| Irish Marine | 25 Jul 2012 10:45 a.m. PST |
Is it a dark blue a light blue, does anyone have advise? |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 25 Jul 2012 10:49 a.m. PST |
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| MajorB | 25 Jul 2012 10:51 a.m. PST |
"The dye chemical extracted from woad is indigo, "
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(Yeah, Wikipedia, so what?) That would make it a dark blue. However we have no knowledge of how much they diluted the pigment so your guess is as good as mine. |
| Timmo uk | 25 Jul 2012 11:34 a.m. PST |
Is that a metaled woad or an unmade woad? |
| Farstar | 25 Jul 2012 11:37 a.m. PST |
Whatever shows up on the miniature, really. |
| ubique1 | 25 Jul 2012 12:03 p.m. PST |
Maybe you should watch "Braveheart" to get it historically correct :) |
| HornetsNestMinis | 25 Jul 2012 12:44 p.m. PST |
If its for Celts I believe they mixed it with clay. Which would more than likely dry to a lighter shade. |
| Dave Crowell | 25 Jul 2012 2:13 p.m. PST |
hippy.com/albion/woad.htm. See here for an argument against woad have been used at all, either as body paint or tattoo ink. It is striking that the quote about the Britaniae does not mention woad at all in the Latin. The woad body paint I have seen on people was a dark indigo blue, nothing like the stuff in Braveheart. Chemically it is the same as the indigo dye that used to be used in dying blue jeans. If you are old enough to have had a new pair dye your legs blue, that's the colour. |
| Privateer4hire | 25 Jul 2012 3:07 p.m. PST |
I am saddened that no one said "wed" before me. |
| Feet up now | 25 Jul 2012 3:17 p.m. PST |
Stabilo point 88 fine tip colour pens blue is very good for tatoos on 25mm 28mm figs. |
| Jovian1 | 26 Jul 2012 6:54 a.m. PST |
wOade to TMP for having a discussion reminiscent of discussions on the proper facing colors of Napoleonic troops concerning what color a supposed color is in an even less well documented period of history! |
| bilsonius | 26 Jul 2012 9:32 a.m. PST |
Weren't there two different shades? – there's an old song about choosing between the "high woad" and the "low woad"… |
| kreoseus2 | 26 Jul 2012 9:46 a.m. PST |
I use P3 Cygnar blue base , it gives a very pleasing result. This may, however be as historically acurate as electric niple pink. It may or may not have been used, it was mixed on a small scale so could vary from figure to figure and could be anywhere between light blue, dark blue and some shade of purple and that is without anything else being added to the mix, such as lime or clay. Phil |
| Swampster | 26 Jul 2012 1:22 p.m. PST |
Depends how many times you dip it. |
