Title says all, at 4:12 - 5:40 of the video he mixes pastels with water? or alcohol, I’m not sure, but I tried to replicate the technique but it didn’t work for me, does anyone know how he does this?
Mixing pastel dust with isopropyl alcohol is a pretty standard weathering technique. It’s good for representing staining and streaking. You mix the two into a thickish paste, and apply it with an old, stiff, brush. The hull side staining on these two models:
was done using this method.
Cheers,
Chris.
I don’t speak Japanese so it’s kind of like looking at the explosion of the first atomic bomb and asking “how’d they do that”. [(-D]
Trying to replicate his results would require knowing the exact materials that he used…not only for the application of the powder but also what he used to blend and remove it with, the paints used, sealants, etc. Too many pieces of the puzzle are missing that a good translation I’m sure would reveal…
How about starting with what happened for you? What did you try and what happened?
By the looks of the video the gentleman has ground regular pastel chalks to powder then mixed them with ??? - my guess would be thinner, but maybe alchohol.
Rick
I didn’t bother with the video, but I mix the pastels into alcohol for two reasons: It evaporates faster than water and doesn’t bead up…
Thanks for the help everyone, if I mix with alcohol, wont it eat through the paint??
Nope… Not if it’s going on over enamel or laquer… It might if it’s un-cured acrylic, but just overspray any acrylics with a clear laquer or enamel before hand
Will do thanks!!!
Safest way, if you’re using acrylics (and both the models in my previous post were painted with them) is just to leave a couple of days for the paint to cure. The alcohol evaporates rapidly, leaving the pastel dust stail behind.
Cheers,
Chris.
Thanks Chris!