"Need help with washes " Topic
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| tshryock | 17 Nov 2015 8:49 a.m. PST |
I'm just starting to experiment using washes over my basic block painting style. Most of what I do is either 15mm or 1/72. It started with my Austrians who needed some help getting the details to show up on white uniforms. I gave them a wash of burnt umber mixed with water, which really made the faces much more realistic and helped define belts and the like.
I tried the same wash on one of my 1/72 British AWI regulars. It made a huge difference, but is maybe too "dirty" overall. I was wondering if for this scale or colors (mostly red and white) if I should be using a different color wash?
I'm only looking for something fast and simple. I don't want to do multiple layers or three shades of drybrushing or anything like that.
Any basic advice on washes?
Thanks! |
| Zargon | 17 Nov 2015 9:30 a.m. PST |
Go for a more grey/darkbrown and it sometimes helps to do 2 or 3 watered down washes (let them dry properly first) hope this helps
Cheers. |
 Sgt Slag  | 17 Nov 2015 10:08 a.m. PST |
You could try painting a coat of pure Pledge Floor Shine over them (Klear in Germany; clear, glossy acrylic, without tint). This will smooth the finish of the figure's painted surfaces, causing the washes to collect in the folds only, which should reduce the overall shading effect of the raised areas. Experimentation is king, so try it on some test figures to see if it works for you. Cheers! |
| Schoie88 | 17 Nov 2015 10:48 a.m. PST |
Don't water down washes too much as the pigment separates from the medium and you get tide marks. |
Dervel  | 17 Nov 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
What everyone above said, all good advice. It takes a little playing around. Fast and simple is Agrax Earthshade from citadel… Agrax is premixed and ready to go. You also need to soak off where the washes tend to clump up or go too heavy basically after you wash the figure, give it a minute or two and look at it again and use a mostly dry brush to wick away heavy spots. Agrax is a good all around shade for most colors. On whites you may want to soak away more of it to keep from going too dark or use one of the black washes. |
| ced1106 | 17 Nov 2015 4:20 p.m. PST |
Secret Weapon and Army Painter Quickshade Inks are the washes I use. You want a wash that shades a color, not just a brown wash. Frex, with white, you carefully apply a grey wash, like SW's concrete or stone. If you just use brown, everything turns dirty -- fine for monster miniatures, but not heroes. Here's a bunch of examples of Secret Weapon washes:
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