"Black wash??" Topic

Looking for a good bulk Black wash.

Have used GW bedab and nuln oil, as comparison.

Also mixed my own or a similar variety.

Anyone know some equivalent bulk washes?

I see model colour has 200ml, for example. A lot cheaper than GW. A lot easier than mixing.

Hoping to fill a tub at some point. Until then, just a big brush!

YouTube is your friend. You can find dozens and dozens of videos on various types of washes. Here is one example.

YouTube link

Minwax Polyurethane Stain, Tudor, is the original Dip Technique, if that is what you are after. Get the water-based formula -- no odor when dried. Minwax is half the price of Army Painter Quick Shade. Cheers!

I make my own. I usually make about that much for around $3 USD (black ink, water, a few drops of surface tension breaker).

My "recipe" is as follows: one pot of black ink, 5 drops surface tension breaker. I put this in a bottle then fill the bottle to a line I've marked on the side. Takes about 15 seconds to make and super consistent results.

Just use artist's inks diluted as required

I use diluted acrylic paint. Liquitex usually.

Army Painter Quick Shades work well and last quite a while.

Thanks.

It's kind of mix more, or just buy bulk.

Both ultimately pretty cheap.

Looking for litres, eventually, so I guess its mixing.

Typically using GW paint (got bazillions) some flow and Matt mediums and detergent, plus a load of water.

Perhaps more chainrasps and Mantic figures will be sacrificed, this time in pursuit of an ink based wash.

I'm guessing ink has finer pigment then paint. Got a big bottle of speedball black for comicula endeavours.

Think that may work?

Yep ink pigment typically finer than paint (especially acrylic). Can't speak for the ink you mention but Winsor and Newton drawing inks have always been a go-to, I still use peat brown in some of my hoarded bottle of Klear as my preferred wash (then W&N Galeria brush-on matt varnish) which I prefer to GW brown washes, though black wash I'd tend to go for GW nuln