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hello im a new member to this site but i have found alot of useful information on this website, Anyways ive been looking everywhere but with no luck, my question is this; every time i paint with light colours (eg. ice blue ) and i use white to lighten them up more, it always turns out chalky, and i cant figure out why.. any help would be greatly appreciated

Which colour brand do you you use? The normal Citadel and vallejo whites will get chalky very easily if diluted just a bit too much. The pigments are relatively big and dont flow evenly, especially when thinned with normal water.

For that reason (and aesthetic ones) a lot of people will tell you not to use white for mixing highlights at all.

You should check out PP's liquid pigments range.

i am using the citadel white. so liquid pigments are the way to go then?

Instead of water, you can use a tiny amount of Citadel Lahmain Medium as a mixing agent.It might help. It what i do with my GW whites and I dont worry about "da CHalk effects" lol. Hope that helps.

viruscan wrote:i am using the citadel white. so liquid pigments are the way to go then?

Either that.

Arrathon wrote:Instead of water, you can use a tiny amount of Citadel Lahmain Medium as a mixing agent.It might help. It what i do with my GW whites and I dont worry about "da CHalk effects" lol. Hope that helps.

Or that (or any other acrylic medium for that matter).