tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742113396089797587.post4674782602802770862..comments2024-02-12T08:18:40.120+00:00Comments on Sons of Sanguinius: Stargazer's Painting/Malifaux Corner - Painting in the heatVenerable Brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07216367267460059729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742113396089797587.post-3955943067524972272011-07-01T23:27:55.317+01:002011-07-01T23:27:55.317+01:00Good tips, as an Aussie I mostly have to paint in ...Good tips, as an Aussie I mostly have to paint in the heat. It seems to me like the paints are designed assuming cool weather use. They dry up so fast. I'd add a couple more tips:<br />- Always close the lids. I have a habit of leaving them open while I paint, but in summer I can lose a pot of paint in a few days if I don't close them every time I extract some.<br />- paint outdoors in the shade if you can. I have an old table on my porch. Natural light is the best, and you may as well take advantage of the nice weather!beat roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716307613961196056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742113396089797587.post-80850626539517464212011-06-28T19:51:25.506+01:002011-06-28T19:51:25.506+01:00Nice - this is something I really mean to get arou...Nice - this is something I really mean to get around to, but I guess I take short cuts with paint prep - its something I really need to work on as I think I'll get better results overall. <br /><br />I have a couple of days off this week, so might hav a fiddle with making this up while I make my display board for brighton as well (and have a fiddle with airbrushing!)Bullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376322430128578637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742113396089797587.post-8545861237966685632011-06-28T12:59:09.139+01:002011-06-28T12:59:09.139+01:00I'm going to have to change that intro line I ...I'm going to have to change that intro line I think before Atreides gets pissed off at it/me! <br /><br />Nice cheap wet palette..I use the P3 one with their branded paper...it's a good bit of kit, but if you've not bought one..I strongly suggest just using this method!Venerable Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742113396089797587.post-88480419187501509802011-06-28T12:23:41.357+01:002011-06-28T12:23:41.357+01:00tbh on the ratio's I think it differs from bra...tbh on the ratio's I think it differs from brand to brand, also with the p3 it makes the paint shiny if you add a lot, which can be easily solved with some matte varnish afterwards. For normal painting just to aid flow I would literally dilute pretty much how you normally would then get a small amount of medium on the brush and then mix it in. Definitely less than a drop from the dropper bottle. This is enough to break the surface tension but not so much that it goes really shiny.<br /><br />When it gets warmer though I tend to add more maybe an actual drop from the bottle and less water and just put up with the shine lolStargazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205110356643706887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742113396089797587.post-14067893111669081132011-06-28T12:02:09.896+01:002011-06-28T12:02:09.896+01:00Kitchen roll does work just fine.
But make sure y...Kitchen roll does work just fine.<br /><br />But make sure you recycle kids!<br /><br />With the matte medium, do you add water and the medium and if so... shat sort of ratios are we looking at? When I bother putting a lot of effort into minis I usually dilute about 1:4 with just water.<br /><br />Edit: ha ha... my password for this comment is 'flatio' - just one letter out to Atreides' favourite pass time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com