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Vallejo - the brush-painter's best friend
Posted by Agamemnon
on Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:10 PM
I've just started brushing my StuG IIIB and am frankly astounded by the
quality of coverage a single coat of Vallejo's Model Color " Dark Grey"
is
accomplishing. Thinned with plain tap water at about a 1:1,5 ratio
(which seems about the thinnest useful mix before the surface tension
of the water starts causing problems), I'm getting a nice smooth finish
unlike any of the "wargamer paints" I've hitherto used. Despite using
what amounts to a massively oversized stiff drybrush (a Games Workshop
"tank brush") for much of the basecoat, the fine detail seems as crisp
as it was in its unpainted state (which I was worried about when I
began work).
It's too early by far to say how the finished product will look (I will
be using a hodgepodge of Citadel acrylic washes and inks for weathering
and blacklining), but already with only one color on the chassis, my
Sturmgeschütz has stopped looking like a toy and started looking like a
thing that kills people. I suppose this is a bit irrelevant thread, but
I felt like sharing my triumph, well, and recommeding Vallejo paints
for anyone who has to do models the low-tech way.
Look at these people, these human beings; consider their potential! From the day they arrive on the planet, blinking, step into the sun, there is more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than... no, hold on. Sorry, that's The Lion King. But, the point still stands... leave them alone!
-- The Tenth Doctor
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