Hi,
I saw a beautiful painting style in a warhammer forum with an aspecto of pastel color. I was impressed, beautiful, and I asked and told me that he was using Humbrol.
I used Humbrol enamel in the 80... there were my first steps on painting, so I can not accurate tell If they are good or not, only remember they were thick/coarse paints and the smell of the Trementina.
I saw Humbrol have now a acrilyc range.
Any experience about this Humbrol paints? adhesion?, cover? color range? is it worth?
P.D. I use regularly Vallejo, Vallejo fantasy, GW, Rackham (rackham paints are spectacular)
Used them before and after they relaunched.
Shake well, mix well, good coverage, nicely opaque and last years.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 18 November 2014, 07:10:06 AM
Used them before and after they relaunched.
Shake well, mix well, good coverage, nicely opaque and last years.
enamel or acrylics
Humbrol were the first acrylics I ever used. Coverage very good but found them to be very chalky at times. Not used them recently though.
Acrylic
About 30% of my acrylics are Humbrol, I've used them for years and like them but Vallejo have a bigger range of colours I'm looking for.
I tried them years ago and like NIM found them to very chalky. Never used them since, much prefer Vallejo.
sorry subadai , what does NIM means?
Quote from: jchaos79 on 19 November 2014, 09:21:28 PM
sorry subadai , what does NIM means?
He means NTM, that'sthe guy that made this comment:
Quote from: NTM on 18 November 2014, 09:19:14 PM
Humbrol were the first acrylics I ever used. Coverage very good but found them to be very chalky at times. Not used them recently though.
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Particularly number 6 ;)
Actually, he's a low-ranking soldier in several of Shakespeare's history plays; vindictive, foul-mouthed, self-righteous, ignorant, speaking a weird dialect distantly related to English. He should fit right in with some of us, not that I'm mentioning any names, *******, ***** *** ***, and I'm not naming you either, **********.
(Spelling has changed a bit, but that wasn't an issue for Elizabethans).
Ok guys, that is a lot of fun, but do not means the feedback about humbrol is close. I am considering buy some paints and I had read bad opinions in other forums (warhammer style) about humbrol, so your opinion is more valuable for me because I know you (in some way :d) and I trust you more than warhammer addicted people, so please if someone have more feedback positive or negative is very valuable for me, then you can go on with the english humour,
thanks in advance and I hope I do not offend anyone of you.
There are a couple of comments about the paint being chalky (or powdery when dry) before the silliness ;)
I have had the same problem and therefore would not recommend Humbrol, I much prefer Vallejo
The idea of the paint becomes powder... Is not very attractive for me :'(
I was searching for this kind of finish (pastel colors). Images and figure collection belongs to Padre.
(http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/jchaos79/Astiano3_zps80634304.jpg) (http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/jchaos79/Astiano4_zps06be6166.jpg)
Maybe I should buy only one or two colors of humbrol acrylics and make same test by myself.
Or someone of you know a manufactuer of acrylics which gives pastel colors, please tell me.
Hi J
I do not think anyone will be offended. Threads sometimes get hijacked like this, so you were right to bring it back on subject/
Here are my personal ideas on common paints avaliable, although I am sure some will have other ideas.
I have used Humrol acrylis in the past when they were small round pots, and had no problems. The newer versions in the square pots are very thick and need to be thinned when in use, but I have had no other problems with them.
Vallejo do lots of colours so you can find the exact color without mixing them. The only problem I have found is that they are very soft when dry and can be easily rubbed off of a mini, so careful hadling before you varnish is essential. A good primer does help but does not stop the problem completely. Also leaving the paint to "cure " overnight helps too . The dropper bottles they come in are very useful and the paint covers well.
Coat d'Arms paint is made to the orriginal Citadel (Games Workshop) specification and is a much better quality paint than the curent Games Workshop offering. I believe nearly all the GW colours can be found under slightly different names.
So in Summary
Coat D'arms are probably the best paints overall
vallejo havve a briulliant range of colours
Humbrol is cheaper, but needs to be thinned, and pots need thinning reguarly even when not used to stop them drying out.
Quote from: jchaos79 on 21 November 2014, 09:01:04 AM
The idea of the paint becomes powder... Is not very attractive for me :'(
I was searching for this kind of finish (pastel colors). Images and figure collection belongs to Padre.
(http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/jchaos79/Astiano3_zps80634304.jpg) (http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/jchaos79/Astiano4_zps06be6166.jpg)
Maybe I should buy only one or two colors of humbrol acrylics and make same test by myself.
Or someone of you know a manufactuer of acrylics which gives pastel colors, please tell me.
If you mix your colour with a bit of grey that will tone it down to a more pastel look sometimes