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Post by ReliantLion on Mar 25, 2014 1:15:44 GMT
I've gotten my tiles painted up to the point where I have a 1" square sponge as my "brush". I keep having the issue where it looks like there is to much paint being put down and caking on. Alternatively, if I press lighter, it hardly puts any paint down at all. I'm not sure if it's the dollar store sponge or what. Should I try to water down the paint a tad?
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Post by DMNate on Mar 25, 2014 2:11:11 GMT
After you load the paint on the sponge, wipe it off like you would if you were dry brushing. If that still doesn't help, try using a color closer to your base color.
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Post by bloodchoke on Mar 25, 2014 3:46:02 GMT
I'll second DM Nate's suggestion. Keep something close by that you can test it on to make sure you have the right amount of paint loaded. You might also want to look at how porous your sponge is. I've not used this technique myself, but I would imagine the sponges with the looser structure/bigger holes would work better than your standard dish sponge. They sell these in the art section of the craft store, but you can find them much cheaper if you just look around.
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Post by DMScotty on Mar 25, 2014 5:30:02 GMT
As they have said you don't want too much paint on the sponge.
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Post by thedmg on Mar 25, 2014 22:43:27 GMT
Spread the paint out on your pallett so that it is a thin layer (you can mix the colours on there for effect), then dab the sponge into it quickly, then apply
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Post by ReliantLion on Mar 27, 2014 11:47:47 GMT
I've determined that the sponge technique isn't going to produce what I want. I instead used some foam sheet as a stamp. It seems to be working much better for me. I hot glued it to some aluminum shot with a wooden handle to make it near impossible for me to missalign things (I'm putting a 'sort-of' grid on it).
PS - Hot Gluing aluminum is reaaaally hard as it dissipates heat hear instantly.
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Post by DMScotty on Mar 27, 2014 13:35:26 GMT
The great thing about the craft is that no technique is the ONLY way. You can do things any way that works for you..
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