I know some of us model water using Mod Podge. My question is, can this be tinted using acrylic paints? I would like to make murky water.
I tint my Envirotex water with a small amount of acrylic paint. I don’t have experience with Modge Podge.
As I understand it, Mod Podge is a form of artist’s medium. As such it should be compatible with acrylic colors. I have used artist’s gloss medium mixed with a little acrylic color to make a reasonable murky pond.
Joe
I paint the surface first, then just put a thin coat of the Mod Podge gloss over it, and tease the ripples in. No tinting required.
Lee
Try some food coloring?
Both epoxy and the artist’s mediums like Mod Podge can be tinted with tiny amounts of acrylic paints. In the latter case, you could use a lot, but not with the epoxy. I use “tiny” in both cases because the effect of even one drop of acrylic artist’s paint in, say, a half cup of Mod Podge is very heavy and dramatic. So try a half-drop, and go from there. You can always cover it with more.
-Crandell
Typically acrylics can be added to anything solvent based without issues, it’s when you try to do the opposite you have major problems. I also add acrylics when i am mixing envrotex lite whihc I feel is the only way to go. Alo texturing IE: rocks sand and painting the riverbed or what ever body of water with paint is also a good idea.
While the main water is WS Realistic Water tinted with Delta Creamcoat craft paint, I did the final coloring with Acrylic Gloss Medium tinted with Creamcoat. A drop goes a LONG way in either medium:
Nick