Substitute for Powdered Tempora
I am having difficulty finding powdered Tempora paints for coloring my plaster mix scenery base. My local craft store says they can no longer get it due to being deemed an inhalation hazard. They do have liquid Tempora, however. Has anyone tried the liquid variety in the plaster mix? Or, are there any other substitues that can be used in place of the powdered Tempora?
Doug
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Replacement for Crayola powdered tempera
It looks like Crayola is phasing out their line of dry powder colors, so here's a good alternative that I'm now using.
Get black, brown, yellow, and ultra blue. With these four colors you can mix any of the mixtures I show in the videos.
Here's another source of powder paint that I've just discovered: FAS Powder paint from New Zealand. You can get it in small jars or large tubs.
Remember, the colors you want are: black, brown, yellow, and blue.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
Another source for powdered tempra
Online at Discount School Supply.
Kevin Klettke CEO, Washington Northern Railroad wnrr@comcast.net
http://wnrr.net
Am I missing something?
Or is this the Crayola stuff you're looking for?
http://www.amazon.com/CRAYOLA-POWDER-PAINT-BLUE-LB/dp/B000OKJ4US
Josh
Nope, wrong color
Nope, wrong color. Turqoise is the only color they've got because Crayola discontinued the line.
You need to look for dry powder paint that's not Crayola brand these days, in these colors: black, brown, yellow and blue (deep blue, not turquoise).
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
Actually Josh Blue is the
Actually Josh Blue is the only color crayola dry powered paint that can you can find and whats needed is all the colors in Dry Powered form Crayola Has Discontinued the line. Unless you want Blue plaster mountains and even that blue won`t last long.
Dan
Rio Grande Dan
What's with the color bias?
Are you guys all anti-Blue or something... [wink]
I had no trouble getting powder paints at Michaels here in Canada. They are not Crayola though.
DiscountSchoolSupply
I got temperas from discount school supply. I am having trouble getting the colors as I would like them. I think that the colors vary somewhat in intensity. I also have a different color temp for my lights so Joe's formulas wouldnt work as-is anyway I suspect.
I am planning to try a sifted dirt material when the ground finishes thawing. I wish I had bought some from scenic express at springfield as a way to "get started". I started thinking about this more seriously after talking to Mike Confalone at last year's NE RPM and since reading Paul Scoles recent scenery column in RMC. Where I have a natural daylight color temp on my lamps it would make sense that would give a good color. We shall see.
Chris
“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.” My modest progress Blog
Powdered paint
Joe,
Great information! I've been using liquid concrete coloring (available at home supply stores) to color my water. I mix it up with water in an old gallon milk jug and keep it on hand to mix with my plaster. I mostly use a brown or black color to color my plaster and it seems not to effect the strength or dry time. The only thing is it settles out of the water in the gallon jug, so a good shake will mix it back up. The concrete coloring is VERY strong, so only a little bit is necessary to color the water.
Rick
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