Painting with tube acrylics

[Cerridwyn1st]

I\'m sure this will probably get some laughs, but does anyone paint with regular artist tube acrylics? For examble, Basics?

I\'m curious, because that\'s what I started painting with and I still like them better than regular model paints. I like to paint a black base, then highlight with white. The thicker consistency of artists\' acrylics work well to cover any \"missed spots\" in the prime job.

For the highlighting, the thicker paint just seems to go where I want it to a lot better than thin paint.

Also, I like to mix my own colors, and it is easier to start with a color that is close to, say, a true red or blue, than some funky variant.

There is an exception to the \"mix your own\" idea - flesh tones. Tried that - gave up REAL QUICK.

 

[sippog]

I have quite a few tubes of basics - mainly siennas, ochres, blacks etc - which are very useful for large scale stuff; particularly base groundwork because of their relative cheapness.
The only drawback I\'ve found is that, as \'student qualty\' paints, they contain less pigment and their \'covering\' power is less - although that can be an advantage in some situations. I think they were mainly intended for impasto work; something you don\'t get much call for at 25mm.

 

[wiccanpony]

using tube acrylics..it can be done....

I have used artist quality tube acrylics combined with Vallejo and GW quite often with no problems, I’m use to mixing up my own shades when I was painting on canvas so it was an easy step to learn to water the acrylics down and use them on minis.
I use a lot of the earth tones and gradations of gray, but I find that using a bit of the richer colors like reds blues and yellows give a punch to shading and highlighting that I like a lot. It takes practice, scads of practice.

 

[axil110]

I have always used DALER Rowney Acrylic tubes. It means I spend a lot of time mixing paints trying to get the right colour.

I can\'t really remember why I chose them over GW paints, and there were no vallejo paints when I started painting as far as I know.

They are the paints I know. I doubt I\'ll change, at least until I run out.

I believe you can paint to a pretty good standard using them.

 

[aon14]

Yeah, got some.
I use for groundwork and pre-shading.
Well.
That and painting paintings.

For figures, I prefer liquitex high pigment ( the stuff in the squeezy pots ).
That, or the usual list.
I don\'t much care for the current GW paints on the basis of cost.
For military stuff ( ww2 is my main gaming period ) translucent paints are handy over my pre-shading.
I like colour party paints stuff for that.
I also have 2 colours in the humbrol acrylics range, the dark yellow ( for late ww2 armour ) and there\'s a green is just right for german field grey.

 

[abstracity]

just wondering...

is any color \"just right\" for german field gray?

different manufacturers, textures, lots, laundries, etc... combine to make german field gray (or any other uniform color) nebulous at best....I alway laugh when the color police come out to play!!

Please note that I\'m not saying you are one of the color police!!! Are you?

 

[aon14]

Originally posted by abstracity
is any color \"just right\" for german field gray?

different manufacturers, textures, lots, laundries, etc... combine to make german field gray (or any other uniform color) nebulous at best....I alway laugh when the color police come out to play!!

Please note that I\'m not saying you are one of the color police!!! Are you?

Paint em whatever colour you like.
5102 is my colour of choice.