Still too hot for me and my card modelling.
So you have to wait for some modelling progress.
Basic materials for my card models
For the making of my diorama’s I use textures that I print out.
I know there is a lot of discussion about what kind of printer you should use.
I use a HP Photosmart Office printer. For printing I use the following:
After printing and making the parts I varnish it with a water color varnish.
After weathering I use an acrylic varnish.
Pastels:
In the past I used scrapped pastels to create my weathering powder. For this I bought good quality pastels from my art supply shop. The results of that was quite convincing as you can see on a picture of J. Baker’s Café in Nice Street.
finished cafe at Nice Street
Pigments
I had already read some articles about the use of pigments. So I want to try them out on my new diorama Northall Dock. After finishing Northall Dock Basin is was convinced of the use of pigments. For the Dock Basin I used pigments from Vallejo and one from V.O.F Verfmolen ‘de Kat’ ( Paint Mill ‘de Kat’).
Paint Mill 'de Kat'
The Mill 'De Kat' is built in 1781, and after a partly rebuilding in 1960 it became then a paint mill.
The pigments from the paint mill are much cheaper than from model paint suppliers. So I decided to buy some more pigments by my art supply shop. Got some money for my birthday.
For the choice of colors I used the pigment color chart from Vallejo as a reference. Vallejo gives also a description of the use of the colors. The pigment color chart you can download from the website of Vallejo. The colors from the paint mill have other names.
I bought some small glass jars. Made labels, with a description for the purpose, for every color I want to use.
Pigment with label in jar.
The use of pigments in this way will give me the following possibilities:
Still have to buy some more pigments and some acrylic mediums and experiment with them.
Regards,
Job
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