| tbeard1999 | 11 Dec 2017 2:14 p.m. PST |
In preparation for painting a Zulu Wars British Force, I tested the 26 blue acrylic paints I own for vividness and opacity. Obviously this test is not comprehensive, but maybe it will help some. I'll probably add to it if I get more paints. My site: texaswargamer.com The Test: link
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| foxweasel | 11 Dec 2017 2:56 p.m. PST |
That's a comprehensive test, thanks for sharing. I know a lot of people would like one done on yellows. |
| wrgmr1 | 11 Dec 2017 4:18 p.m. PST |
Excellent work! Very helpful.
May I suggest you try Liquitex soft body artist acrylic paint. Not much selection but the best Prussian Blue I have found by far. |
| tbeard1999 | 11 Dec 2017 4:24 p.m. PST |
Yes, I have a bunch of Liquitex soft body paints in storage. I'll try them sometime soon. |
| idontbelieveit | 11 Dec 2017 6:14 p.m. PST |
The Andrea Blue set is the best paint I've ever used. |
| DOUGKL | 11 Dec 2017 6:20 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the information. I agree with Foxweasel, one done on yellows. I would also add orange and red. |
 Flashman14  | 11 Dec 2017 7:22 p.m. PST |
Great contribution – thank you! |
| SultanSevy | 11 Dec 2017 8:02 p.m. PST |
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| Durban Gamer | 12 Dec 2017 4:40 a.m. PST |
Decanting into dropper bottles sounds clever. What bottles do you use? |
GildasFacit  | 12 Dec 2017 5:54 a.m. PST |
Good idea, I used to do that with all paints I bought but haven't bothered much recently. You do list Vallejo Prussian Blue in your tests but it is Dark Prussian Blue that you seem to have used. These are different colours and the Dark is very much darker than the other (which is a very good colour). Between the two you can mix almost any Napoleonic uniform blue. |
| tbeard1999 | 12 Dec 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
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| tbeard1999 | 12 Dec 2017 9:21 a.m. PST |
Foxweasel – I'll post the results of my yellow and white tests later this week. |
| wrgmr1 | 12 Dec 2017 10:51 a.m. PST |
Excellent, thanks for doing all this! |
| Andy ONeill | 12 Dec 2017 11:19 a.m. PST |
Liquitex soft body paints are excellent. I think when painting yellow you're best undercoating white first. If you want higher pigment from any acrylic, one thing to try is to mix in some pelikan plaka. Only really works out cheap if you do a lot of painting though. |
| foxweasel | 12 Dec 2017 11:27 a.m. PST |
tbeard1999 – Cheers, looking forward to it. |
| tbeard1999 | 12 Dec 2017 5:54 p.m. PST |
Coming tomorrow hopefully – test of Red, Blue and Yellow craft paints along with Yellow and White game paints. |
| tbeard1999 | 12 Dec 2017 6:04 p.m. PST |
Durban Gamer – Google plastic dropper bottles. GW paint is 12 ml so any bottles larger will do. Vallejo is 17 ml and Reaper 14 ml for reference. |
| tbeard1999 | 20 Dec 2017 2:51 p.m. PST |
I just updated the paint swatch sheet. link |
builds a cutter and a corsair, both in 1/1200 scale.
