Metallic Series Marker Dark Steel

A marker with a dark steel effect

Metallic shades are awkward to lay on a model with a brush: the pigment settles at the bottom, the strokes show and the surface comes out uneven. A marker gets round that problem. The paint goes straight from the tip, so mixing and washing a brush both fall away and it is laid exactly where it should be. The dark steel shade matches unpainted, slightly darkened metal: edges, barrels, chains, metal rims, scuffed places in the paint. Exactly where metal is only meant to show through, a marker is quicker and cleaner than a brush.

Use

• Work the marker in on an offcut before the first use, until the tip releases the paint evenly.
• Lay it on in thin coats; a heavy layer gleams unevenly.
• On scuffed places in the paint, apply the color only spot by spot and blend the rest with a clean brush.
• Wipe the tip after use and store the marker lying flat, so that the paint does not run to one end.
• Do not combine it with fresh varnish; the tip would dig into the soft surface and leave a mark in it.
• Let the area dry before the next coat; wet metallic paint smudges.

Who it is for

It suits modelers of military vehicles and figure painters for bringing out metal detail, and also wherever opening up a pot of metallic paint would not be worth the result. It also comes into its own on quick touch-ups and when working up scuffs on edges, where paint on a brush would leave a stroke.

Store with the cap closed and out of reach of children. Ventilate the room while working and avoid getting it on your clothes.