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I have started to use these also and I love them. I am now looking for the Sakura white pen.

I find the finish is a bit too glossy but they do have their uses. They are really good if you want a cartoon style finish on a light coloured model, and they are very good for drawing logos and text.

I would suggest using Staedtler or a refillable Koh-i-noor, as they "bleed" less. You might also want to varnish the model first so the ink cannot seep into the paint (lets you correct mistakes easier). This will prevent you from a big repaint job and save you from learning the hard way, say on a large mostly white mecha model....

-John

Ive used this pens for the last 8 years and they have never let me down.

They are amazing for eldar vehicles:

I use the sakuras for more line art than minis. Invariably i find the ink bleeds into any brushed on color or varnish laid over it.

These pens are perfect for labeling your mini's with names on the lip of their bases.

That looks like a tool we should all have.

They are excellent tools indeed. I've got several and they are great because you can then even paint over the line you've drawn to make it more crisp.

I've used these pens for about 5-6 years now. I love the hell out of them and think they're pretty worthwhile. From black lining armor to writing the scripts on scrolls, tabards, books and other accessories. These little guys do it all. Just be careful with the tips, they can break or flatten very easily if you're not careful about it.

MightyG

i got 2 of these pens for about 3/4 months now... theyr really fine if you want to add scribbling to scrolls and books and stuff.. and because they have a little bit of an extended tip you can get them into about everywhere

I use Staedtler pens , I can manage with a fine brush mostly but find them useful now and again. However for dotting eyes they are absolutely priceless as my hands shake a little too much !

I use something similar.
Very handy things to have in the toolbox.
I use them for the writing on purity seals, marking out runes, planning out the checks and dags on my Orks.

After reading your advice and having similar thoughts about ink pens I just ordered some- also while on the site I found they sold brush tip fineline pens too same specs as the pens so grabbed a couple of these to try out as well- got red n black mainly for painting/drawing text onto purity seals and holy books etc...

I use a similar pen, which has a very fine brush tip. It's similar to a Gundam RealTouch Marker.
I should pick up one of these.

Is there any kind of pen like this that you can use your own acrylic paint with? I swear I read about something like that 3 or 4 years ago and I can not find anything about it now. Basically you could take GW paint and fill the tube with it and it would pen the paint on. You could clean it up and use different colours of paint as well.

 OIIIIIIO wrote:
Is there any kind of pen like this that you can use your own acrylic paint with? I swear I read about something like that 3 or 4 years ago and I can not find anything about it now. Basically you could take GW paint and fill the tube with it and it would pen the paint on. You could clean it up and use different colours of paint as well.

Some techincal pens (aka drafting pens, aka rapidograph pens) can be refilled. BUT the nib functions similar to an airbrush, a needle inside a tube to wick ink. Some brands go down insanely small and acrylic paints would clog them badly.

Even colored acrylic ink would be a bad idea in some of the fine tip pens. I know koh-i-noor makes a number of coloured inks specifically for drafting pens, the pigment is superfine and the medium has something similar to airbrush thinner in it.

I must say, first time I saw these... Boom. My mind blown. That was exactly what I needed for my Tau. I went to a Michael's, brought one of my models with me and ... Nope. It just didn't work. Didn't leave a single trail. I tried few more, but none left anything behind.

And I had a primer on. Nothing more.
So I gave up the idea and got myself some kick-ass thin brushes. 18/0 and 10/0. So far, those are pretty sweet.