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In the GW paint, there are paints with different labels like "Base, Wash, Glaze", what are their differences?
I use Tamiya paint, they only have Acrylic, Enamel and Lacquer, each consists of Flat and Gloss paints. What can I use to replace GW paint??
Thank you a lot

I don't really know much about equivalences, but Tamiya is generally seen as inferior to GW except when airbrushed.

Okay:

Base: Pigment-heavy paint. good for base coats as it covers well.
Wash: A thin clear paint suitable for washing.
Glaze: Another thin mix, but even thinner - usually with bright, primary colors.

Tamiya paints have no real analogue with GW paints aside from the fact that they are both acrylics. I think that Tamiya paints airbrush just fine but they behave differently and don't really mix well with anything else. You can use them to paint your minis, but I feel like using those paints almost requires a different skill set.

Glazes are just thinned inks.

some people use the tamiya clears as a wash.

Don't get too hung up on the various terms used by different companies like GW for their paints. Most of them are simply for marketing purposes more than anything else.

For Tamiya - most their line would be along the same lines as the regular GW paints - I guess what GW are calling layer paints this year (they will likely change next year though...).

The clear paints work well enough as glazes. Paints like Clear Red and Smoke are immensely popular even with paint snobs like you find among some wargamers.

Their enamels behave just like other enamels though - so you can follow any number of guides meant for enamels well enough to work with those if you choose to go that route.

When you are brush painting miniatures though - Tamiya are a bit of a different animal than water based paints. They alcohol base dries much faster than water based paints do - so you have to work the paints differently. I usually will keep a small bottle of Tamiya thinner on hand with which to dip my brush in between strokes. In a way, it is more like painting with enamels or lacquers. When I thin them out, I go around 50/50 paint to thinner (either actual Tamiya acrylic thinner or isopropyl alcohol) - though depending on how old the bottle is, I often end up taking that to 30/70 paint to thinner. The Tamiya solvent evaporates rather quickly, so older bottles often need a bit more to thin them down where I like to work with them. This also keeps the paints from drying too quickly and rolling on the edges of the as you paint.

Avoid using to thin them though as it can cause the paints to gum up on you.

Other than that though - take a look at some of the tutorials out there for using Tamiya paints. There are a whole lot of them to be certain. While you might find some complaints here - Tamiya are used by a much larger market than what GW gets to. They are one of the few paints which is really universally available, from big stores in the US all the way down to small specialty stores in Vietnam, Argentina and elsewhere. Paints like GW are found in very limited outlets and are entirely unavailable.

Another option you might consider looking at is Mr Hobby Aqueous Color. IIRC, they reformulated those a couple years ago to be a regular water based acrylic as opposed to the alcohol base like Tamiya. Not sure if I am remembering correctly though - so you may want to ask at the hobby shops. They should be readily available in SE Asia and are generally excellent paints as well.

Take a look around at the various Gundam modeling sites as well as finescale modeling sites. They will address the paints you have available better in terms of techniques used, without getting bogged down in the GW branding.

 sing your life wrote:
Tamiya is generally seen as inferior to GW except when airbrushed.

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Ignorant comment of the day goes to you, Tamyia has been around a lot longer than GW, and has been the point of choice in many areas, not just airbrushing, broaden your artistic pallet and you will be surprised at the world that is outside of the GW fanclub.

A.

 Redfinger wrote:

 sing your life wrote:
Tamiya is generally seen as inferior to GW except when airbrushed.

.

Ignorant comment of the day goes to you, Tamyia has been around a lot longer than GW, and has been the point of choice in many areas, not just airbrushing, broaden your artistic pallet and you will be surprised at the world that is outside of the GW fanclub.

A.

* Hands award to Redfinger*

Yours, you need some reasons for Tamiya> GW if you even have the slightest want to win this argument.

Ugly avatar BTW.