<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Must confess my dark secret"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715812.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715812.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715822.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715822.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715859.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715859.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715942.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715942.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715943.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715943.page GMT Re:Must confess my dark secret DA. Notice the Chappy looks glossy. This is the black airbrush paint.

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And the finished 2k army to look at my lights and darks

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Extra props for the classic Techmarine. I love that model.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715995.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10715995.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10716100.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10716100.page GMT Re:Must confess my dark secret
Here is a look at a larger black model. (a little dusty)

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I do not paint much white on models, I end up using the airbrush paint mostly as an undercoat for detail on models I primed black but here is some white on a couple models that I recently painted.

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Looks great!

Otherwise - Les Bursley's meme-illegal black wash is 10/10 and I still have a paint can of it.

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So, while I technically do own one, I've still never bought black or white paint from hobby brands. Granted, Testors is generally associated with models, but those Aztec paints were more for people decorating T-shirts using canned air and $15 plastic-bodied siphon guns, so I don't count it. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10716854.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10716854.page GMT Re:Must confess my dark secret
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Price isn't necessarily an indication of paint quality. GW paints are ridiculously priced by volume, even compared with other paints made for miniature painting of comparable quality.
Vallejo isn't available everywhere, but they are a manufacturer and offer their product cheaper than GW. Others do as well: Instar, P3, Scale45, Mintaire, look around.

Keep in mind that acrylic paint may indeed be made to different purposes. That will influence pigment size, opacity, homogenity, viscosity and many more things that escape me.
Pigment size has to be reasonably small for airbrush. That isn't a disadvantage for brushwork.
Opacity will be indicated for artist paints, simliar to the GW obfuscation terms base, layer or even glaze paints.
Viscosity will be higher for airbrush paint, but like the OP I find that typically that will be convenient for airbrushing and makes the paint be pre-thinned for brushwork, rather than thinned with medium or water each time.

I've used artist inks, paint meant for lexan rc-bodies or more generally colored polyurethan primers instead of acrylic paint meant for miniatures.
Guess what - they work just fine if you adjust for their properties when using them off-purpose.

What I would stay clear of is cheap craft paint from the dollar store, since that paint will have properties wholly unsuited to miniature painting.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10717739.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10717739.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10718798.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10718798.page GMT Must confess my dark secret http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10719327.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/785419/10719327.page GMT Must confess my dark secret
They are cheaper than HoK and other enamel or lacquer paints because they are acrylics. Acrylics are always cheaper than enamels.

Price per ounce vs Citadel just about everything is cheaper. I have the entire Createx Pearl and Flourescent and Wicked line and a few of their Candies. Createx are so nice to AB. Very little issue with tip dry and clogging.
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