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2019/08/06 13:45:19
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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I'm wondering if anyone can suggest something related to the title. I'll say I'm not refusing GW because I don't like their paints, quite the contrary this whole issue has arisen because of the technique I'm working with for Contrast paints(two-tone zenithal undercoat with a white edge-drybrush), but their whites are either gak and discontinued(Ceramite), don't drybrush well IME(White Scar), or aren't actually white but some kind of off-white(literally all the other "whites").
I'm looking for a flat, pure, neutral white that has enough body to the medium that it'll drybrush without streaking. I'm not interested in faffing about with oils etc, I like the convenience of model acrylics. Also, something that's reasonably easy to find in the UK/EU at least online.
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal |
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2019/08/06 14:21:13
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I've been using dead white from Vallejo for my whites, although I'm a layer painter moreso than a drybrusher. I've found it's somewhat course and thick, but of a more consistent consistency than White Scar. If I have time tomorrow night I'll test out drybrushing with it.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2019/08/06 14:21:41
"The sword can be anklebiter as well as throatcleaver. We need no new weapons to defeat the sons of the hydra, merely new doctrines."
-Joriah Stendall, second Chapter Master of the Red Grail Crusaders |
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2019/08/06 14:56:57
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Fireknife Shas'el
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 Danielle Rae wrote:I've been using dead white from Vallejo for my whites, although I'm a layer painter moreso than a drybrusher. I've found it's somewhat course and thick, but of a more consistent consistency than White Scar. If I have time tomorrow night I'll test out drybrushing with it.
Vajello Model Color Foundation White is similar. Thick, but not chalky or chunky, waters down well.
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2019/08/06 15:14:50
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Dipping With Wood Stain
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Morrow White from P3 works great.
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2019/08/06 15:27:14
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Trigger-Happy Baal Predator Pilot
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Vallejo model colour white seems fine to me
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2019/08/06 16:34:39
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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 John Prins wrote: Danielle Rae wrote:I've been using dead white from Vallejo for my whites, although I'm a layer painter moreso than a drybrusher. I've found it's somewhat course and thick, but of a more consistent consistency than White Scar. If I have time tomorrow night I'll test out drybrushing with it.
Vajello Model Color Foundation White is similar. Thick, but not chalky or chunky, waters down well.
Apparently that one has been renamed Cold White, is that just a name thing or does it have a very faint bluish hue?
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal |
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2019/08/06 18:19:01
Subject: Good non-GW pure-white hobby paint(suitable for drybrushing)?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Annandale, VA
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 Yodhrin wrote: John Prins wrote: Danielle Rae wrote:I've been using dead white from Vallejo for my whites, although I'm a layer painter moreso than a drybrusher. I've found it's somewhat course and thick, but of a more consistent consistency than White Scar. If I have time tomorrow night I'll test out drybrushing with it.
Vajello Model Color Foundation White is similar. Thick, but not chalky or chunky, waters down well.
Apparently that one has been renamed Cold White, is that just a name thing or does it have a very faint bluish hue?
I have a bottle each of pre-renaming Foundation White and a newer bottle of Cold White, and they both look pure white to me. I was previously told that Foundation White was a primer, but now with the renaming I don't know what exactly distinguishes it from the normal VMC White.
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