Testing Vallejo Shift Paints - Easy To Use - Great Results !! Scale Model Tips

In this video I show you how to spray Vallejo Color Shift Paints. These acrylic paints go on easy and smooth and clean up great too. I highly recommend them. See links below to purchase them
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[@dahavenduhast3544]

Good stuff, glad to hear that a sponsor has taken notice of your content and a always new way to make model building a pure zen like experience. You do a lot for us and I appreciate your kindness to help and share your knowledge and experiences. You are one of the best for sure. Stay Metal

[@mikehoffy5765]

I second this statement. Thanks Rex

[@statoilbensin2190]

Stay metal always🤘

[@MF-kv8cn]

I don't think he has sponsors, he does all this out of his own pocket. His channel is quite amazing. Where did you come by information that he's sponsored? He uses too many different brands for one company to sponsor him. If a company sponsors your channel, you have to almost exclusively use their products only like Duncan Rhodes who uses Citadel and Army Painter only.

[@johnodinsson3635]

@@MF-kv8cn he made mention of the sponsors toward the end of the video

[@statoilbensin2190]

Happy to hear that a sponsor sent this to you! I love Vallejo and Italeri paint they spray great in the cold temprature in Norway where Tamiya and other solvent paints struggel. I always spray with 10 psi for detail work like millitary camo.

[@arsenalartistry1022]

Got this a few months ago.. love it over gloss black

[@ironbomb6753]

That hot water for airbrush cleaning is a great tip! Thanks for another great video. 👍

[@barbatosrex9473]

You're welcome buddy

[@robbeyyo]

Great vids! You're the best man, thanks for all the vids. Very helpful. Saves me time and money!

[@jasonlizotte4007]

Another great video and thank you very much. It is perfect timing for me. I was just at the local hobby shop you referred me to in West Boylston this morning and I had seen the space bust kit and picked it up as it looked very interesting. Keep up the high quality videos, they are very helpful.

[@paulhennessy5627]

I've used these on a Testors Roswell UFO. Brilliant results. Highly recommended.

[@PENFOLD1962]

Excellent review & testing as always. If I need to know anything I always pop up your channel knowing that I'm going to receive a true response. Thank you and take care my friend 👍😷👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lore2177]

I just bought all three boxes (didn't have the aurora set avail) and your video is really informative for an extreme novice wanting to mess around with these shifters. Thank you for reviewing the Vallejo products! It's all I use.

[@briansrcadventures1316]

That is actually a great tip about using hot water for airbush cleaning! Those colour shift paints look very interesting. I wonder if they would retain the colour shift effect if clear coated with a 2K gloss? Might be lovely for 1950s classic American car builds. I'm certainly looking forward to your chrome & clear coat video!

[@Wheels35]

Glad you did a review of these. Been looking at them for a little while now, and definitely sold. Adding them to my collection this weekend!

[@barbatosrex9473]

It's great paint for sure. A must for your collection 👍

[@claudenewbolt2659]

BARBATOS REX IS A AWESOME, COOL DUDE!

[@stephenbridges2791]

I have never had any luck at all using Vallejo. If you have to mask over it, such as for a hard edge camouflage; some of it always pulls up. I generally stick to Tamiya or Gunze Sanyo (GSI). But, it's nice to see someone who can make them work. I'm almost tempted to get some.

[@saml9772]

Great video as always

[@lastshadow9351]

Great vid! I do wonder if the gloss black you're using is contributing to the gold having a greenish tint. Green based black seems pretty common. My guess would be you could pick a different black base color and get a different result. If you were looking for a more normal gold color you'd use a red based black for instance. Just a theory, but from all the tests I've watched you do, the base coat has a dramatic effect on shifts and candies.

[@danzo5521]

Another great and informative video! Thanks for being thorough. Looking forward to the chrome test next!

[@Aiello_]

i really like the intense violet and blue violet

[@JustMe-gz4pu]

Very helpful video. I am terrible at cleaning out my airbrush. And I love the paint review also.

[@kabreigny]

Just wanted to thank you for sharing this video. As always, the videos you do are very informative and helpful. Really enjoy you showing the techniques you use in all of your videos. They are really helpful.

[@barbatosrex9473]

Thank you for the kind words and thanks for watching

[@markporter1326]

I REALLY need to work on my A/B cleaning protocols. What you did in less than 5 minutes I take about an hour to do🤣.

