OrangeBob Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hello All, So I have begun painting up some Iron Warriors and really like their armor with a wash of Agrax Earthshade. I have done several Mk III marines covering them in the wash. Now the washing is going great, but I am staring at my next project, a Legion Basilisk. I am starting to get concerned because I have never used a wash on a full vehicle. The infantry guys have all those recesses and depth and tanks are often covered in huge flat panels with nowhere for the wash to go hide. What advice can you guys give me so that my vehicles match my marines in tone but don't have streaks and splotches? Do I thin the wash? And if so, with what? Is there a great brush out there that helps with this? A whole other technique that I know nothing of? Any pointers would be most helpful. Cheers! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuyAdi Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 It's been a long time since I painted a vehicle, but I'm about to run into a similar problem painting Raven Guard vehicles and trying to get a bit of blue tone in. Perhaps you might try undercoating parts of the tank in brown, then going over with thinned down layers of whichever black you're using on your Marines? Although it's an airbrush technique, this might help a bit: http://www.themightybrush.com/pre-shading-with-colour-primers/ Good luck, I'll be interested to see how you get on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4308954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Something you might look into is using - they're really good for this sort of thing on vehicles because of ease of blending and if you make any mistakes, you can simply wet the brush or a rag with turpentine and remove the mistake. It takes a little more prep in that you will want to gloss coat the model first to protect the previous paint layers from the turpentine, but also to fill in any tiny little imperfections in the paint to make for a smoother application of the wash - not unlike the same process for applying decals to prevent tiny air bubbles from forming underneath the film. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4309026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeBob Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Something you might look into is using - they're really good for this sort of thing BCK, did you accidentally forget the subject of the sentence? I feel the most important bit is missing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4309047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Oh, you're invested in using Agrax specifically. Not sure how I missed that when i read it. Oops. In any event, good luck with those washes on wide open vehicle panels. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4309048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeBob Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 I may experiment on a piece of spare sprue with mixing some Agrax into some leadbelcher and dry brushing that directly onto the model? Maybe that will give close to the correct hue and then I could really work the Agrax into the crevasses the old fashioned way. NiceGuyAdi, that airbrushing technique is damn tempting. Though, I don't own an airbrush. Yet... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4309054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxyogi Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I have always used washes on my vehicles, I like the pooling effect [ not to big a pool tho ], blend it in with dry brushing to give a good...imo....weathered effect. These two were coated in Gryph Sepia over the yellow with no problem, also same with my larger vehicles. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4309355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeBob Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Zxyogi, thanks for the pics, they look great! The fact that you got those results working with yellow tones, which is infinitely more difficult than metal is reassuring. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319340-washes-and-vehicles/#findComment-4309486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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