 John the OFM  | 30 Sep 2020 7:44 p.m. PST |
Painting by hand is too tedious.
Decals never fit properly.
Who makes a good spray paint for the Government sett (aka Black Watch) tartan in 28mm? |
| Chimpy | 30 Sep 2020 7:59 p.m. PST |
The same people who launched their SS Pea Dot in a can on April 1st…. |
| robert piepenbrink | 01 Oct 2020 2:48 a.m. PST |
I think you'll have to use the brush-on, Catalog code FO-OL1, then clean the brush in both water and mineral spirits. |
| athun25 | 01 Oct 2020 5:04 a.m. PST |
Just keep sniffing the mineral spirits, and the tartan may appear on it's own! |
| John the OFM | 01 Oct 2020 5:18 a.m. PST |
I figure Black Watch can also be Mackenzie in 28mm.
And if I need red overstripe for FIW or yellow for Gordon, I can do that myself.
This can be a Kickstarter, to daube the market for Cameron. |
| 79thPA | 01 Oct 2020 5:43 a.m. PST |
Just used my last can, and I don't remember where I got it. |
| jwebster | 01 Oct 2020 6:31 a.m. PST |
clean the brush in both water and mineral spirits A popular misconception, but you need to use Whisky to wet the brush and whistle before, and clean up after |
| rmaker | 01 Oct 2020 11:19 a.m. PST |
Don't know about 28mm. In 10-12mm I find I can get away with Ceramcoat Deep River Green. |
| Shagnasty | 01 Oct 2020 12:33 p.m. PST |
I've been waiting for tartan paint for years. jwebster's idea has some merit, if it is a good single malt. |
| nnascati | 01 Oct 2020 2:07 p.m. PST |
John, remember the three foot rule. What do you see on a tartan from three feet away. |
 Herkybird | 01 Oct 2020 2:23 p.m. PST |
I only ever use 1mm artists acrylic pens for an approximation of tartan now. |
| Chimpy | 01 Oct 2020 8:59 p.m. PST |
Actually looking at the Black Watch in 28mm that I laboriously painted some years ago, I realize that dark green with a black wash would have done the trick :-( |
| Royal Air Force | 02 Oct 2020 4:04 a.m. PST |
Easy, just put the appropriate colors in an airbrush, swirl once with a toothpick ( or for better accuracy a Sgian Dubh) and spray away! |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.