"New GW Washes - Anyone try them?" Topic

Has anyone tried the new washes (as opposed to inks)? I see they are available for pre-order. What's the difference between the washes and the inks?

I think they are discontinueing the inks and replacing them with the washes.

From what I have heard they are pretty close to the stuff that they used to sell in the flip top bottles.

A Friend of mine told me about the sales pitch that he got on these at one of the local GW stores. It went something like this: The big complaint that people had about the old inks was that you had to thin them in order to use them. So you couldn't use them out of the bottle. Now GW has prethinned them so now you can use them right out of the bottle. That is not how I would sell it.

So there it is. From what I understand the product dries flat and not glossy like the inks. I have also heard that something has been add to kill the washes surface tension.

I think I saw their business plan on a shampoo bottle.

Create new product sell, discontinue product, repeat until you make enough money.

LLC aka Ron

They aren't on sale for another month, are they? Bit difficult to try them, yet.

"They aren't on sale for another month, are they? Bit difficult to try them, yet."

They usually have the new products in stores prior to the release date. That's how I tried the Foundation Paints before they came out.

If it's prethinned, that sucks big time. I quite liked the brown ink. Thankfully, I ordered a few extra bottles. I would like a flatter finish, I suppose. I do like the new flip top bottles. They keep the paint fresher and you get less crusties around the lid (which allows the flow of air).

I have a pot of the dark brown.

My brothers and I have been making our own wash mix for years and years. The GW wash is very similar in its properties.

It's basically a little thicker than a normal wash or ink and stays in the creases better. It doesn't need thinning with water, as it is the right consistency straight out of the pot. It is similar to the Magic Wash that someone was selling not so long ago (who was that again?). Think of it as a watered down version off the stuff people use for the dip technique.

I've used up my pot, painted around forty or fifty 28mm figures with it, so I must have liked it

I have the stuff in the flip top bottles, and it isn't the same.

The new washes go on much easier and are easier to control than the old flip top washes. It's because of their slightly thicker consistency.

I just read the topic above this one, about Didi's Magic Ink, and I would say that from the write-up the GW wsh is very similar.

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I got the Didi's Magic Ink from Neal at the Warstore and found that if you mix 2 parts brown with one part black it gets pretty close to the GW Brown Ink.

While I know many people did not like the gloss look of the ink that GW sold, the one area that it worked well is to ink the metal especially for cannon barrels. The Didi doesn't seem to do quite as well on the metals but otherwise works pretty nicely and there certainly is a lot of ink in a bottle.

I've also ordered the GW washes just out of interest to see what they are like. My entire painting style anymore is so reliant on these inks and washes that I doubt I can paint anymore doing a layered approach.

Erik

They results look very nice – I will be trying them when they come out at my FLGS. Heck, I may even host a painting class to demonstrate them to newbies.

I love their flesh wash ink, so i hope it works as well. It's about the only GW product i still buy.

they sound like the old ral partha inks that are still available through iron wind metals. I've been using those a lot lately and besides the fact that the colors aren't that bold I like them a lot. You just have to use more than one wash. If GW got the pigment down it would be great.

I will probably pick up one or two and give them a try. I am certainly happy with the foundation paints they came out with a year or so back.

>I love their flesh wash ink, so i hope it works as well. It's >about the only GW product i still buy.</Q>
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And of course, you can still buy the Flesh Ink (and a lot of the other inks) from us as part of the Coat D'arms range.

Mike

Just as well – flesh ink and bronzed flesh paint are being discontinued by GW.

When is flesh ink being dicontinued do you know? Will have to stock up.