[@heeropat]

thank you so much for showing off the diffrence between color on a black and white spoon, I'm just worried if top coats will affect the look. and the spoons are already nice and glossy so maybe i should prime them in a gloss...

[@normanbeaulieu4204]

Shifter paints are made to have a gloss clear over it. It adds depth to them I find. My favorite ones are from TurboDork. There metallics are awesome also

[@XxSTOZZYxX]

I saw these at Hobby Lobby and I didn't even realize they were Vallejo... they were with the createx stuff. Might have to check em out. Feel like I'm in an uphill battle finding decent color shift for lower end cost. Using them for batch painting some bases for a tabletop game.

[@clarenceobert5860]

Hi Rex. I've used Vallejo color shifter and I really like them, but the reason for my comment is I just tested Folk Art Color Shifter (Black Flash) and Folk Art Dragonfly Glaze (Blue/Green/Gold) using white/gray/gloss black primed spoons. Amazingly, the Black Flash Color Shifter was darker over the white spoon. The Dragonfly Glaze was OUTSTANDING. Although there's glitter all over my booth now. Over the white, it was almost translucent, but you see a slight purple sheen. The gray was like a light green and the black was almost like a deep emerald color. Very impressive. If you get the chance, pick one up at Walmart. Mine was $4.28 for a 2oz bottle. Thinned with windshield wiper fluid and sprayed at 22 psi. Next time, I'll bump that up to at least 25. Used my .5mm PS-290. Have a great day.

[@alcovitch]

You thin paints with window wiper fluid.....?

[@clarenceobert5860]

@@alcovitch Only those "Folk Art" type paints from Wal-Mart. That was a trick learned by watching Rex's Channel (you can look it up). Have had no problem with them doing this for over a year now. Stuff comes out thick ... heck even Elmer's Glue is thinner. Have a great day. 🙂

[@haroldquill8761]

Thank you, love Vallejo paints.

[@mikehedrick7223]

The purple to green is like the Mystic Purple Green on the 1996 Mustang. When the color came out you could not buy the paint. Ford was using the same paint that Uncle Sam was using in the new $20 bills with color shifting. They would not release the paint for fear of counterfeiting. I was working in an automotive paint store at the time. It was several years later before you could buy the paint.

[@claudenewbolt2659]

I MUST GET MY HANDS ON THOSE VALLEJO PAINTS, A NEW ONES I MUST HAVE!

[@sewhitewolf]

Love the deskmate!

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

That green/violet would be perfect for iridescent insect wings.

[@kimijonghighball9626]

Very excited to see this review. Too bad that the last paints where kinda too symular, a bit of a disappointment. Hopefully, Vallejo will notice this video and have their people do something about it. People like you make a biig difference in the model paint industry, thanks you.

[@MegaOdunn]

I did the red gold looks very green with some red.

[@petermerz2704]

Looks cool! I like the blue-violet the best!

[@nameputhpong9041]

More color shifts pleaseee. Already aware that Vallejo is good quality, would like to see some other brands as color shifts are kind of rare.

[@SigurdDecroos]

Take a look at Green Stuff World, they have some nice shifters as well, even more than 2 colors in 1 shifter

[@JoeTheGons]

Nice review. Way to show the effects and helpful tips.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great video, thanks for sharing!!!! 👍👍👍

[@dantrevino4166]

Can you do some clear color shift effects on clear spoons like the polarizing and anti-reflection clear coating on telescopes lenses and some eyeglasses? What inks or paints do you recommend for that kind of effect? I am trying to add this to my car model windshields and jet cockpit heads-up-display (HUD). Thanks for all you have done, so far, Barbatos Rex. I learned so much from you.

[@andrewamann2821]

I've been using Golden's line of interference paints, which are quite similar to these offerings from Vallejo, and an application over clear probably won't end up working, just due to how this sort of paint operates. The reason why the paints are extremely pale, or even white, in the bottle, is because they are actually metallic medium, with no pigmentation in them, with a bit of a twist: the mica flake has a special coating on it. Because of this, the paint requires a glossy, light-absorbant backing color. It's far too early in the morning for me to write an essay on the physics of how this stuff works, but basically, what you're seeing when you look at this stuff is the light being filtered after reflecting off of the substrate color. That said... And I'm just doing a bit of spitballing here, so don't take this as gospel, as I've not really tried any of this... with some good surface prep, and an inside-out approach, you might just get away with it... Polish the hell out of the *inside* of your clear part, cut your color shift with some gloss medium, and lay down a hella even coat (or couple of coats...) on the back of the part. Then you come back through with something dark, glossy, and transparent, as a backer. The impact is likely going to be more subtle than you might want, but it's something to try, at least.

