The colors are quite thick and can use a bit of thinning before use.I always pop open the bottle and add some extender and a heavy hematite bead to help mix the paint.The greens, browns, and blues are quite good, but like a lot of acrylics,the lighter reds, oranges, and yellows can be quite transparent - use white primer beforehandfor maximum color saturation.I've had several bottles made somewhat useless from some sort of sandy sediment orundissolved pigment in the bottle that vigorous shaking could not dissolve.Perhaps they were old or bottom of the barrel. Vallejo Model Color swatchesVallejo of Spain makes several lines of acrylic paints for modeling, gaming, and spray painting.The Model Color line is very popular in hobby stores and provides a range of 208 colorsin a handy 17 ml eyedropper squeezy bottle.
To use the charts, find your paint manufacturer below, click on the link to the paint chart,print it out on your computer printer, and then use your paints to cover up the swatches.Of course you will have to provide your own paint set to make the swatches, but the charts themselvesare useful to see which line of paints matches your requirements.You can also compare the charts to make some sense of the multitudinous color names.Our language has so many names for colors, and the miniatures makers are coining new names all the time.How close are Reaper Saffron Sunset, Foundry Orange, Vallejo Amarantha Red, and Citadel Colour Bright Monkey Butt(Nauseating Blue, Snot Green, Vomit Brown, Bilious Green)?If you fill in the swatches with paint samples, you will have a compact reference sheet free fromcomputer monitor variations that will help you to find a color very quickly.
Dan Becker's Paint Swatch Charts Dan Becker's Paint Swatch ChartsĮxample paint swatchesThis article discusses various paint systems for miniatures and model painters andprovides a set of charts that you can print and use to make a reference swatch board.A swatch board is a compact chart that is used to show a series of paints,their color range, opacity, and finish.An example is show in the photo to the right.You can see a number of colors from various manufacturers, the color value range, a few shade and highlight variations,the paint opacity and how well it covers up the chart beneath, and the sheen of the paint from glossy to matte.
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