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Antiquing should come first unless you want to discolour your interference paints by accident. Although, the latter I think doesn’t allow paint to stick to it as well, so it might be ok if you’ve done it the other way.
I’ve never used interference paints, but I always used to do the darkening antique process before applying special highlights or other detailing colours.
I use the interference at the end of everything to add that extra sparkle….then let it dry pretty good and put sealer over all of it and it shines really cool….
although you could use the interference at any time… on the black and gold ones I did…I put on gold interference and then layered a bit more black paint on top…for a really cool effect
I still have some work to do on my wolf. I’m just looking at her from across the room and I can see I need to bring color down her wing tips some more. I gotta work on her face too, but I’m not sure what to do….she isn’t feeling photogenic yet 😉
I antique after everything else is done, even interference paints. It does sometimes tone them down, but I prefer them not to look too artificial anyhow. Painting is up to the preference of the painter though! 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comI wondered if you could paint over the interference to give a semi-transparent wash. That’s good to know; I didn’t think it would stick or look good. I’d probably do that if the design warranted it.
DigitalDragon wrote:I wondered if you could paint over the interference to give a semi-transparent wash. That’s good to know; I didn’t think it would stick or look good. I’d probably do that if the design warranted it.
Sure- why not? It’s just acrylic with a fancy name. 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comWell, metallic acrylic paint is almost impossible to paint over, I find, because of the slick texture or some such. That or I have crappy metallics. 😯
You can also add interference to normal acrylic and then thin it down to get a tinted sparkly wash ^_^
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