More new paint to try

[chrisonord]

Today while in the Range, I happened across a display with a few of these paints on. Looks like there is quite a selection going off the display. All Water based permanent Acrylic. They are a quid each, so bought 7 bottles. The amount in them they should last a while.

[PR19_Kit]

Ooooh, they look interesting Chris. I'll look out a local Range in these parts.

I've still got that RF-84F for you, and I think I've now found a box to post it in too.

[chrisonord]

Ooooh, they look interesting Chris. I'll look out a local Range in these parts.

I've still got that RF-84F for you, and I think I've now found a box to post it in too.

Cheers kit whenever you are ready. I have yet to try these out, I bought colours I would probably use over large areas, so I might dig out a spare wing or something and see how they fair.

[jcf]

They're generally referred to as craft paints, they work well for some uses, figures
in particular, but in my experience you'll definitely want to use them over a primer
as some don't like to adhere to bare plastic. They tend to be heavy-bodied, which
is fine in some uses, but you'll want to thin them for general use, however they
are sensitive to being over-thinned and can go from paint to stain in a flash, which
is fine if you're using wood. Also, in my experience, airbrushing is out.


Get a cheap plastic artist's pallete, the type with a bunch of dimples, and just squeeze
a bit of the paint into one of the cups and use that to work from. A small dropper bottle,
like a Vallejo etc. paint bottle, full of water is the best way to control thinning the paint
as you work with it.

[chrisonord]

I tried some of the red I bought last night on a piece of scrap styrene sheet. No prep, just painted it straight on. It dries with a matt finish and as expected, will need another coat, but it goes on pretty good, so worth the investment.