From 6400c66c75d09a48d7eed077144c29b7348540e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Jones Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 13:00:09 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Update paints.md --- sets/paints.md | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sets/paints.md b/sets/paints.md index 3abd30e..6e12589 100644 --- a/sets/paints.md +++ b/sets/paints.md @@ -36,7 +36,18 @@ Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc) # Miniature Painting Paint Selection -This essay is intended to cover paints for miniature painting. I do not cover the use of craft paints for this purpose, but I will add a section in the future to cover why it is best to stay away from craft paints for this application. I personally use a ton of craft paint, mostly for painting 3d printed terrain, so it's not a distain for craft paints, they are a useful tool in the crafter's arsenel, but they also have specific applications where they are better, and applications where they are suboptimal. For painting miniatures, craft paints have significant drawbacks. +# A Note About Craft Paints + +Many people try craft paints (Americana, Folk Art, Craft Smart, etc) as their first paint to paint miniatures. A person can achieve tabletop quality with craft paints, but they will do it having to fight the paints, instead of the paints making the job easier for them. Miniature paints are designed to make easy techniques easy and hard techniques possible. Craft paints are designed for straightforward techniques and low price. The primary problems with using craft paint is that they have two problems for miniatures: + +1) their pigment is not ground as finely as model paints +2) They are not very pigment dense + +What this means in practice is that as soon as you use anything but the most basic techniques for miniature painting, you will start to run into the limitations of this paint. As you thin it, the low pigment density will result in the paint turning glossy and having inconsistent coverage. The less fine pigment will mean you will have a harder time painting details and not clogging them. You'll also find that it's much harder to avoid brush strokes. Beyond the two larger problems, the medium for craft paints is missing additives that most miniature paints have that increase the drying time and improve their flow. + +If you are doing your painting of miniatures with the basic techniques of base coat + wash + drybrush, you can get by with them, but as soon as you start trying to do layering, wet blending, feathering, etc, the paints are going to fight you every step of the way. + +I personally use a ton of craft paint, mostly for painting 3d printed terrain, so it's not a distain for craft paints, they are a useful tool in the crafter's arsenel, but they also have specific applications where they are better, and applications where they are suboptimal. For painting miniatures, craft paints have significant drawbacks. For painting large structures where your primary focus is on techniques like base coating, overbrushing, washing and drybrushing, craft paints are a much much cheaper alternative for painting large pieces where you don't have a need to use more advanced techniques. ## Prices From 8c9bc8285037e7158751340cc9b437bda9c1051f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Jones Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 13:02:38 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Update paints.md --- sets/paints.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/sets/paints.md b/sets/paints.md index 6e12589..7b6f1c2 100644 --- a/sets/paints.md +++ b/sets/paints.md @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ If you are doing your painting of miniatures with the basic techniques of base c I personally use a ton of craft paint, mostly for painting 3d printed terrain, so it's not a distain for craft paints, they are a useful tool in the crafter's arsenel, but they also have specific applications where they are better, and applications where they are suboptimal. For painting miniatures, craft paints have significant drawbacks. For painting large structures where your primary focus is on techniques like base coating, overbrushing, washing and drybrushing, craft paints are a much much cheaper alternative for painting large pieces where you don't have a need to use more advanced techniques. +References: + +* [Luke's APS: Make craft paints work on your minis and terrain.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsQlKepVQE0) + ## Prices Here's your prices (All taken from miniature market's "Retail Price" except warcolours since they are only sold through their website): From 01f55c00b113f1e35c202205a51eefe1cf32b94e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Jones Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 13:03:31 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Update paints.md --- sets/paints.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sets/paints.md b/sets/paints.md index 7b6f1c2..342c228 100644 --- a/sets/paints.md +++ b/sets/paints.md @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc) Many people try craft paints (Americana, Folk Art, Craft Smart, etc) as their first paint to paint miniatures. A person can achieve tabletop quality with craft paints, but they will do it having to fight the paints, instead of the paints making the job easier for them. Miniature paints are designed to make easy techniques easy and hard techniques possible. Craft paints are designed for straightforward techniques and low price. The primary problems with using craft paint is that they have two problems for miniatures: -1) their pigment is not ground as finely as model paints -2) They are not very pigment dense +1) The pigment in craft paint is not ground as finely as model paints +2) Craft paints are not very pigment dense What this means in practice is that as soon as you use anything but the most basic techniques for miniature painting, you will start to run into the limitations of this paint. As you thin it, the low pigment density will result in the paint turning glossy and having inconsistent coverage. The less fine pigment will mean you will have a harder time painting details and not clogging them. You'll also find that it's much harder to avoid brush strokes. Beyond the two larger problems, the medium for craft paints is missing additives that most miniature paints have that increase the drying time and improve their flow. From a121f14a2eaef9925c03dd45ad82abd519ffe141 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Jones Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 13:06:05 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Update paints.md --- sets/paints.