Working with enamels

[rtfoe]

Enamels...still my first go to for dry brushing. Vallejo is slowly becoming the next.

Cheers,
Richard

[Ian M]

You will love the colour coats, I use them for me boats...
Store them very well BEFORE taking out for thinning. Do not over thin. For brush work I only thin a little.
One thin of note, the finish is the same sprayed or brushed. Very handy when a touch up is called for or when brush painting small details.
They do pong a bit, wear a good mask, open a window and turn the extraction on!
Some of the armour colours are a bit iffy, colour match wise.
One last thing , buy plenty for your build. I ran out on my HOOD. Ordered a couple more tins to find they had improved the colour match.... Bugger. Had to paint the whole thing again.

[BattleshipBob]

You will love the colour coats, I use them for me boats...
Store them very well BEFORE taking out for thinning. Do not over thin. For brush work I only thin a little.
One thin of note, the finish is the same sprayed or brushed. Very handy when a touch up is called for or when brush painting small details.
They do pong a bit, wear a good mask, open a window and turn the extraction on!
Some of the armour colours are a bit iffy, colour match wise.
One last thing , buy plenty for your build. I ran out on my HOOD. Ordered a couple more tins to find they had improved the colour match.... Bugger. Had to paint the whole thing again.

Many thanks Ian, much appreciated!

Sound advice, got 2 tins of the main vertical surfaces and lower hull, so should be enough, i hope lol

There web site is very good to be fair and good videos on youtube about spraying

[Ian M]

I have even found a shop in Denmark that sells them but only a limited range... Still better than having to import them from the UK though. Way to expensive.

[Tim Marlow]

Enamels...still my first go to for dry brushing. Vallejo is slowly becoming the next.

Cheers,
Richard

Artists Oils can work even better Richard. The pigment is so fine they dry brush superbly, and the drying time is no worse than enamels because the paint layer is so thin….in my experience they also dry matt. Naples yellow light is fantastic for fading out German yellow, for example.

[adt70hk]

Artists Oils can work even better Richard. The pigment is so fine they dry brush superbly, and the drying time is no worse than enamels because the paint layer is so thin….in my experience they also dry matt. Naples yellow light is fantastic for fading out German yellow, for example.

Will bear that in mind.... Thanks Tim!

[Tim Marlow]

Will bear that in mind.... Thanks Tim!

If you’re going to try it Andrew, squeeze out the oils onto a scrap of cardboard and leave them for a little while. This allows the cardboard to soak out some of the oil carrier so the paint dries faster and to dry with a matt finish.

[adt70hk]

If you’re going to try it Andrew, squeeze out the oils onto a scrap of cardboard and leave them for a little while. This allows the cardboard to soak out some of the oil carrier so the paint dries faster and to dry with a matt finish.

Thanks. Knew about that trick from Night Shift. Watch out for my Christmas arrivals..... :smiling5: