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Title: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Cherno on September 17, 2012, 01:09:30 PM: Hello,

I just found this while randomly searching for completely unrelated images.

There appears to exist a product called chameleon nano flakes that, when mixed into a clear medium and applied over a surface, give a multi.colour effect depending on the light conditions, like those cars you see in real-life that have that rainbow-varnish on them and shimmer mainly in greens and oranges.

Very interesting, apparently useful for a wide range of objects, such as (obviously) vehicles, visors, goggles, energy shields and swords, etc.

Link (http://www.google.de/imgres?start=77&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&biw=1280&bih=870&tbm=isch&tbnid=-84VeePCtmy6GM:&imgrefurl=http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2011/12/blade-runner-spinner-chameleon.html&docid=p8VVJNmwsxuZSM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_z2RI1NRxw/TuE3U8CtROI/AAAAAAAAEQM/kOtLeNIDtyw/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG&w=1350&h=817&ei=RxFXUOmMNYbTsgbeiYHgBQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=89&sig=108991594552723820607&page=4&tbnh=111&tbnw=183&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:77,i:22&tx=104&ty=72)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1TaMoMQjqzU/TuE3T8eoHCI/AAAAAAAAEQE/vh4WbbL1eY8/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG)
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Glitzer on September 17, 2012, 02:55:58 PM: Interesting, So far I used special acrylics for this effect (Pelikan does them for their PLAKA Brand under the name "Prisma-Color").
Does he tell, where he got that particles from?
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Cherno on September 17, 2012, 04:48:40 PM: No, the link has no source for the flakes. Some kind of plastic model colour I presume, or something from an art shop.
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Glitzer on September 17, 2012, 09:59:37 PM: Quote from: Cherno on September 17, 2012, 04:48:40 PM
No, the link has no source for the flakes. Some kind of plastic model colour I presume, or something from an art shop.
Then I'll have to stay with my PLAKAs, wich are not as easy to use as one might suppose :(
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Henrix on September 17, 2012, 10:22:40 PM: Dudes, what's wrong with google? The first hit:
Chameleon Nano Flakes (http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3503).
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Cherno on September 17, 2012, 11:03:53 PM: Goggle? never heard of such a thing ???
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: dijit on September 19, 2012, 11:34:50 AM: Super, I've long thought that some GW Tyranids would look fantastic painted like this!
Duncan
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Svennn on September 19, 2012, 12:24:18 PM: My mate Pete Taylor, he of 80's GW Skaven fame, works in the paint industry and has supplied me in the past with the pigments used in interference paints. I think they were created for Nissan but am not sure. They are the ones where a car looks say yellow from one direction but as you move it becomes red or purple. My wife has used them in a carrier fluid with her crafting but I have never thought about using them on miniatures before.
Title: Re: "Chameleon Nano Flakes" for rainbow-coloured special effects
Post by: Cherno on September 19, 2012, 12:54:13 PM: Might be a good choice for carapaces of giant beetles. or maybe as wings and eyes of a dragonfly :)