Dunking and contrast?

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Has anyone tried watering down contrast paints and dunking models in it?

My issues with contrast are:

1. It's harder to get an even/good looking finish on it for gaunts
2. For me, it's faster to spray paint with a color similar to my models skin color and then do a fast base coat. With contrast, I found I had to spend a lot of time wedging my brush into tight places on the model, as missed locations on white primer stick out. With the spray method, if missed a spot, you can't notice unless you are looking for it.


I was thinking that dunking models in contrast might workaround the above two issues. Has anyone tried this? If so, how did it come out?

[Overread]

Dunking is normally done as a cheap way to paint fast; contrast is particularly expensive paint. The issue would be you'd need to spend quite a lot to get enough volume of paint to let you easily dunk your models into. Once you're spending perhaps £20 or more to get enough paint volume to dunk it starts to be a really expensive approach to painting.

I believe I've seen some reviews out when contrast was new and people were using it to dunk; though price was the main barrier.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Good point! I was thinking you'd probably want 2 bottles or so of paint and two bottles of medium, which is a bit pricey. You could use less paint and less medium and dunk shorter models (or dunk them half one way and half the other).

[niiai]

Dunking also involvea shacking excess paint off. Shurly brush or airbrush would be easier?

[yoritomo]

Naw, you just mount the model to your drill and give it a good spin.

[niiai]

No. That does not sound complicated at all.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

May 26, 2020 14:06:37 GMT niiai said:

Dunking also involvea shacking excess paint off. Shurly brush or airbrush would be easier?

1. I don't own an airbrush
2. As I stated above, it can be hard to get your brush into tight areas on the model (which is a bigger issue with contrast as it requires white paint and if you miss a spot, that will show up on the model)
3. The purpose of this thread is also to see if anyone has tried this method.

Edit: I'd also just envisioned tapping the model to shake excess paint loose. Contrast is pretty thin, so pooling paint is less of an issue.

[yoritomo]

May 26, 2020 15:27:56 GMT niiai said:

No. That does not sound complicated at all.

Yes, it is more complicated than shaking your arm until it falls off.

It isn’t that complicated though. All you need to do is make a simple jig. You can put a nail through a Gatorade cap and put the models on it. Or use an old drill bit into a cork. Just make sure it’s centered before you start using it.

[niiai]

Nothing can go wrong there. And no sett up at all. Mutch easier then buying an airbrush.

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