PollyScale had subject color, but has dropped it. Anyone know of another maker?
I’ve tried to make it myself using Grimy Black with an overcoat of clear gloss, but that doesn’t quite do it. Any suggestions?
I’ve mixed flat and gloss black in differing amounts–just regular testors.
Richard
Richard-
Hey, thanks for response. I could have done some more experimentation, as you have done, but when I was looking for another item on modeltrainstuff.com I also checked to see if they might have this no-longer-produced Polly Scale color. Yes, they do…even if only a few bottles!
-Chuck
Since (assuming) they are both water-based, just add a wee bit of Mod Podge Gloss Medium to a sample of your paint, experimenting as you go to get the right look, and lay a swab of it properly spread on the item to see how it looks when it dries. That very combo is evident as an oily covering on my ties.
Selector-
Your ties do look realistically oily! I took a look at Mod Podge products after reading your post and the only gloss I’ve found is plain gloss, not the gloss medium you describe. Also, the description says it acts as a glue. Where did you find the gloss medium, presumably without the glue characteristic?
-Chuck
Ah, Chuck, you’re making it too easy, Bud. [(-D]
Mod Podge is available at the crafts section, where all the small plastic vials of acrylic craft paints are found, at Wal Mart. It is a ‘medium’, or a material, applied to a surface. Paints are also a medium. In the case here, I use the ‘gloss’ medium as opposed to their ‘matte’ medium which dries flat, not shiny. So, you want a small bottle of the ‘glossy’ medium.
-Crandell
Crandell-
Ok…the reason I didn’t think you were referring to a means of expression was because of the capital “M”. It seemed that you were indicating that Mod Podge makes a range of gloss and that you found that a medium level was best. Your ties look great!
My intention is to use “oily” black on the wheel faces of my journal bearing-equipped (I model in the 1920s) rolling stock to show the oily grunge that forms over time, and the oily sheen down the sides of the domes of my petroleum-carrying tank cars.
-Chuck