OCEAN BLUE – INK

Ocean Blue, acrylic ink

A blue ink from the acrylic The Inks range. It differs from a classic bottled paint in its thin binder and high pigment content: it is applied in thin translucent coats that add up, so you build the tone exactly where you want it. It is thinned with water or with acrylic thinner.

Use

• Glaze layering of blue over an already painted surface without losing the detail underneath.
• Color transitions on wings, on the cloak of a figure or on a water surface in a diorama.
• Toning gray and white areas toward a colder tone.
• Mixing your own shades with other acrylics from a single range.

The base and a metallic undercoat: the candy effect

A translucent ink is the ideal tool for letting the base do the work. This shows most strongly over a metallic undercoat: blue applied in thin coats over a silver or chrome base gives the so-called candy effect, a deep metallic sheen shining through the color that no opaque paint can imitate. The condition is a smooth, glossy base: the metallic is sprayed only onto a finished smooth surface, and the area is primed and smoothed beforehand, because every scratch under the metal shows through twice as much. Over a white base, by contrast, you get a clean, bright blue, and over gray a more muted tone. The base here is therefore not preparation but a full component of the final color.

Who the ink is for

For modelers and figure painters who work with layering and translucent effects, and for anyone who wants to build a color step by step instead of in one coat.

Keep out of the reach of children, shake before use and ventilate while spraying.