SIENNA – ARTISTIC DENSE ACRYLIC COLOR

Sienna, Artistic Dense Acrylic Color from AK interactive

Sienna belongs to the Artistic Dense acrylic range, which AK interactive builds on a high pigment content and a dense consistency. It is thinned with water or with the medium of the same range, not with lacquer thinner. The shade is a warm earthy brown with an orange undertone, that is a classic artist's color which modelers use for mixing and for glazes rather than as a covering coat on large areas.

Where the color belongs

Sienna is at home wherever there should be warm wood, worn leather, dry earth or a dusty deposit. On figures it serves for belts, holsters and boots, on vehicles for wooden crates and tool handles, in a diorama for earth and tracks. As a glaze over a dark base the shade will not show at full strength, but it warms the surface pleasantly, and that is exactly what it is mainly for: in a thin layer it harmonizes, in a thick layer it rather fills the detail.

The scale effect: in scale, contrast drops, not just saturation

Real wood and earth have an enormous difference between light and shadow, which the eye reads as exaggerated on a miniature. On a model, therefore, reduce the contrast: keep the difference between the lightest and the darkest place smaller than you would mix from a photograph of the real subject. Sienna suits that, because mixed with a lighter ocher it gives a soft transition with no jump, and mixed with a cooler brown it gives a shadow that does not fall into black. Dust and deposits also even out the contrast on real vehicles, and sienna thinned into a weak glaze does the same on a model.

Use and who it is for

• Mix the paint thoroughly before work, as the dense pigment settles to the bottom.
• Thin it markedly for glazes and filters, and apply it in thin layers for covering strokes.
• Ideal for modelers who mix their own earthy tones.
• Usable on figures, wooden items, dioramas and the lower parts of vehicles.

Work in a ventilated area and use a respirator when spraying. Close the bottle carefully after use.