This was fascinating to see the side-by-side comparisons. I do know that brush direction, and clumping does cause larger reaction. So, the reason why the globbed on has bigger cracks is because it had thick amounts of technical paint. The PVA glue was stunning how fast it caused a reaction. I'd be curious if it had a similar effect if you really globbed it on with the PVA and tried varied directions of application. Doing something similar to this with all the different technical paints by Citadel would be fascinating to see, as they have so many that all cause different effects. I would recommend smaller pallets for the testing though to get a more realistic idea of how it would look on miniature bases. All that being said, great video!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I regularly use the Green Stuff World crackle paint and love it. That has the similar effect of being able to control the size of cracks with the thickness of the paint. These were chariot bases from Kings of War. My thought was to make it nice and visible on camera by using a larger base. I appreciate that most games use much smaller ones. It's a good idea to have a look at the other Citadel technical paints. In the meantime, I am planning on doing videos on other crackle paint brands.
@@nerdtheorists I do agree the crackle paint has a really cool effect. I recently saw someone do the lava effect with them where they painted the entire base just swirling fire colors and drying, then applying a crackle paint on top. When it dried it revealed the fire paint below which was awesome! The big base definitely gives a raw and good look of the effect overall. My thought was that smaller bases might make it easier to try different brush strokes and effects as it doesn't take as long to cover, so it isn't drying while applying. I've only used the citadel astrogranite which creates a really cool swooping rock sort of effect when dried. It would be cool to see how the others behave like in this video.
I've been using my crackle paint for desert landscapes with dunes made of all purpose filler. It's a fair point, when I've been complaining of using most of the pot and I could have just used smaller bases. Hahaha 😆 😂
If you’re doing it already for a job, we don’t recommend you do it in your spare time too 🤣 And if watching paint dry is preferable to your current job, it might be time to find a new one!
@@nerdtheoristsGreen Stuff World do a range of crackle paints cracked earth effects which are superior to Agrellan Earth. Good results just applying over painted black base. Even more pronounced with a GW ardcoat applied first to the black surface
I never thought I’d find it exciting to watch paint dry… very informative, LOL.
Nor did we! But it turns out everyone loves it! That might be all we do from now on! 🤣
Wow i have not seen the PVA glue hack before! Thanks!!
It’s really handy isn’t it?
Thank you for doing this, it helped my modelling session today.
Glad it helped!
This was fascinating to see the side-by-side comparisons. I do know that brush direction, and clumping does cause larger reaction. So, the reason why the globbed on has bigger cracks is because it had thick amounts of technical paint. The PVA glue was stunning how fast it caused a reaction. I'd be curious if it had a similar effect if you really globbed it on with the PVA and tried varied directions of application.
Doing something similar to this with all the different technical paints by Citadel would be fascinating to see, as they have so many that all cause different effects. I would recommend smaller pallets for the testing though to get a more realistic idea of how it would look on miniature bases.
All that being said, great video!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I regularly use the Green Stuff World crackle paint and love it. That has the similar effect of being able to control the size of cracks with the thickness of the paint.
These were chariot bases from Kings of War. My thought was to make it nice and visible on camera by using a larger base. I appreciate that most games use much smaller ones.
It's a good idea to have a look at the other Citadel technical paints. In the meantime, I am planning on doing videos on other crackle paint brands.
@@nerdtheorists I do agree the crackle paint has a really cool effect. I recently saw someone do the lava effect with them where they painted the entire base just swirling fire colors and drying, then applying a crackle paint on top. When it dried it revealed the fire paint below which was awesome!
The big base definitely gives a raw and good look of the effect overall. My thought was that smaller bases might make it easier to try different brush strokes and effects as it doesn't take as long to cover, so it isn't drying while applying.
I've only used the citadel astrogranite which creates a really cool swooping rock sort of effect when dried. It would be cool to see how the others behave like in this video.
I've been using my crackle paint for desert landscapes with dunes made of all purpose filler.
It's a fair point, when I've been complaining of using most of the pot and I could have just used smaller bases. Hahaha 😆 😂
Mod Podge makes a crackle medium. Haven't tried it yet but it's pretty cheap.
Thanks! I'll have to look into that
me sitting here at work literally watching paint dry
If you’re doing it already for a job, we don’t recommend you do it in your spare time too 🤣
And if watching paint dry is preferable to your current job, it might be time to find a new one!
Try a gloss varnish rather than pva as a base
Thanks, I'd not considered using a gloss varnish instead. What is the difference in outcome on the paint when using a varnish?
@@nerdtheorists Similar to PVA but not as pronounced in my experience (the cracks are a little less wide but the uncracked sections smaller).
never buy crackle paint from gw or even some other brand of mini stuff.
just literally buy crackle medium and save your money.
Vallejo crackle medium was next on my list to try out. Is there a brand you would suggest using?
@@nerdtheorists honestly it's mostly the same. Get whatever is best price per money.
@@nerdtheoristsGreen Stuff World do a range of crackle paints cracked earth effects which are superior to Agrellan Earth. Good results just applying over painted black base. Even more pronounced with a GW ardcoat applied first to the black surface
@stompieandsuzie funny you should say that!
Tom’s first paint test video was with Green Stuff World crackle!