tamya colours?

[freakinacage]

my local hobby shop has just started, or i have just noticed (more likely), to sell tamya colours. now i have heard you guys mention them before. got any recommendations for which ones are good? the rack is rather large and i can\'t be arse to stand there staring at it for too long!

i have already bought the clear red as i understand it is good for doing blood - klute used it on this mini to excellent effect. can\'t wait to try it out - any tips for using it.

any info is helpful, thanks guys

 

[Ogrebane]

Before I got into WHF I use to use tamya and I am starting to go back to them. When I first used them I found them too thick (that was before I learned about thining). Buy all the smoke that they have. Its a great finisher for table top minis as it does all your blending and shading for you.

As for the rest depends on what you paint. Pick a few colors to try out and in 6 months you\'ll have the whole range.

 

[Klute]

Get all the clear colours.
The high gloss makes them great for doing quick gems etc.
And yes the clear red is the dogs danglies for blood.
I havnt tried the normal colours but it looks ok and at £1 per jar is cheap enough to try out.
Theres a big range too.
Practice a lot with them though as they have an odd consistency like varnish.

 

[Jakob Nielsen]

Hi, I love the Tamiya clear colours.

On www.jrn-works.dk I have a tutorial explaining how to thin the clear colours and use them in glazes.

Go to \"Tutorials\", then \"Glazing\".
I also use the paints when I paint metallics, which is also covered by a tutorial.

In generel the cool thing about the Tamiya clear colours is the strange consistency which can do wonderful stuff if you can control the colours.

Just a note of caution: The Tamiya clear colours will eat/dissolve colours underneath if you work in too much around on the miniature, so be careful.

Best Regards,
JRN

 

[Hullebullen]

I\'ve tried a couple of their normal paints and they are very prone to \"lifting\", so you have to be careful to not go over a previous painted area before it is fully dry.

Nonetheless I\'ve seen people get good results brushing Tamiya\'s so I guess it can be done and they do have some colors that can be used with good results to create special effects.

Personally, I just found GW and Vallejo\'s more brush-friendly and I haven\'t bothered anymore with the \"normal\" Tamiya colors...

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Ill second Jakobs reccomendation on the Tamiya clear colors..they wonderful. The color smoke over real metallic steel makes a neat polished steel look.

As for the military colors, they are really designed to be shot through a airbrush. Remember when thinning it to use Tamiya thinner medium especially for airbrushing..whater wont do it right as Tamiya paints are alchol based.

 

[Infidel Castro]

Originally posted by Ogrebane
Buy all the smoke that they have. Its a great finisher for table top minis as it does all your blending and shading for you.

Really? That would save on real painting lol

Really, how do you mean? Sounds fun.

 

[Ogrebane]

I only use it for table top like big units. You can do a rough highlight and shade and then hit it with watered down smoke. It blends the hightlights and does the shading for you. Looks good at about 3 feet but not good at about 6 inches.

 

[Whyspyr]

I hear their primer is very good too although I haven\'t had a chance to buy any! My friends tell me how great it is as they\'re buying the very last can lol

 

[Trevor]

I\'ve got a few of these. DFD isn\'t entirely correct, they can be thinned with water, but they are not your usual acrylic paints. Their thinner certainly seems to be alcohol based, so I\'m guessing they are some weird hybrid.

Anyway, I don\'t like them much, basically because I rely on thin translucent layers to highlight my minis and I can\'t get these to do what I want. I might just be I\'m not used to them.

They do, however, seem to cover very well, so could make excellent base colours. I used the silver to good effect using it as a basecoat and then washing with black/blue inks to get a nice and very quick armour colour for tabletop minis.

I\'ve not tried the clears yet, but they are on my list of \"things to try out.\"

 

[Naukhel]

I used Tamiya almost exclusively for the first while when I came back to the hobby.

As stated above, the clears are the pops.
The earth colours ... tan, flat earth, desert yellow ... are very good, generally, but a lot of their colours are partly glossy, even when they don\'t say so.
But, they are, after all, mainly intended for plastic models, like cars and planes, or RC vehicles.

I didn\'t like their primer, myself.

 

[freakinacage]

well i have now bought the smoke and some tamya clear (no colour - i shall just use it to experiment with). thanks for all the help guys!

 

[Naukhel]

I\'m sure we were all glad to be of assistance.