"what wash for black lining?" Topic

I have been using GW's Earthshade but I do not find it to outline well the details and make a nice thin dark line in the recesses.

What do you guys use to bring out the details of the sculpt?

thanks

Watered down acrylic in a darker shade than the uniform colour. So, I outline grey on a white uniform, dark red on a red etc. If a uniform colour is particularly dark like a Prussian blue or Rifle green I would use black.

Magic Wash, with black acrylic paint as the pigment.

I use black acrylic in a Future Floor Wax and dollup of water mixture.

I use black ink in future polish and water.

Personally I just use Winsor & Newton drawing ink diluted with water – usually I want to wash brown rather than black, and use the Peat Brown, but Black will work.

I also use Winsor & Newton inks. I prefer the Nut Brown but the Peat Brown and Black work fine. The Peat Brown has a more reddish hue and the Nut Brown is more yellow hued.

Aren't washing and lining two different things? I don't use a wash to line, just ordinary black paint and a fine brush, and a steady hand. Takes a while but using a wash would mean all my figures look like theyve been digging coal…

I always considered these two separate techniques as Mike suggested.

You can blackline with wash, just not the "slop and glop". Carefully touch the tip of the brush to a recess, and the wash should flow out. Or, if you "slop and glop" deposit more of the wash where you would blackline. Result may be more of a shade than a line.

Myself, I sometimes use Army Painter Inks, which are washes, to line figures.

yes, that's what Ced says. Not washing all over the fig but just going into the recesses.

thanks all for the suggestions!

Reaper Master Series Brown liner (walnut) and Grey liner are FANTASTIC!!! If you don't own ANY other Reaper paints, you NEED to have these in your painting arsenal.

I use artist inks and ink extender.
Here in Australia tge brand I use is Matisse or deviant ranges. Same company

I treat wash and line separately as other people say.

For lining, I want something with a reasonable amount of pigment, but that dries slowly as I often need to clean up mistakes and it is about the last stage so doesn't slow down the process. Anything that meets that will do

A great painter on TMP uses watercolours

I use Rowney inks diluted about 50% with some added retarder – mostly because I have the inks already. I mix a dropper bottle so ready to go.

John