Evil Eye Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 On my travels across the internet in search of more paints to fill my shed with, I've discovered the rather wonderful looking Armored Komodo line of pigments. Whilst technically meant for mecha modelling, I can imagine they'd be very good for some 40K models. The problem, however, is that the application process appears to be rather finicky. You have to spray a gloss basecoat and, whilst it's tacky but not wet, rub the pigments on by hand. Whilst this makes sense it also looks like something that's liable to go horribly wrong, and is exactly the sort of thing I dread. So I was wondering- rather than doing that, would it work to just mix a small amount of these pigments into a medium (such as, say, Tamiya Clear) and apply it like a regular paint? They look to be very fine pigments, and paint is basically just pigment in medium, so it SHOULD work, but is there something I'm not accounting for? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360124-making-pigments-into-paint/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 From what I understand "paint" has a binder chemical in it to help suspend the pigments in the medium. If you mix fine powder into a liquid you can just get swirling powder in a liquid that sinks. How is this any better than ready mixed paint? The colors look cool? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360124-making-pigments-into-paint/#findComment-5433434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Schmincke has an auxilary product for what you are looking for. Its called acrylic binder. https://www.schmincke.de/en/products/mediums/binders/acrylic-binder-ready-to-use.html Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360124-making-pigments-into-paint/#findComment-5433447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 From what I understand "paint" has a binder chemical in it to help suspend the pigments in the medium. If you mix fine powder into a liquid you can just get swirling powder in a liquid that sinks. How is this any better than ready mixed paint? The colors look cool? These are special effect pigments, high-shine metallic colours (some with colourshift properties). The effects you can get are really nice and much finer than those attainable with a lot of readily available brands. Schmincke has an auxilary product for what you are looking for. Its called acrylic binder. https://www.schmincke.de/en/products/mediums/binders/acrylic-binder-ready-to-use.html Thanks! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360124-making-pigments-into-paint/#findComment-5433450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Sacrifice Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 That sounds like an awful, frustrating afternoon to me... Tired of pre mixed paint flowing smoothly from your brush? Try jamming dry pigments in place with your fingers! Good luck and let us know if you found a use for them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360124-making-pigments-into-paint/#findComment-5434516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 It almost sounds like something you'd add on top of a paintjob - something like a model car along the flanks or edges. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360124-making-pigments-into-paint/#findComment-5435204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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