A.MIG-7998 Grimdark Essential Enamels Volume 1

The set

A set of enamel paints put together on the Grimdark theme and carried as the first volume. Its place among the weathering sets and the word Enamels in the name state what it serves for: finishing a completed model with enamel products. This is not one bottle but a group of shades chosen around a single theme.

Where it is useful

Enamel paints are laid down on a finished coat. They are used to darken seams and recesses, to pick out rivets and edges, for running stains and for settled dirt. The Grimdark theme aims at darker-toned fantasy and science-fiction subjects, but the set comes into its own just as well on vehicles, where a surface is meant to look worn and used.

• Enamel paints for finishing work.
• Shades put together around one theme, the first volume.
• For shading seams, picking out edges and dirtying surfaces.
• Laid down on a finished coat that has dried.

Application tips

Shake the bottle before use, as the pigment settles at the bottom. Lay the paint down spot by spot where it is meant to be darkest and blend it away with a clean brush dampened in thinner. With running stains, run the stroke from top to bottom; with settled dust, the other way. Use the thinner meant for enamel products, in the ratio the manufacturer gives, not water. Before laying it down it is worth protecting the coat underneath with a layer of varnish, so that it is not disturbed during blending.

Who it is for

For modelers and figure painters who want to take a finished model through to a three-dimensional and dirtied look and to have the shades of one theme together for it. Work with enamel products calls for ventilation, and the thinner has to be at hand while you are laying the paint down. The set serves for painting; the model, brushes and thinner are not supplied with it, unless stated otherwise.