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| Posted by hypertex on Monday, January 27, 2014 9:26 AM I agree mostly with what Jim said. Paint is mostly a matter of personal preference. I have seen wonderful models painted with many different brands of paint. And there isn't a single experienced modeller out there that exclusively owns a single brand of paint. To be technical, not all acrylic paints are water based (most are), and not all water based paints are acrylic (most hobby paints are). Tamiya's acrylic paints contain water and alcohols, which is why they carry a flammability warning and lack a "non-toxic" label. The word 'acrylic' refers to the makeup of the binder, not the solvent or pigment. Watercolors and gouaches are water-based paints, but they use a non-acrylic binder, usually gum arabic. And you won't find them at your local hobby shop. Chris |
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| Posted by JimNTENN on Monday, January 27, 2014 5:16 PM If you've made up your mind about using the Tamiya paints for hand brushing then the only advice I can give you is to keep your brush dampened with water as you paint. That will keep the paint from drying out too quickly. Otherwise, as it dries...and it dries fast...it will roll up on you and look like crap. Also, and this is very important, make sure you use the right size brush for the job. If you're going to paint the body of an airplane, for example, you don't want to use a tiny brush. Use one large enough to give adequate paint coverage with as few strokes as possible. Using fewer strokes gives a better finish and in this case would make it easier to cover the model before the paint dries on you. Neither Nathan or I are saying you can't use Tamiya for hand brushing. We're just giving the best advice we can based on past experience. Either way you do it, it will take practice to get the finish you want. Current project(s): Hobby Boss: 1/72 F9F-2 Panther Midwest Products: Skiff(wood model) |
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| Posted by TarnShip on Monday, January 27, 2014 5:36 PM Have any of you Tamiya users tried the Slow Dri trick for brush painting with Tamiya? It works so well with airbrushing to cut down on tip dry that I think it might be something to try with Tamiya paints for hand brushing. You don't have to spend a fortune on ordering and waiting for Blick or someone for Slow Dri itself, there are Anita's Extender (#11098) and Folk Art Extender (#4059) at Hobby Lobby for $1.47 and $1.99 respectively. I used them for other Acrylics before my Liquitex stuff was purchased, which means the first six months I used Acrylics,,,,,,,,and they worked just as well as the two more expensive items do. Rex almost gone |
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| Posted by TarnShip on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:24 AM just a funny note you are trying to use only one brand of paint, which is cool if you can, because you will only have to learn tricks for that one brand, and you want to Hand Brush, with Tamiya as your paint, knowing that you will wind up doing your own mixing when you get to that point and here I sit, with 9 brands of Acrylic paints, completely avoiding Tamiya and Gunze, to airbrush mostly, with occasional hand brushing,,,,,,,and I did this so that I can avoid mixing as many colors as possible,,,,,there are about 5 colors that I will have to mix one day, but, I still have 4 more paint lines to explore before I have to do that it just hit me funny that we are doing almost the exact opposite,,,,,,and both ways are "just as right" (a warning, my way is the more expensive way, though) I have two Citadel colors, but, I can't be of any help yet, I have a Steel color and an Aluminium color,,,,,,,,,but, haven't used them on anything Rex almost gone |
