Acrylic
Acrylic – 3Gen Acrylic Paints for Miniatures and Models
AK Interactive Acrylic paints from the General Series are 3rd Generation acrylic paints designed for painting miniatures, figures, vehicles, aircraft, ships, dioramas, and other modelling projects. The extensive range of colours allows you to create a complete colour scheme, from deep shadows and base colours to the brightest highlights.
The paints can be applied with a brush for traditional layering and detailed work, or suitably thinned for airbrush application. Thanks to the extensive colour selection, you will find vibrant fantasy and sci-fi colours, skin tones, military and historical shades, earthy colours, as well as neutral greys, whites, and blacks.
Choose the main shade according to your model's colour scheme and apply it in several thinner layers rather than one thick coat. This helps preserve fine surface details while gradually building smooth, even coverage without applying an unnecessarily thick layer of paint.
For greater depth, combine several related shades. Use a darker colour in shadowed areas, a mid-tone as the main colour, and a lighter shade on edges and raised areas where more light would naturally fall.
Basic Skin Tone, Vampiric Flesh, and other skin or natural shades are ideal for faces, skin, and organic areas of miniatures. By combining several tones, you can create more subtle shadows and highlights.
Vibrant reds, blues, greens, yellows, turquoise shades, and purples are ideal for armour, uniforms, magical elements, and alien models. The extensive palette makes it easy to select complementary shades for smooth highlighting and colour transitions.
British Khaki, Buff, Beige, and various green, brown, and grey shades are ideal for uniforms, military vehicles, leather, wood, fabrics, and terrain details. They are especially useful whenever you want to create a more natural and subdued colour scheme.
For brush painting, adjust the consistency according to the desired coverage and work in thin layers. For airbrushing, thin the paint appropriately and gradually build coverage with several light coats. This allows you to use the same colour range for both painting techniques.
When looking at such a large colour range, you do not need to buy dozens of paints at once. Start with the colour scheme of the specific miniature or model you want to paint. For the main area, choose a darker shade for shadows, a mid-tone as the base colour, and a lighter shade for highlights. Then add versatile neutral colours that you will use repeatedly, such as black, white, grey, brown, and a suitable skin tone. You can gradually expand your collection with additional colours as you start new projects. For a smooth finish, mix the paint thoroughly before use and apply several thin layers instead of one thick coat.
