Help me end up with light grey Space Wolves

[Fred Johnson the 3rd jr]

I spray paint my wolves with gray primer. I like the color/shade of the primer. I would like it to actually show up in my finished models on some level.

 

Of course, I want to also have some appearance of depth. I use black wash to add depth but of course it darkens the whole freaking model. Seems pointless to spray paint with gray when the wash pushes towards the black. So my questios to you guys is are:

 

Do I have to use a wash? If no, what do I do?

Or, could I dilute it maybe to lessen the darkening effect?

 

 

I realize I could do some heavy drybrushing to lighten my dudes up again, but by that logic, I may as well spray paint in black, skip the wash and drybrush with gray. And besides, I want that gray primer color to show through, not be covered up.

[WG Vrox]

well you can do a few things, but your adding a bit of time to produce a model that looks clean.

 

1. First you can prime black then paint the grey on by brush carefully avoiding the areas you want black.

 

2. You can apply your wash by a small brush into the areas you want the wash. This can be done as I do it for touch ups, but you do have to be careful about it dripping out of the recesed areas, I use a little thicker wash when I do this. Of course you will at times mess up and have to go back over the grey with a brush for final touchup work.

 

3. do a black dry brush on your reccessed areas again you have to use a very small brush and if you don't clean the brush often during your painting you will ruin it.

 

4. There are better washes and using soap or a seperating agent such as soap will lessen the harsh look a wash can give your model. I have not had much luck with them myself. though.

[Ash Tekka]

I started trying out a new lighter grey scheme myself.

 

What I found worked well was instead of using the GW black wash I instead made a wash out of "Liquitex soft body payne's grey", "Golden satin glaze medium", and a few drops of water.*

 

I then used a small brush to apply that only in the recesses and areas I wanted shaded slightly darker. It gave a really nice effect and looked like a more natural shadow then using the GW black wash that just turns things black.

 

Also by mixing the wash components yourself you can control exactly how runny it is.

 

 

 

 

*- Payne's Grey wash idea is not originally mine. I got it from a post on another forum.

[Lone Scout]

Try devlan mud I find it way better than BB. You can also use an old piece of t-shirt (2'square) and fold it tight and wipe off excess wash. I have used this technique to wipe off the second layer of paint leaving the undercoat showing on tanks before (works well when the undercoat is lighter than the next coat).Good luck.