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wildauangel · Veteran Member

should be sidewalk painting with all the chalk im getting....

sara zata · Guru

Rach, If you are using pre mixed I dont think you have to thin them, read the tutorial on Roie on here. It is step by step byPat Secrists. I do think you put about 5 drops of thinners ona sponge, but read it for yourself. June M from OZ.

wildauangel · Veteran Member

hi there, i am using the premixed and they work perfectly its the genesis flesh colours im having trouble with. any advice?

heartme_4ever · Veteran Member

Maybe your oven isn't the correct temperature. I'm not sure what else there is to do..

Buffington · Guru

Sorry to hear you are having problems with chalky. Have you searched this subject thread to get some answers?? We have had a few people already ask this question in this topic. MIght want to do a search on chalky also.

You must make sure that you bake your paint at 265 F or 130 C for 8 minutes. Get yourself an oven thermometer (if you don't already have one) and check to see if your oven is the right temp.

Also, if you put on too much (and sometimes we don't realize how much is too much) paint it will do that. If you are getting chalky between the fingers and toes, just take your stippling brush and pounce it out. If that's not your difficulty, then it probably is too much paint. You mix it the consistency of light cream. Then, with some thinner on your sponge, just dab your paintbrush (mop brush) on the sponge, don't paint the entire thing or you'll get squares when you pounce. lol

What you want to see is little tiny dots, like little pinpoints of paint, which when looked at at a distance, will look like solid paint. If you can't see little tiny dots of paint then you have your paint on too heavy. You may barely see any color difference when painting layers but all of a sudden, BANG! you will see your little bub start to come to life.

So ya, check around in this topic and see what you can find!

wildauangel · Veteran Member

thanks for the advice, ive been searching and reading my butt off, and im about to post my work so far, the advice has really helped

Buffington · Guru

Can't wait to see it in the Artist Showcase!

Phaedrax · Member

Hi. I also had this problem when I was practicing before I started on my kits and what I found was that the first layer or two of flesh should be more of a stain or wash then painted. It seems to me that this lays down a basecoat that you can then add heavier layers to.
A really good idea is to grab one of the test limbs secrist offer. I think you will find that the Secrist Vinyl will teach you more than the play doll vinyl can. It seems like a good idea to practice on play dolls but I actually think you need quite a bit of skill to make the play dolls look good. I am very much a newby reborner and this has been my experience so far.

Diane