Wow. I am a nail artist who uses pigment in my acrylic applications and you would not believe how much the beauty supply store charges for what just one stick of those beautiful pigments ground up and pre-packaged costs. (5-7$ per color) Thank you so much for this video!! I'm gonna go do a few cart-wheels now.
Just throwing this out there, but there is a difference between the quality of pastel sticks. There are cheap kinds (this video) and there are expensive kinds. The expensive kinds have higher quality pigment and less binders, and are more similar to the pigment powder.
Dude your wash video changed the way I paint. I don't buy washes when I can make what I want. I'm going to try and find those pastels I need powders and haven't bought any yet. Thank you
Wrong - it is not "just pigments". Each stick contains binders and carriers just as paints, crayons, and other forms of coloring agents. But it does work - just not as brilliant/bright/strong as buying the powders which ARE pure pigment.
Here's a good tip. Use baby food containers as pots. They work great for custom washes and storing pigments or flock or just about anything you may want.
@LezardValeth Here are some methods. You can mix with other paint. Example: mix orange pigments with brown paint to make a dirty rusty effect. You can mix with rubbing alcohol to make a type of wash. It will leave an ultra matte coating of pigment behind. You can apply directly with a brush or fine sponge brush to make dirty streaks. If you do this you can then apply alcohol over it to help bond to the underlying paint. The last one is my favorite, but the second is better for large areas.
I was telling my wife about this video. She says ‘I have pigment powders in my eye makeup pallet that I never use’. My wife buys expensive makeup made with all natural pigments. I am going to use your idea for the colors she uses and hers for the ones she don’t. Thanks for video!!
@DutchieAngel I use a mortar and pestle. I have seen some people use sand paper, but that takes too long for me. You can get a mortar and pestle set pretty cheaply. Just get a ceramic one, stone is not necessary. You can probably get them cheapest online, but if you have to have one now, I'd check your local super market, or kitchen supply shop, like William Sonoma, Sur la Table, or a wholesaler if you have one nearby. Happy hunting
Thank you so much for posting this video. I only needed a small amount of red yellow and blue pigment. I did a search and found your video. I bought the chalk pastels set like yours at Michaels and with the Michaels 40% off coupon it came to $6.42!
Brilliant idea!! I shall use this when doing dry stencil embossing. Have been using eyeshaddow!!! But already have these pigment sticks so will try this!! thanks very much!!!
Hi Austin, big fan of your tutorials here. I'm a vault member and up to date on all your videos. I would just like to thank you for the work you put in teaching and to give you some feedback. In the 2 months since I discovered B4H I've learned so many new techniques my painting has advanced more than in the previous year. Now I have never used pigments before, and i now have 36 colors of them thanks to you. Could you make a video on advanced pigment uses?
Have I offended you? This seems like an unduly harsh comment with no context in reference to a video that has virtually no chance of being controversial. I grind up some pastels to use in weathering models. Unless you are a pigment powder producer... So what did you mean by this comment? I am a reasonable person. I will listen.
I've never tried, but that doesn't mean you can't. Give it a shot on a test miniature if you have one, or maybe just an extra part from a multi-part kit.
Hi from the U.K. ... I loved this great idea!! I love dry embossing with lightbox and stencils, and just never thought of doing this!! I already have the sticks but never occured to me to try this!!! Thanks for such a brilliant idea!! (I just subscribed to RU-vid so as to be able to leave this comment!!)
Where do you get those little containers with the black top you store your powders in? They look like they have a little built in scoop on the inside of the cover, very cool! And thanks for the video.
This is a great idea and have done the same. So much cheaper than spending $7 for 1 MIG pigment! Applying the pigment to a model that will be sitting on a shelf or desk is no problem but to weather miniature war gaming figures where they will be touched what is the best way to seal them on the model? Great video! Thanks!
