I was in the local craft store today, looking for some matte finish, and found
something new and different.
It's an acrylic FolkArt color: Sparkles Holographic Glitter (#267). It's a
white paint (which dries clear) with a very fine glitter suspended in it. The
glitter is really neat: it shifts color according to the angles that it's
being viewed at.
You need to apply it pretty thickly (or in several coats) if you want to get a
decent amount of glitter, but the effect is quite nice. Just as an experiment,
I added it to the tips of the "probes" of the Gray Aliens that I'm painting
right now, atop some flourescent red paint that I had previously applied, and
it looks pretty good.
I'm not sure what else I'm going to use it for, but I'm a shameless paint
whore, and could not resist picking up a bottle of "Holographic" paint.
I'm a weak man. But I'm a weak man with a lot of neat paint.
> I'm not sure what else I'm going to use it [Holo Glitter Paint] for,
Let me guess....Pearl Arts and Crafts???
Tony Finan "Let the revels begin, let the fire be started. We're dancing for
the restless and the broken hearted." This.sig terminates with Swan.
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> It's an acrylic FolkArt color: Sparkles Holographic Glitter (#267).
It's a white paint
> (which dries clear) with a very fine glitter suspended in it. The
-Spaceship drives
-Wormholes
-Alien structures
-Vehicles with strong ECM/stealth/dazzle properties (the paint
represents the sencor disruption created by the system)
-Exotic costumes
Greetings
I would like to try this on the visors/glasses of my 28mm troopers.
Thanks for the tip!
Scott Clinton The Grumbling Grognard
> From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de (K.H.Ranitzsch)
> It's
> At 11:27 PM 10/13/01 -0400, you wrote:
Where else? If only they carried decent spray paints, I'd be in
heaven....
> At 05:14 PM 10/14/01 +0200, you wrote:
It's
> a white paint
I'm finding that it shows up best against a dark background color -- no
surprise, really. As an element of a "space camo", it could look pretty good.
A truly dazzling dazzle pattern....
For a more dramatic effect, a guy that I know used "embossing powder" --
VERY fine glitter, little more than a powder -- when painting his Eldar
titans. The effect was incredible, and I've often thought that it would
look equally good if used (sparingly) on 1/300 scale tanks.
I've only worked with the stuff once, but it worked out pretty well:
http://www.geocities.com/johnxcrim/Graphics/TheKing.jpg
...on the King's cuffs and collar. Not the easiest stuff to work with, but
worth the effort.