funky paints and inks...

[squidders]

I\'m wondering has anyone experimented with strange substances for painting minis?

I\'m talking about perhaps ink that glows under UV (blacklights) or perhaps something that changes colour based on temperature... even scratch and sniff orky smells?

There must be more to life than water based manufacturers paints... is there?

:idea:

 

[DaN]

You will find some artists here that paint with oils...

I believe that the Gaunt\'s piece \"Watch your back gaunt\" (or something) was at least partially done in oils.

(I personally hate oils and having to use turps or whatever just to clean your brush )

Also, for things like battle damage and weathering, people have used chalks, pastels, special Oxidising agents to simulate the effect of rust etc.

Then there are the people who use additives and things in their regular paint in order to change consistency, drying time, etc.

Personally, I only use normal acrylics, tap water, and maybe a bit of washing up liquid for mixing.

Maybe sometime when I feel like it I\'ll try using some other stuff, but for now - I\'m sticking with what I know

 

[Trevor]

My friend, brother and I painted painted space hulk minis in fluoescent UV paint and then played in the dark with just a blacklight, looks awesome.

I painted a few minis with these adn they tend to pop when you look at them in sunlight. Glow in the dark paint does a similar thing.

 

[mattsterbenz]

Im too lazy to get the link, but I remember someone painting the legendary \"Super Evil Chaos Warrior\" in markers. It\'s pretty sweet!

But on a serious note, Ive seen lots of different things used. the only thing that matters is how it looks in the end, in my opinion, so go ahead and give that model a coffee ink wash! Heck, you could even make some \"real\" yellow snow on a base! (on second thought, gross!)

-Matt

 

[Manus]

super evil chaos warrior lol http://www.coolminiornot.com/86012

 

[vincegamer]

I painted in nail polish once.
You get some amazing colors, particularly in the metallics, but it dries really fast and is therefore very hard to work with.

 

[Pirate Wench]

I\'ve tried using some chalky pastels as shading/dirt before, it worked quite well. Just scrape the pastel with a sharp blade to create some dust and apply it with a dry soft brush, you might wannt to dab the brush on paper towel first to check the amount of pigment you have. Then just brush it on kind of like dry brushing. You\'ll have to use a spray sealer coat to hold it in place and allow any further brush coats.

Make sure you\'re using decent quality chalky pastels, and not oil pastels!

I\'ve also used both prisma colour pencils, and water colour pencils. And glitter glue, I also made dip out of floor polish and fabric dye once, it seemed to work ok, but no idea how it would stand the test of time since I already stripped that mini and painted it again. I tend to recycle all my minis since for me the fun is painting them and not owning them.

 

[BaT]

I have added super fine glitter they sell for stamping to varnish before. They are made by Perfect Pearls. It doesn\'t gunk the varnish up, and it comes in really strange (and not opaque) opalescent colors. I have this one that looks green one way and purple the other. I\'m about 95% sure they make a glow-in-the dark one. It might be worth trying it out. I got mine at the scrapbooking store. There\'s a lot of strange stuff in there if you\'re looking for things to experement with for your minis.