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Offline Clonehead

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What kind of paint do you use?
« on: June 11, 2009, 03:34:31 PM »
I got asked today by a member what kind of paint I use on my customs and thought it would be nice if we had a place where we could compare notes on what we used and what works best for what applications.

I will start out with what I use.
I use Testors, Pactra, Model Master, and Floquil brand acrylic paints with the last two being my favorite because of their ease of application, ability to work well with other brand paint, and versatility of colors available.

All of these brands are owned by the Testors corp and I don't know if pactra is still around.
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 03:52:31 PM »
i use games workshops citadel miniatures paints and inks as there are loads of colour choices and they are superb!
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2009, 05:26:33 PM »
testors acrylics.  Basically because that's the only thing I have access to here and I am a stickler about paying for shipping costs on stuff like that over the internet...
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2009, 06:50:30 AM »
Thanks for starting this Clonehead, you beat me too it =)

I use a varity of paints depending on the application.


Krylon Spray Paint: Used as base/primer for large vehicles and some characters. Sticks very well, and works well with other acrylic paints

Polly Scale Railroad Paints: Used on everything, I love this stuff and it sticks to all plastic types very well.

Tamiya Acrylics: First real "acrylic" paints used, lots of colors though doesn't stick well to type of plastic used to make action figures. Uses a thinner which causes it to break strip itself if you try to layer.

Floquil Railroad Enamels: Very sticky paint, much better than Tamiya though I only really use the black.

Testors Enamels: My very first paint set, which I used on almost everything. Sticks well, but switching to Acrylics was night and day.

Craft Acrylic Paint: Good for some applications because it's inexpensive, but not good for detail work.

I also have a robust set of brushes from natural to synthetic hair all in multiple sizes.

Here is a picture of my old work area from about 5 years ago when I was "Single" . My new work area is the kitchen table :|

Here is a great site that got me started: http://www.starwarsmodels.com/techpaint.html
« Last Edit: June 12, 2009, 06:52:43 AM by StenHunter »
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2009, 07:02:07 AM »
Nice work station you had there, Sten! Yep, I don't like tamiya paints for that reason. I had the same trouble using that stuff on military models for the same reason.
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2009, 07:15:05 AM »
Krylon Fusion spraypaints for large-area applications
Craft-store acrylics  (Folkart, Ceramcoat, Delta, Applebarrel, etc)
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2009, 10:53:37 AM »
I use minwax polyeurathane semi gloss or satin finish for most of my woodwork! ;D
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2009, 05:56:52 AM »
Quote from: Tamer on June 12, 2009, 10:53:37 AM
I use minwax polyeurathane semi gloss or satin finish for most of my woodwork! ;D
You have a custom ATAT walker wood carving there, at the house, buddy?
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2009, 09:52:31 AM »
I use Revell paints, they work very well on figs

Here is the link to the Revell Homepage if you are interested:
http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/accessories/modelkits_accessories/?id=187&L=1&KOSCHL=10&KZSLPG=1001&KGSCHL=03&nc=1
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2009, 02:42:15 AM »
Citadel GW and recently also Reaper. For base coating/priming Citadel GW Chaos Black or Skull White spray paint. And Tamiya spray paints as well.
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Re: What kind of paint do you use?
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2009, 12:42:26 PM »
I use Mr coulour  acrylics and krylon spray paint for my base coat. ;D
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