FYI: MicroMark has announce a new line of acrylic paints to match/replace the PollyScale paints we have been using. I just got the email ad today and don’t know if this has been posted already (I did a search and found 0).They are supposed to be air brush ready from the bottle. Hope they continue to expand the line of colors.
this is the link to the ad for the paints.
-Bob
FARRELLAA,
WOW,I got a E-Mail from them a month ago,I did bring up MicroLux,paint in a conversation,but no one replied…Oh well…
Cheers,[D] What’s interesting,is some of the paint color names,sound like Floquil color names…
Frank
Heh, sound?
Roof Brown
Grimy Black
Engine Black
Reefer White
and the infamous Aged Concrete…(I’ve wasted a few bottles of that Floquil color over the years)
Interesting that the bottles look like “Craft Store Acrylic” style…
They appear to be produced by Vallejo. I’ve never worked with their paints but Pelle Soeborg uses them. They seem to be reasonably priced. A couple of bottles to try should be worth it the next time I make a MicroMark order.
Joe
That’s interesting also,I have used Vallejo,for Military miniatures,paint is from Spain…
Someone,forgot, Rail Brown,[:-^]
Cheers, [D]
Frank
Frank:
How do the Vallejo acrylic paints behave? How do they compare to the Polyscale paints?
Joe
According to the description, Micro-Mark used the same names to be consistent with PollyScale colors that they matched.
-Bob
It’s too bad that they decided to make the paint “airbrush ready” (pre-thinned), negating opportunities where brush painting makes more sense (who airbrushes figures, for example?). After all, who doesn’t have access to distilled water? [:-^] Assuming that the bottles are the same size, that also means that you’re getting less paint than with the PollyScale version. [sigh]
Wayne
Joe,
I would rather use,the Vallejo,over Polyscale paints,one good reason,is that Polyscale does not make the colors associated with Military figures and equipment,I also use Citadel paint from the UK,now they have some really weird color names…Those color paints,are usually associated with,Warhammer 40k,figures and equipment,for Games Workshop,paint color names,like,Boltgun Metal,Skull White and IronBreaker,just to name a couple,three…I also found,that I achieve better results,when using,Denatured Alcohol for thinning,rather than Distilled Water,all the figures,are hand painted,up to 6 colors per figure,I usually paint,5or 6 figures at a time,one color at a time,that way I can continue to paint a different color on each figure all at once,because the first will be dry,when I get to it…By the way,you have to build the figures too,arms,torso,legs and head,weapons and so forth…They really don’t have a set scale,for all the equipment,but it is somewhere BTWN,S&O…
Cheers,[D]
Frank
Chee
Thanks for the info Frank. I’m interested in trying the MicroMark paints to see if they are a suitable substitute for Polyscale when my supply runs out.
Joe
What kind of “sheen” do they dry with? Flat (like Pollyscale) or semi-gloss (like ModelFlex)? Or something in-between?
According to the ad they give a “flat finish”. I guess we’ll have to try some and evaluate for ourselves.
Joe
They are two ounce plastic squeeze bottles. The kind you get at Walmart for 99c
These are not railroad colors (at least not yet), they are earth colors.
When the come out with LIRR Gray then come back and let me know. In the mean time, here is what I did with Walmart gray.
