paint wheel

[Freddie M]

I'm looking for a paint wheel. One that will tell me in percentages what colors I have to mix to make my own paints. I'm not totally satisfied with the off the shelf colors available.

 

[urumomo]

Welcome Aboard !

You need a subtractive color wheel , https://rmit.pressbooks.pub/colourt...-and-subtractive-colours-on-the-colour-wheel/
and your calibrated MK 1 eyeball .

https://www.google.com/search?q=sub...nt=img&udm=2#vhid=A01rRNZXfNHDjM&vssid=mosaic
Search for videos on YT about subtractive color theory .

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

In what way you're not satisfied with off the shelf paints? What brand of shelf paint(s) are you referring to? What model subject are you painting?

AK Interactive Real Colors are highly recommended for military colors.

 

[Edbert]

You need a subtractive color wheel

You finally speak of things I understand!

What blew my mind, or finished it off -- whichever, was realizing what the additive wheel meant.

I'm the Troglodite who does not understand acrylic does not mean water-based.

 

[the Baron]

...who does not understand acrylic does not mean water-based.

Don't sweat it. Many modelers and painters think so, because there are a number of brands of water-based acrylics, and if that's all you've seen, it's natural to think.

 

[janinej]

I struggle to find non water based paints. Can't find non-water based paints on Amazon either.

JJ

 

[the Baron]

I struggle to find non water based paints. Can't find non-water based paints on Amazon either.

JJ

Can you order Revell paints from within the UK? Revell have an enamel line-"Email", German for enamel-as well as their water-based acrylic line, "Aqua". We can get them here in the US off the shelf and online. But it looks like they can be ordered through the website, too:

https://revell.de/en/shop/farben-kleber-zubehoer-paints-adhesives-and-accessories

Are Humbrol paints no longer available? There was a time when that was The British brand of hobby paint. I think they're still available, though I think the company changed hands a few years ago.

Another possibility is Tamiya's acrylics, which are not a water-based acrylic, and Gunze-Sangyo/Mr Hobby paints from Japan.

But I think if you look at the brands offered for fantasy/wargaming figures, they're mostly water-based acrylic paints. I think a lot of fans of the genre prefer the characteristics of water-based acrylics, especially fast drying time, and ease of blending colors. I like them for hand-brushing, myself, for that reason, though for airbrushing I use enamels and lacquers more.

Best regards,
Brad

 

[Pantherman]

I struggle to find non water based paints. Can't find non-water based paints on Amazon either.

JJ

 

[janinej]

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This is great thank you. I have seen these before but didn't realise they were not water based paints.

JJ

 

[Edbert]

What do the Germans call email, enamel?

 

[janinej]

What do the Germans call email, enamel?

I think so yes.

 

[the Baron]

What do the Germans call email, enamel?

Heh heh, no, they borrow our word "Email".

The Germans borrowed "Email" for "enamel", too. From the French. They pronounce it "eh-mile", stress on "mile".

"Email" for email, they pronounce like we do, "ee-male".

 

[the Baron]

Oh, thirty Euros for 10 tins of Revell enamels. OK. At first glance, I thought that was 30 Euros a tin, and I thought, "Nope, my old bottles of Testor's will last me a good long while yet."

 

[Nikati]

I have tried a couple of tins of it. It seems to work ok, even tho I still prefer the Model Masters I still have. I will say I absolutely hate the tins. The one tin I have the coating on the inside of the lid is pealing off, I can make it a real pain to get the lid off without messing the lid up.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Have a shot a AK Interactive Real Color paint line. They will be my go-to once all / most of my Model Master paints are depleted.

 

[Nikati]

I've heard good things for AK. I've been getting Tamiya acrylic mostly when I needed new colors. They have been laying down nicely with my airbrush, brushing has been harder for me as usual. I've gotten some Vallejo both model and game and I can brush a bit better with them and they also do well with airbrush. I'm currently using an Iwata NEO, by nephew has a cheapy Amazon one and he has a bit more trouble with the Vallejo.

Learning how to use acrylics has been a learning curve for me which doesn't help either.

 

[TimM63]

I'm looking for a paint wheel. One that will tell me in percentages what colors I have to mix to make my own paints. I'm not totally satisfied with the off the shelf colors available.

https://www.realmilkpaint.com/help/resources/color-mixing/

 

[BarleyBop]

Welcome Aboard !

You need a subtractive color wheel , https://rmit.pressbooks.pub/colourt...-and-subtractive-colours-on-the-colour-wheel/
and your calibrated MK 1 eyeball

Subtractive colour! Talk about getting thrown into the deep end!
Though it is a very good resource, there is no substitute for the 3 Xs : exploration, experimentation and experience!

Colour is very subjective, and our perception very influenced by the environment it lives in: for example, a larger surrounding field of one colour can suck the life out of a colour detail, or make it vibrate way more than it does on the palette.

And did you know that it is only the center of your retina that really detects colour? The rest is interpolated by your brain! The receptors become more primitive as you get to the periphery, where all you detect is movement!

So read up, try some of the suggestions, and find what works for you!