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Glad I could help! Haha. I'm going to check out some general stores tomorrow and hope I can find one, I wonder how reusable it will be with acrylic paint?That looks like a syringe from a childs medicine (Calpol). I have plenty of those knocking around, that gives me an idea!
Glad I could help! Haha. I'm going to check out some general stores tomorrow and hope I can find one, I wonder how reusable it will be with acrylic paint?
Haha you're absolutely right! I just googled Calpol and it's exactly that, I might just go ask in a farmacy if they have some spare ones lying around. Good eye!That looks like a syringe from a childs medicine (Calpol). I have plenty of those knocking around, that gives me an idea!
I bought a syringe from a pharmacy, I'm just wondering, if the Revell aqua paint is to thick, what's another good method of moving the paint from the tube to a mixing plate? Is it okay to use the back of a spoon, for example? And then use the syringe to add water to the mixing plate?You can also buy small syringes from hobby shops, I think. I’ve got a 3 ml one (or was it 5 ml?) that I use when thinning paint for airbrushing. (Only thing is that I never look at the markings on it — I just use the syringe to draw up the thinner I use from the bottle, then squirt some into the airbrush paint cup )
You are making things far more complicated than they need to be If the paint is too thick, then pick up some paint with your brush from the bottle and put it onto your palette, then pick up water with the same brush and mix it in.I bought a syringe from a pharmacy, I'm just wondering, if the Revell aqua paint is to thick, what's another good method of moving the paint from the tube to a mixing plate? Is it okay to use the back of a spoon, for example? And then use the syringe to add water to the mixing plate?
I bought a bunch of eyebrow waxing spatulas from ebay for about a penny each. About the same length as a cocktail stick but wider/flatter at one end. I've found them great for stirring and sticking small parts to. Like a mini lolly stick but pointed on one end.* You do stir your paint, right? Get a supply of cocktailprikkers (I have no idea what these are called in English and don’t feel like looking it up ) and you’ll be set for life. Well, almost.
Agree with Jakko about thinning. You don't need to measure exact amounts, just add some water until it feels right.For stirrers, just go to a coffee shop and pick up a few wooden coffee stirrers!You are making things far more complicated than they need to be If the paint is too thick, then pick up some paint with your brush from the bottle and put it onto your palette, then pick up water with the same brush and mix it in.
For mixing two or more colours, use your stirring sticks* to transfer paint to the palette instead of a brush, else you’ll end up with bits of paint in bottles it doesn’t belong in.
* You do stir your paint, right? Get a supply of cocktailprikkers (I have no idea what these are called in English and don’t feel like looking it up ) and you’ll be set for life. Well, almost.
That was the name I was looking for!cocktail stick
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