"How to use Vallejo Flesh Wash with their fleshtone paint?" Topic
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IMistakeMyselfForHannibal | 01 Nov 2015 5:21 p.m. PST |
Possessing a new bottle of Vallejo's Flesh Wash as well as a number of bottles of Vallejo paints with names suggestive of their use to paint flesh (e.g. 70.955 Flat Flesh, 70.927 Dark Flesh, 70.815 Basic Skintone, 70.860 Medium Fleshtone), I am left to wonder exactly how Vallejo intended their Flesh Wash to be used? Some of their fleshes are rather pink like my own (Caucasian) skin, while others of their fleshes are rather a brownish-orange of a color I have never seen in another human being and which in the past I have used to darken eyesockets, etc. What does Vallejo suggest should be washed to get their intended skin effect? |
Extra Crispy | 01 Nov 2015 5:56 p.m. PST |
I use their skin wash over all of their flesh colors, as well as using it as a general wash. My skin, as an example, is tanned and much more of the orange brown color. Also, remember gamers also paint lots of things like Ogres, Dwarves, etc. Finally, never pay attention to the names of Vallejo paints. They often change (at least on my stock) so I go strictly by what I see. |
jeffreyw3 | 01 Nov 2015 6:09 p.m. PST |
Crispy's advice isn't bad by any means. For 28s, I use Vallejo Panzer Aces Flesh Base (341); wash with GW Reikland Flesh; hilite w/PA Flesh Base; 2nd hilite w/PA FB+VMC Flat Flesh (955); final w/ Flat Flesh. My daughter, an artist, helped me pick that set. I tried to make the Vallejo Flesh Wash work for the longest time, but it acted more like a filter or tint, instead of a wash. There are a lot of options…pick up a box of plastic infantry, and you should have plenty of extra heads to practice on until you get a look you like. |
Extra Crispy | 01 Nov 2015 8:24 p.m. PST |
When I used the Vallejo wash it did just that – settling into the recesses nicely. I wonder if they have reformulated? Lately I use the Coat d'Arms wash instead. |
jeffreyw3 | 02 Nov 2015 4:16 a.m. PST |
I could have had a bad bottle--it tended to separate rather quickly, as well. At any rate, it's fairly close to Reikland in tone, and I used the Vallejo in the above recipe on a number of figures. |
Flashman14 | 02 Nov 2015 6:22 a.m. PST |
Why not some pics to illustrate? |
wrgmr1 | 02 Nov 2015 10:33 a.m. PST |
I found some washes didn't settle into the recesses very well, it just made everything dirty looking. That being the case, I sprayed them with acrylic gloss coat, then washed. It worked much better that way. |
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