Posca Pens

[Colonel Kilgore]

I've been thinking of investing in some Posca extra-fine tip pens [https://www.posca.com/en/product/pc1-mc/]
for those tasks where I'm not good enough with a paint brush (e.g. shield designs). They also look good for adding stripes to trousers (e.g. Gauls); colouring tartan kilts (Sudan Scots), etc.

Does anyone have experience with them?

Simon

[martin goddard]

We use POSCA white pens for mould and model labelling.  They are verygood and do not clog.
I have no experience with their other procuts but quality seems jolly good.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks Martin. Little Miss K has used them for artwork and they seem great. At c. £3 a pop, they seem a reasonable punt.

Simon

[owaincaesarius]

I know this reply is late...I use a white one to do the hat lace on tricorn hats- admittedly in 28mm but I'm not perfect and I think they would work for proper scale figures too. I bought a pack of four black,white,gold and silver. Sorts out buttons.

[martin goddard]

Do you think they will stay "fast" after time, varnishing  and daylight?

martin  

[owaincaesarius]

So far they have aged well-admittedly only nine months or so. Even the metallic ones have withstood a good coat of gloss varnish being brushed on.
Gloss is good in my world.

Graham

[martin goddard]

I have not tried the metallic ones yet. I am intrigued and tempted


martin

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

You may be interested to learn they were trialled for marking museum objects. The only issue was the longevity of the ink/paint. Otherwise they produced fine lines, good consistency and were not prone to clogging...

I use paint markers occasionally for modelling but I find a brush goes round corners etc. whereas you kinda need a flatter surface for the pens to operate well.

Neil