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Title: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: zyves on 06 April 2017, 12:34:55 AM
Guys,
At the moment i'm using a lot of vallejo white pumice following this technique:
- apply the white pumice pate and let it dry
- paint vmc chocolate brown on it
- dry brush vmc flat earth
- dry brush vmc green ochre

However i was thinking, maybe i can speed things up by adding the vmc chocolate brown to the pumice in his bottle. Is this a good idea or is it going to clog and dry out when I'm storing the pumice with paint in it for a next base session?
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: zyves on 07 April 2017, 01:40:14 PM
Apparantly it was in the wrong section of the forum, my appologies.
Maybe here someone knows the correct answer  :D
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: Aaron on 07 April 2017, 02:33:51 PM
I would be afraid  that the pumice would cause the dropper top to clog more easily.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: zyves on 07 April 2017, 02:50:10 PM
I would be afraid  that the pumice would cause the dropper top to clog more easily.

No i mean the other way around, the paint in the pumice jar
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: Grizzly on 08 April 2017, 11:25:03 PM
I've mixed paint with Liquitex texture gel. (About the same as the Vallejo I think.) It works well. The only effect I noticed was that the gel was glossy, even with the paint mixed in. A coat of matte spray fixed that though.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: zizi666 on 10 April 2017, 12:14:17 AM
I've used tile glue (somewhat same consistency as pumice gel, not the stuff that looks like PVA) with added paint before, to put on bases.
The colour becomes a toned down version of what I put in, so pale brown when using burnt umber or grey when using black paint.
Never experienced any problems with it.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: SteveBurt on 10 April 2017, 01:12:36 PM
I mix sand texture paste with paint all the time - not in the bottle/jar, though. When I spoon out as much texture paste as I need, a squeeze some paint out and mix the two together.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: Major_Gilbear on 11 April 2017, 10:57:35 AM
You can add the paint to the texture paint, but you need to add a lot to tint it notably. I'm not therefore really all that sure it's going to help you hugely.

Alternatively, Vallejo do a textured product called Dark Earth (http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/diorama-effects/family/35) which is basically a pre-made version of what you're after. The brown might not be quite the same, but it's close enough to make it much easier than painting over white.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: SteveBurt on 11 April 2017, 12:19:01 PM
You don't need to add much paint to tint the texture paste. A blob of paint the size of your fingernail will do a lot of paste.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: Major_Gilbear on 11 April 2017, 03:11:36 PM
Well, a tub of Vallejo white paste is £6, and a bottle of Vallejo paint is £2. A tub of the ready-coloured Vallejo paste is £8. For the faff and mess it saves, and the fact that the cost is virtually identical, I'm really not sure it's worth the effort of mixing it yourself - but that's just me. <shrug>
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: SteveBurt on 12 April 2017, 03:50:25 PM
Depends if the pre-coloured paste is in the colour you want :-)
I usually use a sandy colour, then wash with a darker earth colour, the dry brush with a paler colour.
I find that gets more contrast then starting with a darker colour, but YMMV.
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: Major_Gilbear on 12 April 2017, 04:56:10 PM
That's fair enough!

You might like to know that Vallejo also do a sand-coloured textured paste... Called "Desert Sand", just in case you're tempted. ;)
Title: Re: Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint
Post by: dbsubashi on 12 April 2017, 08:11:12 PM
I also use Vallejo pumice paste. I just saw that Desert Sand in a gaming mag. Will definately be getting some! But I have not seen the brown. Time for a search! Thank you for pointing it out!