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sets/paints.md b/sets/paints.md index 342c228..9d463ad 100644 --- a/sets/paints.md +++ b/sets/paints.md @@ -38,12 +38,13 @@ Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc) # A Note About Craft Paints -Many people try craft paints (Americana, Folk Art, Craft Smart, etc) as their first paint to paint miniatures. A person can achieve tabletop quality with craft paints, but they will do it having to fight the paints, instead of the paints making the job easier for them. Miniature paints are designed to make easy techniques easy and hard techniques possible. Craft paints are designed for straightforward techniques and low price. The primary problems with using craft paint is that they have two problems for miniatures: +Many people try craft paints (Americana, Folk Art, Craft Smart, etc) as their first paint to paint miniatures. A person can achieve tabletop quality with craft paints, but they will do it having to fight the paints, instead of the paints making the job easier for them. Miniature paints are designed to make easy techniques easy and hard techniques possible. Craft paints are designed for straightforward techniques and low price. The primary problems with using craft paint is that they have three problems for miniatures: 1) The pigment in craft paint is not ground as finely as model paints 2) Craft paints are not very pigment dense +3) The paints are thick, and the medium is not designed for miniature use cases. -What this means in practice is that as soon as you use anything but the most basic techniques for miniature painting, you will start to run into the limitations of this paint. As you thin it, the low pigment density will result in the paint turning glossy and having inconsistent coverage. The less fine pigment will mean you will have a harder time painting details and not clogging them. You'll also find that it's much harder to avoid brush strokes. Beyond the two larger problems, the medium for craft paints is missing additives that most miniature paints have that increase the drying time and improve their flow. +What this means in practice is that as soon as you use anything but the most basic techniques for miniature painting, you will start to run into the limitations of this paint. As you thin it, the low pigment density will result in the paint turning glossy and having inconsistent coverage. The less fine pigment will mean you will have a harder time painting details and not clogging them. You'll also find that it's much harder to avoid brush strokes. Finally, the medium for craft paints is missing additives that most miniature paints have that increase the drying time and improve their flow. This last one you can fix, by adding in some of your own medium. There's a link under references for a video on how to do this. If you are doing your painting of miniatures with the basic techniques of base coat + wash + drybrush, you can get by with them, but as soon as you start trying to do layering, wet blending, feathering, etc, the paints are going to fight you every step of the way. From 869f90db9ed28a143f1d27238b1aa60d64d11427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Jones Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 13:09:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Update paints.md --- sets/paints.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/sets/paints.md b/sets/paints.md index 9d463ad..bf0fa88 100644 --- a/sets/paints.md +++ b/sets/paints.md @@ -577,4 +577,8 @@ References: * [Vince Venturella: Hobby Cheating 123 - Warm Zenithal Highlighting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFDHpVJiNC0) * [Vince Venturella: Hobby Cheating 136 - Guide to Value Sketching](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0CFC2soR18) * [Vince Venturella: Hobby Cheating 175 - Understanding Unusual Undershading & Zenithal Highlighting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doc2GdL2Lv4) + +* Medium/Additives + +* [Luke's APS: How To Make Lahmian medium Cheap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad7bNDfS3fI) --> From 2fbf035761c085ec7036f8526f946e2256574b87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Jones Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 14:06:38 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Update paints.md --- sets/paints.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sets/paints.md b/sets/paints.md index bf0fa88..228d24f 100644 --- a/sets/paints.md +++ b/sets/paints.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Table of Contents ================= * [Miniature Painting Paint Selection](#miniature-painting-paint-selection) + * [A Note About Craft Paints](#a-note-about-craft-paints) * [Prices](#prices) * [Paints](#paints) * [Army Painter](#army-painter) @@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc) # Miniature Painting Paint Selection -# A Note About Craft Paints +## A Note About Craft Paints Many people try craft paints (Americana, Folk Art, Craft Smart, etc) as their first paint to paint miniatures. A person can achieve tabletop quality with craft paints, but they will do it having to fight the paints, instead of the paints making the job easier for them. Miniature paints are designed to make easy techniques easy and hard techniques possible. Craft paints are designed for straightforward techniques and low price. The primary problems with using craft paint is that they have three problems for miniatures: