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| Subject: | Re: Acrylic face off - Vallejo vs. Tamiya |  |
| Date: | Jun 13, 2005 |
| From: | Andrew Herbert | |
Hi Owen
My overall answer would be, it depends.
1. I don't use an airbrush. There is a special formulation called Vallejo Model Air for AB painting.
2. Vallejo (or any of the similar paints, like Andrea) colors require a different technique. There are various sites describing them. The best guide is here:
http://www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis.asp?p1=ing&p2=modelcolortecnicas
That's an article from Historical Miniatures presented by the Vallejos site.
here is some product info:
http://www.coloradominiatures.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=5
The technique used by some painters is like using lots of washes of various degrees applied over a base coat to lighten or darken it. The main problem I found was that I constantly had too much thinned paint on my brush. You need to 'unload' the brush carefully so that you don't apply to much thinned paint to the item (for me, usually a figure).
3. Not sure. I never succeeded in brushing Tamiya acrylics. Some have. I think they are all water based, but you wouldn't mix them for storage, just on your pallette. I use a mix of water and windshield washer fluid with all my acrylics (Vallejo, Andrea, Jo Sonja, cheapo craft paints, PollyScale, Citadel). I don't see why there would be a problem mixing the items on your palette.
4. For brush painting figures, forget Tamiya IMHO. For airbrushing, I'm sure someone else can give you advice.
I use oils and/or acrylics. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. I just got a box of Citadel (Warhammer) paints. They are pretty nice too. Some folks swear by them, and suggest the Vallejo thing is a fad (probably true). I know some folks just use the cheapo craft paints and do great work.
They require a different technique from enamels or oils because acrylics dry fast. So you build up colors where you want rather than blending.
Andy |
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