Crackling Paint

[jinn]

This is not really a tutorial on how to crackle paint but rather a sharing of materials used to crackle paint.

This was done on the samurai helmet. I used the salt technique to achieve the worn and battered look.


In order to achieve the crackle effect i applied a crackling medium.

This crackling medium dries transparent therefore preserving the bottom color.



However because i used the salt technique with tamiya acrylic the hold of acrylic was compromised and the crackling medium pulled the color all to reveal the base color



Then a wash of brown paints and pigments was done. Here is the effect.






Hope this was helpful

[jinn]

Forgot to mention there is another type of crackling paint which is opaque.



The effect of the paint and the color is seen exactly like the bottle

[cryonic]

yes helpful. i did manage to use volejo paints to make crackle effects but still experimental. it works pretty thick..

[darkworkx]

those products are rare here in ph... still finding some good alternative into it
good tutorial!~