Ok heres the rundown, my dad tryed to get into painting, but he thought he sucked (WHICH HE DIDNT I ASSURE YOU!!!) and he had an art kit full of oil paints(with the colors described above + many more) and hes also got some acrylic and some stuff that seems like chalk pastel but I think it is like soap paint (???) or some thing because it is really hard, he also has oil pastels, what the hell am I trying to get at you say? What can these Items be used for? How can they be applied to models, how do you do pastel weathering, etc.
I use artist oils for washes and drybrushing sometimes. If you have the chalky pastels, scrape them with a razor or hobby knife onto a pallet or something. You can use the dust to make dirt and dust or mix it with water and/or (white)glue to make mud. That’s how I do things, maybe others are different.
You should expiriment, too. Just grab an old model and have fun trying new things with your new supplies.
Oh man you hit the mother load!!! The oils are great(imho) for pin washes, espescially over Future or other gloss coats cause you can easily wipe any excess -goofs with a swab & thinner.Mix the oil paint with thinner till it looks like strong coffee. Just don’t have the swab soaked, just moistened.Oils also are superb for dry brushing. You can custom mix them for dry brushing. I’ve found if you put a dab of color on your brush and then wipe it on a towel, kinda scrub the brush on it, the little bit of oils in the brush do a great job of highlighting small parts ect.
As far as the pastels go I take them and rub them on a piece of sandpaper and you can mix them also and use them much like the weathering powders they sell. The comercial ones are formulated to adhere better but I use the pastel powders for exhaust pipes, dust streaks suplementing panel lines ect. Jetlag hit it right with playing around on a junker… I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I just recently started using oils for washes, and they are just great. Also, if he has a wide variety, dry brushing with oils is also quite a good thing, as you can blend them really well. The rest of the paints, use them for weathering, for anything. I mean, you have paints, and models need painting. Kinda fits together really well, don’t ya think?
Pastel chalks are great for dusting effects. Scrape them into a dust with a hobby knife, or on some sandpaper, and apply to models with a wide, soft brush.
YOu have new supplies, get some scrap pieces and see what you can do with it.
Thanks guys, I’ll get on it, OH BTW, I tried one of the oil paints on the bottom part of my tiger 1 tracks, makes it look good!!!(cant remeber the color, but it looks like iron!)
Everybody else already gave you good advice but I will add:
For oil washes: Thin the paints down alot with either mineral spirits, turpentine, or some kind of oil thinner. Anywhere between milk and water consistency or even thinner works good.
For drybrushing: Use them straight with a flat stiff bristle brush.
Lets see some pics of your work with them when you get some done.
i love using a combo of oils and enamel (or acrylic) to drybrush. the oil paint seems to extend the drying time of the base color giving me plenty of time to drybrush all the surface area.the only down side is initial cost,but a good tube of oils should last quite some time without going bad.
You can also use something called a copal dryer which will speed drying time. A brush medium can be made with linseed oil, turpentine and copal dryer-will help you lots.