Curious question people…
What is the real purpose of AK’s paint markers? Touch-ups? Chipping?
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It is useful for all of those, although the tip is not fine enough for subtle chipping. I think it can also do quick work of some camo, especially the ones that cannot be masked ( winter wash, spaghetti, the early war ones with the black outlines…)
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Those paint markers remind me of the Sakura pigma brush pens I used in the past. The Sakura line has three different tips though, the finest one being very thin, really useful for cockpit buttons and switches and highlighting rivets, nuts and small details.
Both the Ak markers and the Sakura ones are really useful if you do not want to use a paint brush or mask small details or for example the black and white of a MERDC camo etc. I stopped using markers when I learnt how to properly use the tips of fine brushes for painting, I now feel much more comfortable with the brush.
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AK Interactive’s paint markers, like their weathering pencils, is all about hand-eye coordination and hand control. Some might find it much easier to draw in small areas than paint in small areas.
For example, Gundam markers are best for drawing in fine and extremely thin panel lines that even a paintbrush wash or inking cannot do as easily and effectively.
Bear in mind that AK Interactive’s markers are paint whereas their weathering pencils are wax so they don’t behave the same.
Here is a photo of my ETSY resin figure filled in with Gundam’s ultra-thin black marker for the panel lines.
Here is a photo of AK Interactive’s “concrete” weathering pencil streaking the dark gray vertical steel beam.
The lining effects are different compared to a paintbrush were the bristles can bend and the results are less predictable. I drew in the effects with pencil and marker instead of painting in the effects and that made it much easier and convenient for me and saved me hobby bench painting time (at the cost of money for acquiring these model drawing products).
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The markers are convenient for small jobs. No need to mix the paint in a jar, bottle, etc, then have to clean up a brush afterwards. Just un cap the marker, use it for whatever task is at hand, then cap it back up. No muss, no fuss. I only wish that they had a larger line of colors available.
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Has anyone already tested them? What about their durability, the regularity of paint thickness and other possible issues?
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The marker’s paint is smooth, excellent coverage, and very consistent. I bought the whole set. Their use is limited only by your imagination. You can airbrush a vehicle Dunkelgelb and then do a great lined camo in dark green and red brown markers. You can do your tires in dark rubber and easily draw around the wheels. You can draw the wood handles on all the tools. You can now add tiny chips in all the right places with the chipping color marker. Or you can add wear spots with the dark aluminum. These markers really open up a whole new world of effects and painting options and their high quality and consistency don’t limit them to tiny applications.
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To piggyback on to what SSGToms said above, the paints in the markers are acrylics, not the Real Color lacquers. They dry fairly quickly, and behave much like the AK 3rd Gen acrylics as far as durability and coverage goes.
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My wife treated me to a full set of these as I can use a pen more stable than I can a brush now. My observations are that the tips could indeed benefit from size options and some of the colours do not have the greatest pigmentation and so coverage, but for ease of use on the correct tasks such as wavy line camouflage they are hard to beat. I also really like these for work on figures but too each their own.
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