Mix Vallejo White Pumice with paint

[zyves]

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?

[zyves]

Apparantly it was in the wrong section of the forum, my appologies.
Maybe here someone knows the correct answer 

[Aaron]

I would be afraid  that the pumice would cause the dropper top to clog more easily.

[zyves]

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

[Grizzly]

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.

[zizi666]

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.

[SteveBurt]

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.

[Major_Gilbear]

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 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.

[SteveBurt]

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.

[Major_Gilbear]

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>

[SteveBurt]

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.

[Major_Gilbear]

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.

[dbsubashi]

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!