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I've seen Printers Ink mentioned a few times as being used for doing metal effects on figures. I'm a little confused as to what they are! What brand is used and where does one get them? Are they oil based? I tried the Googles and I got a ton of hits about inkjet printer ink but I'm pretty sure thats not whats being used, or is it? Sorry if this seems like an obvious question!

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Segan

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Here is a link to the Massive Voodoo uisng Printers Inks, figures http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/how-to-paint-metals-with-printers-ink.html

Doing to old Google I guess you can get these inks from Art Shops, I have seen some on the web shops that sell virtually all figures. Not sure of makes I am afraid as it is not something I have experimented with.

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You've been reading old Verlinden publications!

Actually it was one of the Mr Black publications which I think are Pegaso but same ideas I assume! I did a search on here and there were a few builds that mention using them too, ditto for Planet Figure, but no one says what they are!

Here is a link to the Massive Voodoo uisng Printers Inks, figures http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/how-to-paint-metals-with-printers-ink.html

Doing to old Google I guess you can get these inks from Art Shops, I have seen some on the web shops that sell virtually all figures. Not sure of makes I am afraid as it is not something I have experimented with.

Thanks for the link, Knikki very interesting, at least now I can see what they look like! I'm going to pop down to my local art store and see what they have. From what I can gather it's a very fine pigment, heavy oil based medium. That is more than I knew yesterday!

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Segan

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Hobbycraft do a printers silver ink, I bought some for the paint box but it looks too grainy, the silver flakes are quite big, even Tamiya X-11 looks smooth in comparison, the gold is quite good though

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El Greco sell jars of printers ink in 3 flavours; Gold, Copper and Silver, which is all you need. They are not cheap, at £10 a pop, but a little goes a long way and these jars will last years.

clickie: http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d269.html

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El Greco sell jars of printers ink in 3 flavours; Gold, Copper and Silver, which is all you need. They are not cheap, at £10 a pop, but a little goes a long way and these jars will last years.

clickie: http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d269.html

They look nice. Thanks for the link, I wasn't aware of that site before and they have some interesting bits and pieces. I ended up getting some Charbonnel Etching Ink in gold. Hasn't arrived yet but I'll let you know how it is.

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