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Hey everyone,
as i recently found out about this little effect when i started using dayglow pigments i had some experiences i want to share with you.
At first you maybe never heard about dayglow pigments or colors.
Dayglow - with this term i mean the color somehow glows under light, so with a little light the color is much brighter than normal acrylic paints.
To get such dayglow paints with a good quality i decided to mix my own colors.
First you need dayglow pigments, you can order them online (google for a shop in your country) or you can buy them in artist shops. But inform yourself about the quality of the pigments, in miniature painting you want the highest quality possible.
Here i compared Orange and Pink Dayglow Pigments with the GW Colors .... you can clearly see how much more power the dayglow colors have!
Now you need some acrylic binder (Schmincke in my example) and mix it with your pigments, thats the way to make acrylic colors with any pigments ;)
I like to add a little drop of matte varnish and i put it inside a vallejo styled dropper bottle for easier use. I also add a small steel ball (from a BB gun) to improve the mixing ability.
You can then use the color like a normal acrylic color... if it is too thin, just add more pigments to the mix.
Now for the interesting part... practical use ;)
Normally i just paint the figure with normal colors and add thin glazes of the dayglow color to desired spots to bring in the light effect. In the photo above you can see the effect pretty well.
Another good example for the use of dayglow color... here i wanted to give the balls a mysterious look. I painted them normal and afterwards dabbed some dayglow color on it.
After this step i gave the balls 2-3 coats of gloss varnish to give them a glassy look
Here on my latest project you can see the use of dayglow color to give the fire a glowing appearance :)
I hope you liked this tutorial and you try out this technique!
Cheers,
Raffa
Hey everyone,
as i recently found out about this little effect when i started using dayglow pigments i had some experiences i want to share with you.
At first you maybe never heard about dayglow pigments or colors.
Dayglow - with this term i mean the color somehow glows under light, so with a little light the color is much brighter than normal acrylic paints.
To get such dayglow paints with a good quality i decided to mix my own colors.
First you need dayglow pigments, you can order them online (google for a shop in your country) or you can buy them in artist shops. But inform yourself about the quality of the pigments, in miniature painting you want the highest quality possible.
I like to add a little drop of matte varnish and i put it inside a vallejo styled dropper bottle for easier use. I also add a small steel ball (from a BB gun) to improve the mixing ability.
Now for the interesting part... practical use ;)
After this step i gave the balls 2-3 coats of gloss varnish to give them a glassy look
I hope you liked this tutorial and you try out this technique!
Cheers,
Raffa
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Thank you Raffa.
it's very interesting.
Nice tutorial and I have been on the lookout for such vivid colors for some time. Will check it out, thanks for posting ;)
keep up the good work
Great advice.
Could tell us which is the pigment brand ?
Hey Webmax, i bought the pigments at a online shop... http://kremer-pigmente.de
I think they have a international website.
mmmm very interesting, sure i will try
Okay, so basically we're talking about "Tagesleuchtfarben fluoreszent" from their webstore, right?
Is the acrylic binder mandatory or wouldn't it be enough to mix them with a glazing medium (like the one you can buy from W&N)?
@Karnstein: Yes exactly :) You can choose different colors, blue doesn't rock so much ;)
You can also mix them with a varnish... but it will not be the same as a real color.
Cheers,
Raffa
Great Idea, think i will give it a try after learning object source lightning next class with roman =) Absolutely fantastic
Im having trouble find the acrylic binder on the website, there are a few binders. do you have a link for it?
I have found the website: http://www.kremer-pigmente.de/shopint/index.php?lang=ENG&list=0201
Really genius!
Where do you buy the mage mini?
I need one for my blog :)
Is this like Vallejo's fluorescent colors? Stronger? Weaker?
I have been using Vallejo Paints Fluorescents
as I am painting a pink eldar army, it certainly doesn't look as strong as these pigments. I might try mixing some with binder and paint :D
Thanks for such a great article
Hey Raffa,
vielen Dank für das Tut, muss ich gleich mal ausprobieren.
Gruß Dirk
Hey, thanks for all this nice feedback, glad you like this idea :)
@Painting Mage: This Mini is from Red Box Games :)
http://kremerpigments.com/shopus/index.php?lang=ENG&list=010701
This appears to be the fluorescent pigments on their english online store, for people out who speak english mostly/only :)
@raffa: Well, don't think I'm gonna mix them with pure varnish.
Found a store in my hometown that stocks the stuff and grabbed myself a bag of the green daylight pigments. My plan is to use them on heavily rusted cryx warjacks from the Warmachine TTG range, to increase the glowing effect of the engine.
Which means I'm only using it as a glaze to go over areas that have already been painted with green&yellow colors.
That's why I asked about swapping the acrylic binder for glaze medium.
In regard to the mixing process: did you just added the pigment straight out of the bag into the binder solution? Called their hotline today and the told me to use a "netzmittel" on the pigments before adding the binder. According to them that should keep the stuff from clogging together. *confused*
I'm having trouble finding the correct binder you are talking about. Can you point me in the right direction please.
For those looking for the acrylic binder, Dick Blick in the US sells 200 ml jars, though shipping is a bit pricey.
That is an interesting tutorial. I may use this.
Are these the same pigments you sell on your online store, or did you find a better brand since?
@Mathieu
As far as I know these are the ones that are sold at ForgedMonkey store!
The pigments are still the same but some weeks ago I still had the colors in the shop, now I changed to the pure pigment.
Cool, thanks!
Another thing I was wondering: Kremer emphasizes that the lightfastness of these fluorescent pigments is poor. Have you noticed any fading in the colors or loss of the "glowing" effect in the first miniatures you painted with these pigments?
Hi I just wonder where I can get this acrylic binder, because I'm thinking strongly to buy Dayglow pigment from forge monkey. Thanks for a great site, Ihave used many of you're tutorials.
I have florescence paints from Vallejo can I use them instead of dayglow ?
They can be used too, yes. but they won't provide the same power of colour!
I know the post is old but is there a place where I can get those pigments?
Check for PK-Pro.de