The pigment density from weathering powders such as the forgeworld and MIG line is much much denser than that in an artist's chalk pastelle. That's not necessarily a bad thing for the pastelles though, because a lot of the time I have found them to be much easier to blend without being overpowering. That's also one of the reasons why the weathering powders are a lot more expensive, though it's also marked up to make a profit :)
I had casually eyed up using the dry pigment process in the past, but the price point and remoteness of suppliers have been off putting to me thus far. However, with this, I should be able to work some trial runs into a number of minis I had intended to use as generic test runs anyway.
Thanks for making this tutorial.....pigments are actually very expensive.... I got water soluble pastels....can I use them in Mix Media projects with water???and how would I make metallic or pearl pigments....please help 🙏🏻☺️
I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean can you make it FROM your makeup, I'm not sure as there are all kinds of things in makeup that might not work so well for miniatures like moisturizers and the like. If you mean can you use this powder AS makeup, I would not suggest it. These pastels are not designed for putting on your skin so I cannot advise it as I have no idea if any of the ingredients are irritants or might cause clogged pores.
@Ydouneed2nomyname If the price isn't hugely different, I'd just go with the higher grade ones (that's just me though). I image that the student grade ones aren't terrible. If there is s small pack of them try them out and see if they are usable.
@DutchieAngel Ha ha! That's awesome. I'll have to remember that. If you end up using the pigments, I'd love to see the results. Post a reply video or a link to some pictures here in the comments.
I don't think that would work very well. You are looking for soft pastels, not oils. I don't image oils would grind up too well. I figure they would clump a lot.
drummerben04 I've thought about this as well, but I'm thinking some of the grit from the paper would get into the pigment and it might not matter to you, I'm looking to make my own encaustic paint and I wouldn't want anything to get into the paint. Did you try?
Brilliant. I reckon this is what I have been looking for, more or less. I just saw that an artist used this super fine white powder dust, and wondered what it would be called. Any idea of an easy way to grind them down?
I am trying to find some this stuff here in sweden but im a bit confused about wich kind to get.. There is oil-pastells (guess this isnt it..) soft-pastells (I guess that this is it) and then there is dry-pastells.. wich of the later two is best to use?
@Brush4Hire guess what lol, i wasnt realy patient, so I used a tea strainer and it worked great :P Thanks for your vid and info though, never thought of this :)
Can you help me. True novice, I need to know how to use the paint wheel and be able to mix pigments to produce a wide range of paint colors. Don't know where to start. Any help in the right direct would help very much. Thank you.
could I use this pigment from the pastels to make egg yolk paint? I want to make a Byzantine icon for my history class but I'm too poor for real pigments.
ue pigments comes only from the earth and come in only red blue and green. thus the primary colors on the color wheel. everything else you see on the market is a mica powder and is ususally sparkly and is manb made. although they still call it pigment powder, but it is not. and if you are trying to mix paint color from mica powder you swill ususally be disappointed and get very light colored pastel looking colors. takes a lot to make it a more primary color. i wish people would understand this. its so confusing the way it is.
If it doesn't have a colourfast marker on the label, it is not "finest pigment" and will most certainly fade over time. If you want colours to last, spend a little extra on colourfast pigments.
YES.... You can use these to make oil paints... (look up on RU-vid) I can't remember the name of the oil to use... You can use the same pigment powders to make Watercolor pots too... Using Gum Aribic
yes, but its not as good, pigments like this also work as a paint if you add PVA to it, a little PVA a lump of this dust and water goes a long way, fantastic for basing, but dont try and paint the model itself with it, too thick.
Your video is great, I'm also getting into pastels instead of the expensive brand name pigments. Using pastels for weathering effects has been around for many years. Unfortunately, the "ready made" fad has taken a lot of the modelers ability to "create" with their own imaginations for the sake of the "hurry up and get through with it" attitude. Good video pal....By the way, the kid that made the obscene hate comment needs to grow up, get a job, read the Bible, and realize that there is only one Master. And it ain't that guy ;-)
