Applying Pastel Dust

Sort of a mini tutorial I made of what I'm going to do in Pt.3 It just shows how I apply dust to the model

EDIT: I am no longer actively painting model horses and don't have plans to make any more videos. I am still open to answering questions and doing my best to help. If you are nice and well-spoken, are able to talk in normal sentences and know how to ASK not DEMAND then send me a message/comment and I'll do my best to help you. Asking questions on things that I address in my tutorials will be ignored.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• model
• horses
• breyer
• custom
• tutorial
• saturnine
• studios

[GoldAcresRanchBreyer]

could i use lacquer instead of matte finish? No one sells matte finish in the UK that i know of, but we have lots of lacquer in the shed lol!

[SaturnineStudios]

@GoldAcresRanchBreyer I haven't tried lacquer before. If its glossy it might not work.

[startengo]

ok so i have watched a few tutorials and like yours the best, i may buy some breyer stablemates of ebay and they are unpainted, could i do the pastels straight onto that, and also i dont have that spray stuff whatever you use after every layer of pastels, can i just use hairspray, and also my pastels are only lkerainbow colour with darker and lighter of the colours and white brown and black can i say mix some colours to gether like brown and red to get a nice bay colour? and white, black 4 grey

[SaturnineStudios]

@startengo I always prime my horses to ensure that the pastels/paint will stick to it, if you don't the pastels may chip off after time. I've never tried hairspray but I doubt it would work as well as krylon matte finish. The krylon is meant to be long lasting while the hairspray is not and is intended to be washed out. You can get the colors you need from your pastel set, it will take a bit of experimenting but it is possible.

[twosheas]

how does the chalk stick? Does is just... STICK LOL I'm a newby at customizing breyers and I REALLY want to try and that horse looks great by the way =)

[SaturnineStudios]

@twosheas It sticks to primer and matte finish but only so much dust will stick before you have to spray another layer of matte finish.

[Crustafiction]

FUS RO DAH this shit.

[modelhorseluvr]

@GoldAcresRanchBreyer i live in the UK and i found an artists fixative called WINDSOR AND NEWTON ARTISTS FIXATIVE and it works real good. i got mine from hobbycraft (they have a website) but u can probably find it in good artist shops :)

[FireontheHorizon15]

@samira5200hermi Gotta seal the dust with some sort of finish, like Matte Finish, otherwise the dust will fall off the horse.

[samira5200hermi]

The chalk will stick to any already painted horse? Do you spray something on the horse so the chalk remains on the horse, or is it just like that?

[Sims2Horses]

@turtlespet  no

[FilmerOfBobcats]

For the final coat I like the Krylon satin finish. It is slightly glossy and looks like a real horse's sheen - not too much.

[FilmerOfBobcats]

You do seem to have a bit of a metallic effect here. Are there pastels with this property, or did you have to add something else to achieve it?