Pigments

Pigments are one of the easiest ways to add realistic dust, dirt, rust, soot, mud, and weathering effects to miniatures, vehicles, bases, and dioramas. They help a model look like it belongs in a real environment instead of looking clean and freshly painted.

Unlike regular paint, pigments are dry powders that can be applied directly to the surface or mixed with mediums, water, thinner, or pigment fixer depending on the effect you want. They are especially useful for tanks, ruins, desert bases, battlefield terrain, tracks, wheels, cloaks, boots, weapons, and industrial details.

For miniature painters and model makers, pigments are a great tool for adding atmosphere and texture. A small amount can create dusty boots, old stone, burnt metal, dried mud, rusty machinery, or realistic earth tones on a base.

At Geek Shelter, we keep pigments for hobbyists who want to push their models beyond basic painting and add more depth, realism, and story to their projects. They work especially well together with oil paints, washes, varnishes, brushes, and basing materials.

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