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Im new here and new to minature painting also. I have spent the last 15 years building a model railroad but have been bit by the minature painting bug.

I am painting some WWII figures and am running into a problem. I'm using Vallejo game colour paints off a wet palette and am getting small bubbles when putting paint to the model? Is this from thinning the paints too much? for the life of me can't get a nice consistent thickness and seems like it's either too thick or way too thin. I have tried using a toothpick to add a drop of water then mixing and have also tried adding water to the paint with the brush but still can't get it right

any help would be much appreciated

thanks
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I think it was too thin. I tried not using as much water and the longer brush strokes and the combination of the two seem to help

Thanks again

Jeremy]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/792556/10944826.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/792556/10944826.page GMT Re:New to mini painting with question
Jeremy81 wrote:
Thanks guys

I think it was too thin. I tried not using as much water and the longer brush strokes and the combination of the two seem to help

Thanks again

Jeremy


So I used to have this problem. Two things are important to note in this particular scenario. We thin our paints to try and clear out as much medium as we can while capitalizing on pigment count. Watering them down helps, but the water itself isn't good on the model. So, dry your brush out on a wet paper towel after picking up some paint. Just touch it to a damp towel and watch the water wick from it. This will help you immensely for techniques like Glazing and such. However, base coats you'll want to keep more medium in the paint by thinning it a bit less. Each brand is unique to the mediums they use so different brands will thin differently. It just takes experience to know what you're looking for.
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