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tamiya drybrushing over acryl base

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tamiya drybrushing over acryl base
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 4, 2003 4:16 AM
is it possible to paint a face in a base coat of model master acryl burnt sienna and then use tamiya flat flesh over it? what i've noticed is that tamiya paint always needs to be thinned or else it gets clumpy with consecutive brush strokes. but the tamiya thinner seems to eat away acryl paint almost instantly. the closest thing that tamiya has to burnt sienna is red-brown, which is way too dark to use as a substitute. i think that tamiya's flat flesh is way too good to switch, but i want to try the sienna base coat with a flesh coat over it. any suggestions?
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 8, 2003 1:39 PM
Acrylic paints are the fastest drying of all the paint types out there, so perhaps the paint is drying and being reworked and forming clumps. What you might have to do is pick up the pace and really think about what you are doing, and keep the brush strokes down to a minimum. Keeping your brush clean also helps so if you are drybrushing a lot of the same colour you might have to use a 2nd brush or clean the the existing one several times through the process. Also be aware of where you are wiping off the excess paint - if its on paper or some kind of kleenex tissue, you could be picking up fibers.

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