pigments for painting shields

[Carlton Bach]

Thanks a lot for your help. I am starting to study this subject
I see that pigments are extremly expensive, maybe I can find some minerals to make them cheaper from Russia. They have everything

I would advise againsat trying to make the yourself. Grinding to the required fineness is incredibly time-consuming, and buying a pigment mill will offset any savings you make for a long time. Kremer is pricy, but I would suggest trying a more downmarket art supplier. In Germany, boesner sells pigments of good quality at something like EUR 3-7 per 250g jar and I can't imagine prices being higher in Poland. You won't get the full range, but modern artists still use red and yellow ochre, hematite (iron oxide red), caput mortuum, lampblack and green earth, ultramarine is synthetic, but almost indistinguishable from real lapis lazuli without a lab analysis, and you can use chrome oxuide green as a substitute for verdigris and tin sulfide or titanium dioxide for white lead. None of these should break the bank. If you know an artist or art teacher, ask them about their sources.