Bad results with foundation paints

[montka]

Hello,

has anyone else had strange results using the citadel foundation paints gnarloc green and orchide shade?

To be specific I found my basecoats with these colours to be glossy, and when I tried layering with the gnarloc green the paint had a strange consistency, and did not look smooth at all. It\'s hard to explain exactly what I mean but the paint almost looked furry!

 

[Avelorn]

bad batch? Shake them very well though.. I have hade huge problems with orchide flesh separating.

Remember that they are not suitable for successive washes/glazing, they are mainly for basecoat. I never get as smooth results with foundation paints as with other GW or Vallejo paints, there will be no silky smooth finish.

 

[mattsterbenz]

I\'ll echo what Avelorn said. Make sure to shake them well. Don\'t put too much of it on your palette at once as well, that way you don\'t have to keep stirring it.

The glossy effect happens if you paint them too thick. Even though they were designed with one coat in mind, it\'s still better to thin them down and paint two.

I painted the skin on this ork using the three foundation greens, followed by gretchin+bad moon yellow/white. Got pretty smooth results and no glossy sheen (this has not been dullcoted). All I did was thin the paints a bit and made sure they were mixed well.

Cheers and hope this is helpful,

-Matt

 

[Avelorn]

The three greens work well together for Orks skin. I use them in my current recipe for my slowly emerging army as well.

 

[mickc22]

I\'ve started adding Matt Medium when I thin them, just a bit on the end of the brush, works wonders

 

[Aliengod3]

@Matt: I love the freebooter ork model

Time we had a paint off!

 

[mattsterbenz]

A challenge, eh? You\'re on!

Might have to wait till Summer though, I\'m very short on time.

-Matt

 

[Logan]

Yeah, you do have to shake them each time you use them.
If it\'s glossy, sounds like it\'s separated. Orkhide Shade\'s a devil for doing that.

Only slight prob I\'ve found is they dry and encrust a bit more round the lid than the normal Citadel Colour ones.
Guess it\'s to do with the \'heavy properties\'.

Cracking paints though.