"Mig Ammo Review 1 - Early War and DAK German Set " Topic

Over the next few weeks im going to test out a number of Mig Ammo paints and products and give people some idea how they work out and useful they are for wargamers, rather than for modellers. The first set I have been trying tonight is the early war and DAK paint set. Its a useful starter set to get for anyone starting out on Germans as it not only gives you the greys and sand colours, but also a Dunkelgelb that you could use for late war vehicles. Tonight though I have been trying out the greys to see how good they are.

The set comes with two greys, a base and a highlight effectively, and a third grey for a final very light highlight. On the models on the picture I have just used the first two grey colours over a black undercoat. One thing to bear in mind is to mame sure, like all paints, that you shake them well before use. One simple addition by Mig ammo, of a ball bearing in each pot as an agitator, makes this a far quicker and simpler task than other paints. From a wargamers point of view the use of two complimentary colours for a base shade and a highlight also removes the need to mix colours and speeds up the painting process significantly.

I spent around 15 minutes on these and that included cleaning the airbrush after use. Both colours spray easily straight from the pot and did so with no splatter or other issues. They go on with very good coverage and work best with applying in several light coats. I did two coats of each colour on both models and found the colour built up well and gave a nice depth of colour. I must say I did find them easier to use than Tamiya paints and they will likely be a very good product for someone starting out on using an airbrush, their use is far simpler than kther paints I have used previously.

Even with just two colours the effect is rather pleasing and I think with further weathering they will come up a treat. As far as their use goes for a wargamer I think its a very good product and very easy to use.

The final colour may look a little light, but I think that will tone down with filters and weathering to give a rather good Panzer Grey for the tabletop. Im going to try out the Dunkelgelb from this set next, but so far im rather impressed with the Mig Ammo paints, especially from a wargamers point of view as they are fast and easy to use.

Piers: thanks for the info as I have been thinking of trying this set.

So, no thinner required like the Vallejo surface primer(s) set: what pressure (psi) where you spraying at-?

Regards,

Joe

Didnt use any thinners, though they sell a thinner which I have also got hold of, so will try that at some point.

Was spraying at 20psi.

I notice that the box says that brushes can be used too. I would be interested in seeing any results from that method of application. Whilst I have an airbrush I just cannot do with the pfaff of using it.

Should apply like any other paint, I used it with a sponge to apply the chips and it went on fine, and used a brush to touch up a couple of parts, again went on fine.

Like other airbrush paints, it is quite fluid and would need a couple of coats (as they do with airbrushing) to build up the colour. But the idea with them is to layer the colour to build depth.

Piers: thanks for the info.

Regards,

Joe

Thanks Piers.

Good stuff MIG, use odds and ends and found them all very neat.Prefer the Life Colour ones for airbrushing though I shall be tempted to pick up MIG sets at Crisis in November just to give em a whirl . Thanks for the review Piers always useful to have the benefit of someones 'hands on' experience. I have some Russian 1/35th stuff to do at Christmas.
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Do you find it necessary to thin the Life Colour paints for airbrushing or do they work straight from the bottle?

Marc33594,
They need diluting, I use 50/50 or sometimes 60/40 ( thinners to paint) depends on the effect Im trying to get.
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