So if you've bought it and it doesn't crack, take it back and get one from a different (good) batch.

+1 for the "Agrellan earth is just brown paint" crew. Sending this gak back ASAP.

*edit* Oh, Ok, it does work, it just takes a lifetime to dry. My bad.

I've had three different thicknesses of the stuff drying on a bike base for the last couple of hours. The only thing cracking so far is my patience.

 Necroagogo wrote:
I've had three different thicknesses of the stuff drying on a bike base for the last couple of hours. The only thing cracking so far is my patience.

I put it on and went to bed, got up and it had cracked. I followed the video on the website and went with a nice layer and the cracks, while cool, are annoyingly small. Unless you get down and look at the base it just looks like a lame brown.

My recommedation for use is if you think it is thick enough, add about 1/2 again more.

Shamanlord1961 wrote:
I put it on and went to bed, got up and it had cracked. I followed the video on the website and went with a nice layer and the cracks, while cool, are annoyingly small. Unless you get down and look at the base it just looks like a lame brown.

My recommendation for use is if you think it is thick enough, add about 1/2 again more.

Thanks - I guess I'll take a peek in the morning before I return the paint.

Were these a limited thing do we know or something that's supposed to stick around for awhile?

 AduroT wrote:
Were these a limited thing do we know or something that's supposed to stick around for awhile?

They are a general release. They shouldn't be going anywhere.

I picked up a few of them today (Blood/Rust/Oxide/Corrosion). And have done a few tests with them on my last few painted minis. I'm pretty pleased with them. They're all easier/more consistent than what I used to do for these techniques.

I put mine uner my lamp

Picked up some of these last night including the Blood ... and was wondering how hard wearing people found it? I usually spray varnish with a gloss then cover that with dullcote which really kills any shine. I am wondering whether I'm better putting blood on before varnish then going back over the blood with a gloss spot varnish, or just adding the blood after the dullcote and hoping it is heard wearing enough.

 Necroagogo wrote:
I've had three different thicknesses of the stuff drying on a bike base for the last couple of hours. The only thing cracking so far is my patience.

Being in UK you made have gotten one of the bad batch, take it to your GW store and exchange it. I found that using a hair dryer and heating it up helped not only speed up the drying, but the crackling too. If you have one available, try that. If it still isn't crackling, go exchange it.

 Whumbachumba wrote:

 Necroagogo wrote:
I've had three different thicknesses of the stuff drying on a bike base for the last couple of hours. The only thing cracking so far is my patience.

Being in UK you made have gotten one of the bad batch, take it to your GW store and exchange it. I found that using a hair dryer and heating it up helped not only speed up the drying, but the crackling too. If you have one available, try that. If it still isn't crackling, go exchange it.

Thanks for that, Whumbachumba. It's been 24 crackle-less hours now, so it's going back.

Got the new paints on Friday. Here's my first attempt with Agrellan Earth. Pretty pleased with the result!

That looks pretty good on the base. Is it fragile to touch? Also, I'd be interested to see how it looks/feels after varnishing.

That does look good. Though I couldn't really see using it for anything aside from dioramas or starting a whole new army with the distinctive new basing style...

Looks interesting but how would you highlight it without it flaking off?

It's pretty solid, but I think I may put a layer of PVA on to prevent any of it flaking off over time. My brother was on about using it for Plague Marine armour. Not sure how that'll pan out, but it'll be an interesting experiment.

Thanks for the info, angelofvengeance.

No rust at the FLGS, but they did have Blood and Corrosion, let's see how this turns out!

I think I'll be buying the cracked earth paint to use on my Mantic Enforcers. Oh, the humanity!! I still buy GW paint, even at the higher cost because it works well for my needs and it's what my stores have all sold. Other companies...not so much. This looks great (when it works) and I look forward to using it.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Got the new paints on Friday. Here's my first attempt with Agrellan Earth. Pretty pleased with the result!

That looks amazing, frankly.

The third paint could be like a wash for rust and it only gets where you want it to go instead of being watery like a wash