psyberwolfe1 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I have a bottle of Liquetex Matte Medium. Everytime I use it, especially for washes, my figure comes out with a satin or gloss finish. Am I doing something wrong? Any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kutz Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Shake till your arm falls out of it's socket...pick it up, and shake some more. Matte Medium is very prone to having the particulate impact in the bottom of the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Vaitalla Posted June 26, 2008 Reaper User Share Posted June 26, 2008 I have a bottle of Liquetex Matte Medium. Everytime I use it, especially for washes, my figure comes out with a satin or gloss finish. Am I doing something wrong? Any help is appreciated. Hmmm, that's a weird one. It could be a matter of agitation--do you shake it well?--in case the matting agent has settled. Or it could simply be a matter of art supplies not getting what dead matte means, which is an issue I ran into many times in the course of my artistic career (grumble grumble). Often in the art world it seems that "gloss" means "gloss" but "matte" means "satin". You could try adding a couple of drops of Master Series Anti-Shine Additive to your wash mix if you've got some; it has matting agent and paint conditioners in it and should work fine with Liquitex (if it doesn't, please report back!). --Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 There seem to be at least two schools of definitions for finishes: "Matte" is synonymous with "flat" or "lusterless" "Matte" is somewhere between "satin" and "flat" or "lusterless". It's pretty easy to find examples where either is assumed: Matte = flat Matte != flat FWIW, I fall into the second school. For a truly flat sealer coat, the consensus seems to be that Testors Dullcote is the closest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kutz Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 While researching replacements for Dullcote in the EU, I came across Jet Spray™ Clear Lacquer - Dead Flat. It is as flat, or flatter than Dullcote - and still legal in the EU (it still contains the evil toluene...but since it isn't marketed towards children/hobbyists - they are exempt). Anywho, I also take matte to mean one step below satin and one above flat - however my background in art is less artsy art and more technical art and painting. Most the artsy artists that I deal with use matte and flat interchangeably, and as a result I have picked up their bad habit. The Liquitex though is a matting medium, to bring the satin finish of normal paints down towards flat - and it can provide a very flat finish. Not quite as strong as regular matte agent (like Reaper's or Tamiya's), but it is also much more user friendly. Really hard to actually cause your paints to frost over with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintByNumbers Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Golden has an "ultra matte" medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vutpakdi Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Golden has an "ultra matte" medium. As does Liquitex. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrush65 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 (edited) Golden makes "Super Loaded Matte Medium". Liquitex makes "Ultra Matte Medium". Both dry dead flat but Ultra Matt has more opacifiers. Edited June 27, 2008 by thrush65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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