Paint Substitutes
Updated 6/30/2004
Next time you're in Wal-Mart, look in the crafts section for water-based Ceramcoat paints. A LOT cheaper than Floquil and Polly Scale and all of the other paints you find in the hobby shop, and they work just as well. Can be airbrushed if diluted with water (but may be slightly transparent).
Ceramcoat name and number = Polly Scale
Blue 02114 = C & O Enchantment Blue 414260
Red Iron Oxide 02020 = Zinc Chrm. Primer 414293
Brown Iron Oxide 02023 = Milwaukee Road Maroon 414155
Quaker Grey 02057 = D & H Grey 414197
Antique Gold 02002 = CP Yellow 404058
Dark Jungle Green 02420 = MEC Pine Green 414188
Gamal Green 02120 = CNW Green 414188
Black 02506 = Engine Black 414290
Fjord Blue 02104 = B & O Royal Blue 414269
Hammered Iron 02094 = Pullman Green 414284
Paynes Grey 02512 = Grimy Black 414137
And a few others that are useful:
Sandstone 02402 = Close to Aged Concrete, but more yellow (Maybe try two parts Sandstone and one part Hippo Grey 02090 for concrete)
Mudstone 02488 = More grey than Earth, more brown than Concrete
Western Sunset Yellow 025454 = More yellow than Sand
Black Green 02116 = Nada, zip, but a great color.
Same for Avocado 02006.
Fleshtone 02019 = Best Caucasian flesh tone I've seen.
Comments listed below courtesy of Don Dellmann
"The only place it doesn't work well is on metal. Resin is OK, but the casting needs to be VERY clean (which is true of painting resin with ANY paint.) For wood, styrene, plaster, cardstock, it covers well and is very durable.
I have not airbrushed with it, although I know people who have.
As far as mixing colors, there is such a variety and it's so cheap just try a bunch of different colors and experiment with own mixes. You don't need a lot, just a squirt of color on an old AOL CD and mix it right on the "pallet". (Thanks to the "gizmologist for that tip, I use the tops from soda bottles, milk jugs, etc. for "paint pots" a lot too)."
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Ceramcoat web site - Adobe PDF file including colorchart of available colors, other info:
http://www.ceramcoat.com/Literature/Pdf/CMC/CMC_Ceramcoat.pdf
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