What Tamiya Colours would be ok for ...

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well, this IS a horse of a different color (sorry, couldnt help it!)

As you know horses are like people and come in so many colors. lets just assume you will go with the "typical" chestnut brown horse. I would begin with something like Hull Red and add variations with Red Brown in the shadows and a bit of clear orange added to the Hull Red as an overall glaze color.  you are giong to really need to experiment with the color....Tamiya colors being fast drying acrylics are not going to blend out nearly as nicely as some of the figure-type acrlics like Vallejo or oil paint as suggested by Shep Paine.  if you are hand painting the tamiya i would suggest a drop or two of Luiqitex Slo Dri or Winsor and Newton Extend to help keep the paint wet for a bit longer.

Surely someone else on here has tried painting small scale horses with Tamiya....anyone?

David

 

Thanks for the help. I have never used TAMIYA paints before so I'm a real noob at what actual colours to get from them!

Heggylovesu wrote:

Thanks for the help. I have never used TAMIYA paints before so I'm a real noob at what actual colours to get from them!

Since you haven't used them, if you have any option for brush painting, don't. As noted in the post above, they are not bruch friendly. It's not so much that they dry quickly as they skin over quickly leaving the under level still wet. Your loaded brush will touch and dissolve the skin, lifting it and the uncured paint below.

If you are going to do any serious figure work, invest in Vallejo or Andrea painte. A little goes a long way, no brush strokes, no lifting colors, thin with distilled water, no need for buying esoteric products just to be able to use them. I could go on,. but you get the picture.

If you do wind up withTamiya, beware flat base, it HAS to be mixed with another medium, paint or Future floor polish,  to be used at all.

ajlafleche wrote:

If you do wind up withTamiya, beware flat base, it HAS to be mixed with another medium, paint or Future floor polish,  to be used at all.

Right-O!! I was in the LHS one day and the guy behind the counter, who had not a clue what it was, suggested to the new modeler customer that it be brushed on after painting.

It is not well described as-is, it should be "flattening AGENT" . I use it mixed with Future and sprayed on.

David

thanks everyone