Jamafore Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Going to try putting a wash on my test mini. I have Testors acrylic paint and I was thinking of thinning it down and using that, but is an actual wash mix from one of the stores required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzen Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 you dont specifically require one of the various bottled "washes" my black wash is essentially chaos black paint mixed with airbrush thinner, water and a tiny bit of washing up liquid because badab black i find too matte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_giles Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I generally make washes by mixing a 50/50 mix of water and an existing paint color in an empty mixing pot. I tend to use a lot of some washes, and none of others depending on what I'm doing. Course, that's because I tend to need washes in odd colors, like a wash of Fiery Orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamafore Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 Thank you for all the replies. If I may ask, why the cleaning fluid? I assume it's dish soap because other cleansers would be rather harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurth Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Going to try putting a wash on my test mini. I have Testors acrylic paint and I was thinking of thinning it down and using that, but is an actual wash mix from one of the stores required? An actual wash is thinned paint … What GW sells as "washes" are translucent paints, which are a completely different beast — namely, they're "unthinned" paints that don't harden to an opaque finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_giles Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 If I may ask, why the cleaning fluid? I assume it's dish soap because other cleansers would be rather harsh.From what I gather its a drop of dish soap (at most) to weaken the surface tension of the wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzen Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 yup, breaks the surface tension on the "paint" and allows it to flow into the recesses of models better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 You can indeed use normal paints - the studio staff do this (e.g. on the "Leviathan" Tyranids, they wash with Warlock Purple). As an alternative to using Future Floor Polish, Fairy washing up liquid, etc, you could add thinning medium (Liquitex, Winsor & Newton, etc) - washing up liquid will strip the natural oils from the brushes, which isn't great for them in the long-run. Les Bursley has a video on making ink washes (using Rowney artist's inks): Dunno if that's any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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