Illustration base?

Ricktarsprayer75

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Hello peeps, not been on for a while cause of working away from home.
Ive been stocking up slowly and recently purchased a full createx colour wheel ilustration set.
The problem i have is i ordered some high performance reducer and have been sent ILLUSTRATION BASE which is a milky colour.
I ordered trans base as well which has turned up.
I,m wondering what illustration base is used for, i really dont have a clue.
If anyone can tell me the differences and application of
Illustration base
Trans base
Hp reducer
I would be extremely grateful.
I used graphic air to purchase the paints and thy apparently dont seem to stock high performance reducer.
Is it still available?
 
Is there a number on the bottle of Illustration base? If it is 5601, it is the same as the illustration trans base - The trans base can have some milky white sediment in it, and when shaken up can look cloudy to whitish - but dries clear. HP reducer is still alive and kicking - probably the most used reducer for illustration and bloodline colors - it is number 4012 if that might help.
 
Think of illustration /transparent base as colourless paint. You can add it to paint to dilute the colour without making the paint thinner in consistency. If you wish to have thinner paint to put through a finer needle or for detail that's when you add the reducer.
That's the non technical explanation that helped me when I started.

When doing illustration paintings you often want a subtle colour, but not necessarily fine detail, so you can use the trans base and colour, minimal or no reducer

If you're mixing in the airbrush put the reducer in first (if using) then trans base then colour, then back flush, quick spray on scrap, adjust pressure then have fun.

Using the trans base also stops you going to dark to quickly and allows slow colour build up, more subtle blends and colour shifts

Once you get use to using trans base you'll use it quite a bit.
As Dave stated, 4012 is HP (High Performance) reducer which is now used across the entire range of Createx paints. 4011 reducer has been superseded
 
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Here are the bottles.
I understand the purpose of the transbase but am unsure on the other bottle, the illustration base.
The illustration base has the code 5608 on it.
Im confused as it is a really milky colour, how will it affect the colour its mixed with.
Will illustration paints still have the crosslink and erasability when mixed with this stuff or do i have to use 4012 reducer to achieve this?
I also have an old bottle of hp reducer which has w500 code on it.
Is illustration base only to be used with illustration colours or is it suitable for all createx colours.
What is the illustration base actually for? It must have different properties than the trans base.
I get that reducer seperates the pigment and it makes the colour weaker.
I also understand that trans base is paint without pigment so the colour will let more light through, giving more translucency.
So what is illustration base for?....im baffled.
 

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yeah, ya got me with that one... Unless the illustration base was the first attempt at a trans base? Maybe try a little on a scrap with some color mixed in, and see what happens when it dries?
 
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The one on the left is only for use with the textile paints. The one on the right is for the Illustration range as what has been mentioned earlier, it is to make the other paints more transparent without thinning the paint.
 
Yeah i,ll try it out and compare the results.
Ive found some 4012 reducer on the graphic air site at last. I think i missed it because it has auto air and wicked printed on the label, no mention if illustration paints. But i gather 4012 has become a " one for all" reducer. I,ll have to order a large bottle.
 
The one on the left is only for use with the textile paints. The one on the right is for the Illustration range as what has been mentioned earlier, it is to make the other paints more transparent without thinning the paint.
Thanks andreza.
Seems like ive made another useless purchase ha ha.
It was my mistake, i just saw illustration base and assumed it was illustration reducer.
I take it the textile paints are the standard createx colours ?
i,ll have to give them away as a freebie to a budding t shirt artist.
Cheers again andre
 
Illustration base and trans base are both pigment less paint (clear). The illustration base will give the same erase/scratch and cross link properties as the illustration paint as that is whats in the illustration line with pigment added for color. The trans base is to be used with the other createx paints and the ill. Base is to be used with the illustration,bloodline and lifeline paints.

Both the ill. Base and transfer base spray clear even though it looks milky in the bottle.

Both can be added to increase a paints transparency and to make opaque sort of act like a transparent.

Hp reducer is 4012,w500 is the same as 4012 just different label for auto air and wicked createx lines.
 
Illustration base and trans base are both pigment less paint (clear). The illustration base will give the same erase/scratch and cross link properties as the illustration paint as that is whats in the illustration line with pigment added for color. The trans base is to be used with the other createx paints and the ill. Base is to be used with the illustration,bloodline and lifeline paints.

Both the ill. Base and transfer base spray clear even though it looks milky in the bottle.

Both can be added to increase a paints transparency and to make opaque sort of act like a transparent.

Hp reducer is 4012,w500 is the same as 4012 just different label for auto air and wicked createx lines.
Thanks for the info, i,ll have to do some test sprays and see what happens.
 
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