"oil pens to paint minis" Topic

on amazon, I bought these

APOGO Paint Pens Paint Markers on Multiple Surfaces, Quick Dry Permanent Marker Pens, Oil-Based Ink Waterproof Paint Marker Pen Set for Rocks Painting, Wood, Fabric, Plastic, Canvas, Mugs, DIY Craft

I have had success painting 28mm to wargame standard, and I have bad eyes and a shaky hand. its like quick drying paint. but if you want to paint over a colour with another you need to wait a good 6 hours, but its quite usefull to not wait if you want to blend the coulour together to get new colours, just wipe the tip after.

the nibs are a little big but usable, so I have ordered  ZEYAR Paint Pens, Expert of rock painting, Oil-based, Extra Fine Point,18 colors, Water and Fade Resistant, Odorless, Xylene Free, Metal pen holder, Professional Paint Marker Manufacturer from amazon,

with fine tips, they dont say perminant but oil based should mix with the others. you can paint with the bigger nibs but these would be nice, so i will see

you can paint on any surface rock wood metal plastic glass, 

you can also use paint aswell

Thanks for sharing.

I've also used Sharpies with some success.

using big nib oils can fill big areas , and fast covering etc… so then the fine nib oils can do the details, yet to test fine nibs.

big nibs are great for vehicles

I have used Sharpies, but you have to be very careful as you can't paint over any mistakes easily.

I've gotten good results with oil pens and Sharpies for putting letters and numbers on vehicles. It does take a steady hand.

I like silver for gun barrels and white for Napoleonic belts and straps.
I've also had great results with artist's pencils, especially soft ones.

Micro-pens are good for eyes and trim details.

I'm trying to paint the script GR on the caps of 40mm AWI British Light Infantry. Not particularly well.

I may need to resort to something like this if I can't get any better.

I use 0.05mm Micron pens for lining, and am a recent convert to POSCO Paint Pens, which are fab for all sorts of things but mainly vehicle markings and adding dots and stripes to Ancient Persians clothes(!) . Their fine points are 0.5mm.

I've used colored pencils to create "painted" symbols on flags and shields for my fantasy orcs. The result is "gritty", looking like the orcs slapped it on without much care (and no second coat)— which you'd expect from orcs. They also might work for army vehicles which have seen a lot of wear and tear. Parade ground ain't in it!

I do have some paint pens, but the flow is tricky if you're not careful. Which is why I tried the colored pencils.

How do they go under varnish? They sound like they would be good for shields.

Varnish over the pens is fine, but I leave them for 24 hours to make absolutely sure they are dry first. Yes, they are outstanding for shields.

thanks Martin.

There are hard-tipped, acrylic paint pens available, as well. They are best suited for large, flat areas, but they can be used on small, non-flat areas, as well, but this can be more challenging. They are another tool to add to your painting tool box. Cheers!

I started to use paint pens a few weeks ago. I used to use them back in the 1990s to paint detail on shields.
I watch one painting class where a black and colored Sharpies were used to add stripes on models. I tried the sharpie and it seems to work as long as you use a sealant.