What are some techniques to easily ink/paint wash World war II men?
Does anyone have specific shades of gray to use?
Usually I use enamel paints, which are often a pain to dilute. :-\
Thanks, Peter
I refer you to my little friend, who resembles a swiss army knife... Vallejo Smokey Ink. Damn near everything I do gets a dab of it, it seems to wash absolutely anything with good results. Just make sure to remove any pools (I have some kitchen roll and use it to dry the brush as I go so I can take more off).
Easiest method is probably to use ready made washes/inks as marketed by Vallejo GW etc.
I make my own mixing black artists acrylic, acrylic matt medium and water, bit of trial and error is needed to get the right mix but if you put it on too strong at first painting on 'neat' water saves the day.
Quality: Windsor & Newton Calligraphy ink, watered down 50/50, but doesn't like enamels.
Cheep & Cheerful: B&Q acrylic wood strin, watered down, £5 a tin for 5litres!
Can only second the call on Vallejo Washes. Also Coat d' Arms Supershaders are worth a look.
Smokey Ink sounds a good idea but I would use a brush to remove pools of shader (can be dumped back into the CDA pot).
Another idea would be to use Army Painter Shader but then again I am not so fond of some of the ingredients there....
300ml water
100ml floor wax
10-20 ml black ink
I sometimes play arround mixing washes using Windsor and Newton acrylic inks in various mixes of black and burn umber and sienna but can't beat GW Dervlan Mud >:( it just great >:( >:(
Aye, GW Devlan Mud ink wash (aka 'God wash'). Just make sure to paint things brighter than you want as undiluted it will really tone down your figures.
If its greay ink you want, then GW black ink wash watered down will do the trick, but you'll lose the natural look of Devlan Mud.