Thursday, 26 July 2012

Fings Wot I Like: Textured Paint


I have just discovered textured spray paints by Rust-Oleum. This one is called Desert-Bisque, but there is quite a range. I tried it on some D-Day plastic beach defences. It creates instant beach/ desert/ rough concrete in two light coats.

Amazing! So darn easy. A lick o' paint and I will have two great beach defences.



10 comments:

  1. Oh yea, I love that stuff for statues and other scenery items. Even for my Necron Vehicle I used a beaten metal spray over my monolith for that metallic shine look, looks amazing!

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  2. Dear Styx
    I must try that. this is the first can I have bought.
    Very impressed.
    J

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  3. I recently baught some fairly cheap foam board building ruins, I used a similar product to help bring some depth to them, and I would also have to agree, really adds that extra bit of detail to otherwise cookie cutter pieces. Whish I had a can of what you got though, mine came out a little thinner than I would have liked.

    Cheers

    -Scott

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  4. Interesting, I can see some uses for this too. Is safe on polystyrene, or is it likely to melt it?

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  5. I love this stuff too, along with the hammered metal sprays. Spray detail; awesome!

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  6. Dear Anon
    That why I bought it. To cover scratch-built foam card buildings. The bunkers were just a test.
    J

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  7. Dear Scott
    Almost certainly it would melt it, although I haven't tried, as it gives off a solvent smell.
    You could try undercoating with acrylic, letting dry for a long time to harden, and then coat with the textured spray. I suppose it could work. :)
    J

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  8. Dear Sons
    Must try the hammered metal.
    John

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  9. Dear John
    That was my thought to, remarkably though it seems to be dense enough to not melt, its a combination of that poster board type material and foam core.

    -Scott

    p.s.
    I got it from a company called gamecraft, very serviceable if you need a lot of filler type terrain.

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  10. Dear Scott
    Thank you for the tip.
    J

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