ACRYLIC FILTER Phthalo Green

Acrylic Filter Phthalo Green - a saturated green acrylic filter

Phthalocyanine green is among the pigments with a very high tinting strength. In a filter that is both an advantage and a trap: even a small amount shifts the tone of a whole surface markedly, so this shade is worked with more sparingly than the neutral filters. The range is acrylic and it is thinned and cleaned with water.

What a saturated green filter is for

Base green coats tend to be matte and visually dead once they are on. The Phthalo Green filter gives them back their saturation and depth without covering them: under the veil the original camouflage and the transitions sprayed with an airbrush stay visible. It is also used to vary large single-color areas, laying slightly different shades on neighboring panels, and to tone the green of artillery, crates, ammunition boxes and other equipment, so that the individual items do not look sprayed from one can.

Recommended procedure

• Take only a small amount and break it down on a palette, because it is easy to overdo this shade.
• Apply it over a smooth intermediate varnish, not over a coarsely matte surface.
• Always test it first in an invisible place or on a leftover sprue in the same shade.
• Build the coats up gradually and let them dry in between.
• Once the surface is done, carry on with a wash and pigments; the filter is an intermediate step, not the final effect.

Who it is for

For modelers who work with green camouflage on military vehicles, artillery and accessories and want to control the shade once the spraying is done. For complete beginners this shade is more demanding than the neutral filters because of the strength of the pigment.

This is not an opaque paint. Keep out of the reach of children and work in a ventilated room.