Elsbeth Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I have heard chalk paint is nice for miniatures, but I'm planning on painting some tiny items (1:48) and I'm wondering if anyone has advice for paint that doesn't go on too thick. Can I dilute it? Also, the furniture I made is laser cut mdf and some pieces have card/paper accents. In sample photos, it all looks great when glued and painted into one unified piece. But what paint is best suited to tiny minis made of paper/mdf/tiny details, etc? Acrylic? I'm not used to painting furniture. ThxInAdv for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minilover62 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 More than the paint, one problem is not to brake the piece. I just finished painting some furniture for my Nana's house and I had to re-glued several pieces that came apart while painting them. I read after I finished that some people use markers to paint their quarter scale pieces. I used acrylic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Plain old Crayola water color paints. Pic is a little fuzzy but these were painted using them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Thanks for the help, guys! That blue is gorgeous on those tiny pieces, Sable. Carmen - acrylic was my first thought. I'm going to try it out with a tiny fireplace. Question for painters: can you dilute acrylic to thin it? Do you dilute with water or with something else? And as for using watercolors (which looks amazing, Sable) - I'm afraid it will warp my paper bits - should I be worried? No matter what - I will probably give acrylics AND watercolors a try. I have several piece to experiment on. Its just everything is so tiny and I don't want to botch it and have to rebuild. But that is part of the journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 With the water colors you almost want the brush semi wet. Don't water down the water colors too much, if that makes sense. I'm glad you decided to experiment with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Get a decent matt white spray primer then you can use craft paint or anything over it. A good primer is the key to painting small items 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I painted my 1:24 furniture for La Casita with acrylic paints. I wiped off the excess paint before starting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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