MASTER SERIES PAINTS
- Come in 1/2 oz. dropper bottles. They are meant to be dispensed onto a palette or other mixing surface and thinned a bit with water before use. Thinning a Master Series Paint for basecoating your miniature works well using a ratio of four or five drops of paint to one drop of water or flow improver. Other applications, like washes or layering, require more thinning.
- Master Series are a thinner, more fluid paint, and will typically require two smooth coats (thinned as outlined above) to cover well. Because of this they excel at techniques requiring thinned paint, such as washes, glazing, and layering. If you are looking for a paint which can be thinned extremely, which resists separation of colors when thinned, and which has inherent flow properties to achieve beautiful smooth blends and delicate glazes, Master Series is probably your pick! Reaper's Staff Painter usually uses Master Series for highlighting, shading, washes and glazes.
- Master Series Paints come in Triads. Most of the Triads consist of a basecoat (middle) color, a shading color, and a highlighting color, in order to aid painters who aren't sure what to use for shadows and highlights. Sometimes these Triads are merely similar colors, such as the Off-Whites triad or Liners Triad.
- Master Series Paints are somewhere between satin and dead matte.
- Master Series Paints have excellent adhesion; they stick to the model very well and resist chipping and rub-off from normal handling. In addition, the Master Series line has a Brush-On Sealer that works very well with the paints, adding additional protection.
- Master Series Paints work very well in airbrushes!
- Master Series Paints have flow improver added to their base formula for additional flow factor, aiding in fine detail work, washes, and glazes.
- Master Series Paints encompasses a line of 216 colors, additives, primers, inks, metallics, and sealers, and includes specialty colors like the brilliant Clear Brights and Liner Colors for lining your models.
- Almost all Master Series Paints are different from the Pro Paints colors. Similar colors, like Volcano Brown or Oiled Leather, have the same name in both lines.
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NEW PRO PAINTS
- Come in 3/4 oz. paint pots. They are meant to be used right out of the pot. If you leave them open for long periods of time you will want to add some water and/or flow improver to keep them at a good consistency. You can also transfer the paint to a palette via a craft stick or old brush.
- Pro Paints are a thicker paint, made to cover straight out of the pot. Though they can be used for thinned applications such as washes, they truly excel at thick paint applications like basecoating, wet blending, and laying down quick, solid coats of color. If you are looking for a paint to cut time off of your basecoating or one that will help you finish your armies fast, Pro Paints are probably your pick! Reaper's Staff Painter usually uses Pro Paints for basecoating figures and wet-on-wet blending.
- Pro Paints are as close to dead matte in finish as we could make them.
- Pro Paints have very good adhesion; they stick to the model well and resist chipping and rub-off from normal handling. Consider using Master Series Paints Brush-On Sealer for further protection. To achieve a matte finish, thin the sealer slightly with water before brushing it on.
- Pro Paints encompass a line of 108 colors, inks, metallics and primer.
- Almost all Pro Paints are different from the Master Series Paints colors. Similar colors, like Volcano Brown or Oiled Leather, have the same name in both lines.
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