[@willhayden3214]

I got all the sets for christmas last year, they are great paints! Use some on gundam cameras, plus once you gloss that shit POPs!

[@koyotekustoms382]

Some advice, on camera When you paint especially color shift......you always always have a bright white back ground to show effects. You never have a background or foreground darker than the paint. Try it, you'll see the difference.

[@philipblack8694]

I choose to go with turbodork for my shifting paint and found that they didn't flow very well and felt that I lost a lot of the effect when thinning them so they would actually go through the airbrush. I also found their pink\gold just came out gold with no shifting. Used a.3 brush so will retry with .5 when I get one

[@TheIcemanModdeler]

Last time i tested aqua gloss it hazed up the chrome, i wonder if its because i didn't let the black base dry a full day, but anyway best method i found is to do chrome, use whatever protects the paint like an aqua gloss, if it kills the reflection do another chrome coat on top at the end. No matter what u do if u scratch it hard enough the paint will chip off.

[@credoimperialis]

VA JE HO, GREAT REVIEW

[@3adamwardw]

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

[@gesarts3625]

Just bought these. Only tried them real quick with a paint brush...... results were way less impressive. Thank you for making this video. I really only intended to use them in my airbrush but still wanted to see what paint brush capabilities the stuff had.

[@danrussell3439]

Thanks for the review

[@studiodorobo]

When you paint minis, and spray a zenithal highlight the contrast is very bold. Very jarring with the color shifting paints but still a fair review.

[@SigurdDecroos]

Nice video of an awesome paint set. Tip: try a transparent color on top of the shifter or combine multiple shifters on top of each other for more craziness :)

[@kylecoolman8797]

The

[@humacao01]

Even at the intro I noticed how close the last three were to each other from the box itself. It's one of those situations where you are hoping it doesn't lay down as intended. It defeats the variety of the pack. I do like the colors tho.

[@8MWm3e4b]

I would like to ask you if you can make experiment for us to try to mix the base and clear at once and compare with each one someday in the future. So: base and top mixed vs. first base and later clear. Thanks in advance

[@michaelcarson6744]

I use matte black then clear the color is brighter

[@TotallyScaleModels]

Thanks for this as it was really intresting as ive just bought this set. You used a black gloss as your base coat. What do you think the outcome would be with a white gloss ?? Im thinking of using them on a Star Trek Enterprise build.

[@chipblock2854]

Have you tested Testors color shift? It's in spray cans. I tried it on a model car and it went on well in two med coats over gloss black. They sell a gloss black which I assume is regular gloss black. I got the Galaxy blue to green shift. I painted the car two years ago. I called Testers to see what type of gloss to use. They weren't sure! So I used Future floor wax and it still as a good shine. I wonder if you could place another color shift on or would it come out cloudy or muddy? One comment on Amazon says you can use a brush but with a different effect. I would think of its thinned it would be okay. I will try it.

[@modelcar1589]

I just got some

[@barbatosrex9473]

Smart purchase, these are great paints. Good luck with them my friend

[@fbfan49]

BTW, Testor has color shifters in cans. Very good shifters but I've noticed that they put out a lot of paint

[@barbatosrex9473]

I tested them here on my channel

[@fbfan49]

@@barbatosrex9473 I will have to look that one up. Thanks for all the great work

[@wafudave6041]

Wondering what effect would appear on chrome finish.

[@surtrpicks]

Thanks for this. Maybe a few coats would change the appearance of some? Similar ones made me wonder that.

[@barbatosrex9473]

Off camera test showed the heavier the coat the less shifting. It's just that it's not a dramatic shift in color. When you see the color chips you think it's going to be a big color change but it just isn't. They do however look great in person

[@surtrpicks]

@@barbatosrex9473 ahhh ok. Missed hearing that. Thx for reply.

[@SigurdDecroos]

A lot depends on the underlaying gloss coat. I use Golden Carbon Black nowadays and my shifters look better than using the black gloss primer. You need to apply several thin layers of the shifter for optimum effect.

