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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Palette and transfers
Sladog
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United States
Joined: April 01, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 07:59 AM UTC
Sorry for all the questions lately.

What do y'all use for a palette? I use plastic plates.

Also:
- What do you use to transfer paint from the bottle to the palette?
-What do you mix with? (Toothpicks for me).
-What do you mix with? The brush you use for painting or do you have a separate brush?

Thanks.
scoccia
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Milano, Italy
Joined: September 02, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 08:38 AM UTC
Palette: I use any flat surface (glass, plastic)
Transfer: toothpicks, brushes, eyedroppers
To mix (1): toothpicks for me too or the brush
To mix (2): brush only if the quantity of color it's enough, otherwise oter brushes (one per color)
Ciao
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 09:19 AM UTC
I use various things - cleaned out soda bottle tops, or juice bottle tops. I will also use the portion of a yogurt continer - Danon makes a kids type yogurt that has candie or granola you add to it. The lid is about about 3" X .75" deep - nice size.
I always use toothpicks to stir with.
Marty
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: June 16, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 09:59 AM UTC
I actually bought a couple of metal palette's from Michael's. I clean them after each painting session and reuse. They are great
I usually mix my paints with a brush.
AndersHeintz
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Texas, United States
Joined: March 05, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 10:18 AM UTC
Hola!

I use 4 different Pallettes. They are all from walmart and are like 50¢-99¢ ea. I use two round ones with 10 holes in each, the other two are oblong and only have 6 holes. For oils and enamels I use either a piece of cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil, or one of the above plastic pallettes wrapped in foil. The paints I use are in a "squeeze" bottle so I just squeez the color onto the pallette. For enamels I use a toothpick.
I mix all my colors with an old brush! If I need just one place to touch up a highlight or shadow I'll use the one Im painting with to mix up a little of it, but mixing colors are hard on the brushes so I try not to use my good ones for this too often.
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