Vallejo Stone Grey Paint, 17ml

I saw some poor reviews from people who seemed to think this was for pottery glazing, or some other purpose. This is intended to allow you to apply very thin, translucent layers of acrylic paint to a miniature. It allows you to get very saturated colors without obscuring details by applying thick coats of paint. It's very good for that purpose. I'll definitely be buying quite a bir more of it!

This putty works great IF you understand what you're getting and how you'll use it. First off, this putty DOES NOT dry rock hard as the description and bottle says it does. As others have said, it dries to a "rubbery" consistency and isn't really sandable. It is water soluble so you can remove excess putty with water. Knowing those two things, I use this putty for filling small gaps or fixing deep out of scale panel lines. Here's how I use this putty.I take a toothpick and cut one of the sharp ends off. I then take a pair of pliers and compress the end to make it flat, like a small trowel. I put a small amount of the Vallejo putty on the flat end of the toothpick and work it into the gap, adding more putty as needed. I wait about 10 - 15 minutes and wipe away the excess with a damp cotton swab, leaving the putty in the gap. The goal isn't to build up a large amount then sand it down but to get the putty into the gap where it can harden. To test the line, I airbrush a layer of black primer over the gap. If more filling is needed, I repeat the process. So far, I've been able to get pretty decent results.

I can't say enough about this product! I have been using this to thin my GW paints 1/1 and it has two excellent benefits.1. It acts as a mild retarder. I used to have issue painting the eyes on miniatures as the tiny amounts of white or black would dry on the brush before I could place it. This stuff helps keep the paint moist long enough to get the pain on the miniature!2. It works a bit better than water when thinning your paints for transparent blending, as it's a little bit thicker than water and gives you a bit more control over your thinned paint.

We use this to make the tubes and fins of model rockets smooth as glass so they look perfect when we paint them.I have two kids doing rockets for 4H, and one of the big things the judges look at is lines in the cardboard tubes and the fins looking like painted wood (of course, they ARE painted wood).Using this putty is easy. Put a little on the end of a popsicle stick, spread it on the areas you need to fill, let it dry, sand with fine (800+ grit) sandpaper. You end up with a perfectly smooth surface that takes paint well and looks great.This can also be used to fill in tear-outs that happen sometimes when you cut the fins out of the balsa (some rockets have a template and just small balsa sheets and you have to cut your own fins).

I’m using this product for details on doll repaints: eyes, lips, etc. It’s the perfect size for use on dolls and miniatures, and I’m very happy I found this instead of wasting more money on a large bottle I would never use up. I leave it to dry overnight after applying and by the next day it’s good to go. It has the perfect amount of gloss without being overly shiny. The only complaint I have is that one area I applied it to is still slightly sticky feeling; the varnish isn’t coming off, it just has a strange texture to it. This may be because I applied too much without allowing the first layer to dry, so don’t knock the product just based on that. For a doll that isn’t going to be getting touched, the tackiness is nothing to worry about. Overall, I highly recommend this product for anybody looking to add gloss to details and small areas of their projects.

I decided to get back into modeling but this time I’m going for as realistic as possible. I built a 1/350 scale submarine but the hull halves didn’t quite fit leaving an open seam. So, for the first time I tried to putty the open seams hoping to make the boat look more realistic. This stuff WORKS!!! Easy to apply and easy to spread and fill in the seams and after drying it sanded right off leaving only a closed seam!

I'm still trying to perfect painting faces on 1/35 scale figures, and this product is definitely helpful. The glaze slows down the drying time for acrylic paints, giving you more time to apply and blend colors. Much more effective than using straight thinner. I'm happy with the results thus far, and I'm glad I made this purchase.

The media could not be loaded.  I ordered the Clear Hi-Gloss to paint the eyes of a sculpture for the final touches. The Hi-Gloss clear adds that wet look to eye painting for that added touch of realism.Vallejo has quality paints for all hobbyists. Their selection is vast, and the quality is consistent.

Yet another Vallejo product that is worth the money. It comes in a runny, syruppy like consistency, that oozes from the bottle quite slowly.It's great for getting in to those small spaces that are thin and long, where the capillary attraction effect on this liquid means it kind of fills itself in to the hole.My only complaint with it, is if you accidentally squeeze too much out, it spreads and is a bugger to clean up !In spite of this, it's a very useful product that is quite like nothing else. When it sets, which doesn't take very long, you can sand it, texture it and then paint and varnish it. It's also pretty handy for using on bases to create texture.

Modellers are a tribal lot with preferences for paint, model manufacturers etc. Most of all paint.Now, I'm in that rare group who don't really have a huge opinion on each manufacturer because frankly every major brand I've used works well. Any problems are of my own making or the paint is ancient.However, my overall choice is Vallejo because of a few reasons. Firstly having returned to the hobby a few years ago I came across Vallejo paints in the super handy dropper bottles. A real revelation to someone who for years struggled with crusty Humbrol enamel pots. That immediately made me a little bit biased towards Vallejo.Next, Vallejo have a huge range of colours. More so than any other manufacturer and this makes colour matching any model easy.Now, the bit where people get hot under the collar and tribal. How good the paint is. Well, in my opinion Vallejo paint is excellent. I've never had any issues using it in five years apart when I make a mistake mixing to spray or the paint is old and lumpy. Even then I filter the paint and a couple of drops of flow improver and hey presto! Back to normal.Coverage is excellent. A couple of thin coats when spraying and a deep colour is obtained.Colour matching given the range of tones and variations is easy to obtain. This particular colour to my eyes matches well with the colours actually used when I compare to the real items in Bovington Tank Museum. I appreciated one has to also scale it to suit and in general a little lighter is often better for scale effect. This particular shade seems to work very well on a 1:35 scale panzer.Overall, my go to paint manufacturer.

This is not too easy to use, but it does what it's supposed to do when you get it on the surface you're using it to mask. Big chubby fingers and small models make it hard to remove but I find cocktail stick works quite well to start getting the mask off.It is best to use a brush to put this product on but DO NOT use your best modelling or art brushes, this is a quick drying rubber based product so if you use a brush have some warm clean water nearby to wash the brush immediately or the brush will end up like hair with chewing gum in it ONLY WORSE.Allow this product to dry before brush painting near it.

I use this and also the Vallejo filler in a tube, which is the same stuff in a different applicator. It is fantastic for filling joins and small imperfections in models, and is easy to work with. The open time is good, allowing you to smooth and remove excess carefully. I use rubber colour shader brushes to move it around.You can also use water on a damp brush or rubber squeegee to smooth the filler further. Allow 24 hours to cure before flatting with fine wet & dry.I have also used this for building back up raised details, with careful sanding when cured.I would not recommend this for filling large holes however, as it is really just thick paint. for such applications, I use Revell Putty to build up the mass, then this filler to smooth out any roughness after the putty has dried fully.

I bought this paint thinner to rescue my small set of Deco Art Americana All-Purpose Acrylic Paint Pot Value Pack 34 small colours which I'd left in the sun on my desk and had started to dry out. This thinner was able to rescue the ones that had not dried out too far. I still have around 2/3rds of it left after using what I thought was a lot of it, so it goes a long way. It is also low odour which I was thankful for as I'm very sensitive to chemical smells. Would recommend.