Re: Anyone use Liquitex Paints?

At 01:21 AM 3/3/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Has anyone on the list (or off the list) have experience painting minis

>with Liquitext Acrylics (or any other artist quality acrylics).
>
>I've been a miniature enthusiast for over 18 years (not long by some 
>people's standards).  I've finally gotten fed up with Game$ Work$hop's 
>Citadel brand paints and inks and Ral Parthas stuff.  Don't get me
wrong, 
>both lines have there good (and bad) points.  Unfortunately for my
liking 
>they dry to quickly, giving me little time to work with them once I've 
>transferred the paint to my palette.  Another problem I've found is the

>consistancy from lot to lot.  I've also used Testor's Model Masters, 
>Floquil and Polly S.  With the Polly S and Floquil lines going through 
>some major changes and the watery nature of Testor's line I fine myself

>longing for something else.

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I've tried using the Liquitex Medium Viscosity paints - "jar" paints,
not
"tube" paints - and the one thing that sticks out is that they won't
stick
to metal at all.  If you don't use a good primer base, you can peal the
acrylic film off of the metal like an orange peel.  Other than that,
they
work just fine. :)

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