Vallejo Acrylic Paint, Crackle

If you plan on painting on any type of plastic, this is not the paint for you!! It works better on paper or wood!!

Used to use water for my glazes but I needed something that would allow me to glaze lighter colors without it becoming chalky. Vallejo Glaze Medium is perfect for that. And it overall makes all colors and glazes more smooth.

My favorite primer and color for models and figures. Smooth finish and flows nicely and takes the finish acrylic coat like a treasured old sweatshirt.

Excellent putty. I like the nozzle or getting into tight spaces. Very sandable.

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Works so well and easy to use.

The painting of my miniature figures

A little too silvery to be realistic but I 'I'll find a way to use it.

Yet another Vallejo product that is worth the money. It comes in a runny, syruppy like consistency, that oozes from the bottle quite slowly.It's great for getting in to those small spaces that are thin and long, where the capillary attraction effect on this liquid means it kind of fills itself in to the hole.My only complaint with it, is if you accidentally squeeze too much out, it spreads and is a bugger to clean up !In spite of this, it's a very useful product that is quite like nothing else. When it sets, which doesn't take very long, you can sand it, texture it and then paint and varnish it. It's also pretty handy for using on bases to create texture.

Modellers are a tribal lot with preferences for paint, model manufacturers etc. Most of all paint.Now, I'm in that rare group who don't really have a huge opinion on each manufacturer because frankly every major brand I've used works well. Any problems are of my own making or the paint is ancient.However, my overall choice is Vallejo because of a few reasons. Firstly having returned to the hobby a few years ago I came across Vallejo paints in the super handy dropper bottles. A real revelation to someone who for years struggled with crusty Humbrol enamel pots. That immediately made me a little bit biased towards Vallejo.Next, Vallejo have a huge range of colours. More so than any other manufacturer and this makes colour matching any model easy.Now, the bit where people get hot under the collar and tribal. How good the paint is. Well, in my opinion Vallejo paint is excellent. I've never had any issues using it in five years apart when I make a mistake mixing to spray or the paint is old and lumpy. Even then I filter the paint and a couple of drops of flow improver and hey presto! Back to normal.Coverage is excellent. A couple of thin coats when spraying and a deep colour is obtained.Colour matching given the range of tones and variations is easy to obtain. This particular colour to my eyes matches well with the colours actually used when I compare to the real items in Bovington Tank Museum. I appreciated one has to also scale it to suit and in general a little lighter is often better for scale effect. This particular shade seems to work very well on a 1:35 scale panzer.Overall, my go to paint manufacturer.

I purchased this for use with my miniature war gaming models which on occasion would still have gaps where the limbs joined on. It work perfect for this so I also decided to use it for some larger project, specifically 3D printed models, where the layer lines might have extremely small gaps that would not goi away without significant sanding or filler.This putty was very easy to apply. I simply added a few blobs (about half a pea size) on the surface I want to level and then used a flat spatula to spread the putty, until it fill all of the gaps. I did not go for a perfect surface, just enough to reduce the amount of post filler sanding. The putty is very strong once set and it easily sanded to a smooth outcome using wet and dry. For the T-Rex I used it like a tube of glue, piping a very thin line around the joins of the neck and arms, then using a damp brush to push and shape it into position.I would also point out that it goes a very long way, making it very good value for money. I have had mine a good few months now, and have unused it once or twice a week, and it shows no signs of running out.Drying time is very quick, 4 hours it is touch try, but for sanding I tend to leave it over night just to ensure that the wet and dry does not break it down.

This is not too easy to use, but it does what it's supposed to do when you get it on the surface you're using it to mask. Big chubby fingers and small models make it hard to remove but I find cocktail stick works quite well to start getting the mask off.It is best to use a brush to put this product on but DO NOT use your best modelling or art brushes, this is a quick drying rubber based product so if you use a brush have some warm clean water nearby to wash the brush immediately or the brush will end up like hair with chewing gum in it ONLY WORSE.Allow this product to dry before brush painting near it.

I use this and also the Vallejo filler in a tube, which is the same stuff in a different applicator. It is fantastic for filling joins and small imperfections in models, and is easy to work with. The open time is good, allowing you to smooth and remove excess carefully. I use rubber colour shader brushes to move it around.You can also use water on a damp brush or rubber squeegee to smooth the filler further. Allow 24 hours to cure before flatting with fine wet & dry.I have also used this for building back up raised details, with careful sanding when cured.I would not recommend this for filling large holes however, as it is really just thick paint. for such applications, I use Revell Putty to build up the mass, then this filler to smooth out any roughness after the putty has dried fully.