Interference paint - any experience?

[Brandlin]

Hi all,

I\'m interested in using Interference paint on some w40k vehicles i\'ve recently aquired.

Does anyone have experience of working with these paints?

Does anyone know of a source in the Uk that sells them in artists quantities (ie not in car respraying quantities) ?

I know i\'ve seen some for sale in small tubes on an art supplies website here in the UK but for the life of me i can\'t find them now.

Thanx in advance for any help.

Brandlin
(Alan)

PS: for those who don\'t know, chromaflair paints are those that shift colour depending on the lighting and viewing angle - theyre often used on cars and bikes and things like gutar bodies - you know the stuff that makes your eyes and brain hurt when you try to stare at it for too long...

 

[Tony Manero]

1. they are too thick for a proper mini use.
2. on small surfaces the effect wn\'t really worth the cost

 

[airhead]

couple of things you might try:

1. liquitex (a major artists acrylic paints) sells interference.

2. Createx (different company - airbrush related) has a line called AutoAir that has some Chemeleon (sp?) paints in it. IPM used them on her mermaid to get the irridesent look.

3. I\'ve had mixed results with all of them. most mix 50-50 with color then go through the airbrush.. But try on some scrap first.

 

[Einion]

Hi Alan, Golden and Liquitex make a range of these, you can read about them here:
http://www.goldenpaints.com/products/color/fluid/fldinter1.php
and here:
http://www.liquitex.com/Products/paintinterference.cfm

The Liquitex page has most of the important tips, as it says the effect works much better on a dark base - black especially. I\'ve tested most or all of the Liquitex range and it makes a huge difference, if you apply them on lighter colours the flip effect is lost and you just get a sort of opalescent tinting.

Originally posted by Brandlin
Does anyone know of a source in the Uk that sells them in artists quantities (ie not in car respraying quantities) ?

Any shop with a good range of the Liquitex paints will probably stock some of them. In the UK I don\'t know if the Golden fluids are widely available, even in London, so you\'ll probably have to look for the little tubs from Liquitex in their Soft Body range (which I\'d recommend over the tubes anyway - the Heavy Body range - because they\'ll require less thinning).

I don\'t know where Flintshire is, near London?

Originally posted by Tony Manero
1. they are too thick for a proper mini use.

Not if you thin them

Originally posted by Tony Manero
2. on small surfaces the effect wn\'t really worth the cost

Generally I would agree, but it does depend on how closely you intend it to be viewed.

Originally posted by airhead
3. I\'ve had mixed results with all of them. most mix 50-50 with color then go through the airbrush.. But try on some scrap first.

Generally they work better when applied by brush because the pigment grains are relatively large and, like with metallics, they can look \'spotty\' when airbrushed.

Einion

 

[Brandlin]

thanx

Tony - i\'m only thinking of using them on vehicles at the moment (Tau hammerhead and Devilfish APC\'s for example), as to the thickness of the paint - that can\'t be a real problem as they are usually applied by airbrush on \'real\' cars so they must be thinnable.

Airhead - Thanx.I saw the liquidex paints in my usual internet supplier but they only seem to do 4 or 5 shades. IPM = I paint Minis right? I\'ll check out her gallery.

Einon - Lol no, Flintshire is in North wales, just over the border from Chester (if you really don\'t know the geography well, then think Manchester and Liverpool rather than London!) Ah the Golden line is the one i think i saw but couldn\'t find again! Thank you!

As to arts shops, i very rarely get to go to an arts shop, and do almost all my buying from the web!

Thanx for the advice on the basecoating - luckily i prefer working over black.

I\'m alittle confused about the application - but i bet the best way to understand them is to buy and try....

I\'ll let you all see how i get on if i take the plunge!

Brandlin
(alan)

 

[Wappellious]

interference paints

Liquitex interference paints wrk well when thinned and used with GW paints.

For instance, I start out by mixing them with GW black, and then will start mixing them with lighter colors.

For instance, if I am using interference green, I will mix in Hawk Turquois, and it creates an interesting effect. Same with mixing in GW purples with the interference purples.

Good luck-
Jim

 

[QuietiManes]

Sounds like you\'ve got a few good options already. But if you\'re actually wanting the stuff they use on cars, they sell kits with 2 cans of the shifty looking paint and a can of clear coat. Pretty cheap as far as car stuff goes. At least, they do here in Canada, think it was $20-30, variety of colour combinations. I\'d assume they\'d have the same sorta thing other places at the mechanic shops assuming you all \"pimp your rides\" where you\'re at. Where ever you\'d go to buy stereo equipment, new rims, lighting, touch up paint, oil filters or new gas caps and the like.

 

[airhead]

only caution you to be careful with the clear coat. The stuff I use is like atomizing superglue into the air. Not something you want in your lungs and the cheap dust mask filters won\'t do the trick.

 

[Mosch]

I was buying new paints today and saw \"two colour ink\" (that\'s not the actual name) by Pelikan. It was an ink, as far as I know, and they were in two colours, but I\'m not entirely sure if it depended on the angle... it looked... strange. The inks came in small inkwells, artist quantity. Maybe those mixed with metallic medium would do the trick? No idea about the price or where you could get them though.