[@LawrenceValverde]

I thought you were going to do a comparison with these against the turbo dork. You really seemed to like these but weren't that impressed in the turbo dork video... But they look very similar to each other in the videos... How do they compare in real life?

[@Mod20087]

Great video, very informative. Do you plan on testing Studio g's g paint lineup anytime soon?

[@barbatosrex9473]

I will 👍

[@fbfan49]

Why would u lower the air pressure for this type of paint? I would think the solids in it would call for more air

[@erwincoplo6305]

Can you put a varnish coating over the shifters?

[@Xebeche]

Another great video, as always! May I ask what gloss black you used for this test?

[@barbatosrex9473]

I used Alclad Gloss Black Base but I've used every black base out there including Stynylrez and Vallejo and they all worked. Plus I also use Tamiya Gloss Black spray cans, they work great too

[@erwinrommel4561]

They recommend for their model air series to use it without thinner at 1.1 Bar pressure. Do they recommend to thin these ?

[@barbatosrex9473]

I thinned them slightly but if you use a large needle like a 0.5mm you probably don't have to. I got a more glossy finish when I thinned them

[@robertjohnston8290]

When you were shaking the paint, it sounds as though it has a stirring ball in the bottle. Did you add one or is Vallejo now shipping he paints with one?

[@barbatosrex9473]

The shaker ball came packed in the paints by Vallejo. It even says it on the box.

[@christosvozikis881]

Ι wonder what would happen if we start mixing these among themselves.....

[@barbatosrex9473]

That's something they suggest you do

[@anasashour6829]

Try to paint them on light color base like white or grey it will show more shifting

[@413x398]

I'd have to agree that the last three were too similar to be in the same package. Are you going to test the other sets?

[@barbatosrex9473]

I might grab the master set. If they sold them separately that would be great

[@413x398]

@@barbatosrex9473 Singles straight from Vallejo maybe?

[@huntr57]

Will it work on a clear lexan rc body?

[@barbatosrex9473]

Not sure, I haven't tested that. Vallejo Premium Airbrush Paints are made for lexan bodies. I tested that paint and it's the best paint I've seen on lexan. So in would get a bottle of Vallejo Premium Airbrush Black paint, lay that down then spray this on top. That will work for sure

[@andreikoenig9024]

What happens to the effect when the model is sprayed with matte varnish like Testors Dullcote/etc? Does it kill the effect? Thank you for the video

[@barbatosrex9473]

I'll test it now for you and get back the results here in an hour, see you then

[@barbatosrex9473]

Just tested that out for you. Came out great. Still keeps the color shift. You can do it without worry. Good luck 👍

[@andreikoenig5718]

@@barbatosrex9473 awesome, thank you so much, bud! Great channel!

[@andreikoenig5718]

Ordered a set! I think this plus some contrast paints will make quick work of a lot of monsters for shadows of brimstone I gotta paint

[@barbatosrex9473]

@@andreikoenig5718 great purchase for sure. Keep me posted as to your work. I'd like to see these paints in that application

[@jonathanharpe4333]

Just curious which do your prefer SMS Colorshift or Vallejo

[@barbatosrex9473]

I only tested one color color shift from SMS. A full SMS test is coming in a week or two. I do like the performance of the Vallejo. Have you tried the SMS yourself?

[@jonathanharpe4333]

@@barbatosrex9473 I haven’t I like the combination of colors a lot plus I can get just the bottle I need. I have a Zero Gravity Judge coming in which I’m looking at the different Color shift options. Your videos are awesome

[@barbatosrex9473]

@@jonathanharpe4333 I might test spray some and post the pics here for you this week as a preview

[@jonathanharpe4333]

@@barbatosrex9473 O ok that would be nice thank you. Also what stand are you using for your airbrush?

[@michaelmontgomery6388]

Hi, Why don't you use something bigger to show them off more?

[@PastaDNA]

For the same reason you soak up the metallics with a paper towel, you should not pull the needle backwards through the airbrush body. Instead, take the needle head assembly off and remove the needle forward. It's not my idea - learned it from another KZbinr. Thanks for sharing...

[@alcovitch]

lmao you can't do that with a lot of airbrushes. needle isn't designed to go out the front

[@COLDWARCLASSICS]

See it ??

[@roloreoandy9867]

Just wondering how much plastic you send to the landfills every year?