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Offline Krysset80

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A little help please
« on: 19 August 2011, 04:05:12 PM »
Started painting again after a 10 year break. Amazed at the quality of stuff now days, dident have washes and stuff like that back then.

So the thing I wanted help with is the color white. What wash/ink will make white look nice?
Did some mummie figures the other day that I painted white and used a brown wash that came out very nice but it made a dirty light brown(perfect for those figures). Tho I want tips on how to get nice white color for shirts and outfits.

Offline Tom Reed

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Re: A little help please
« Reply #1 on: 19 August 2011, 04:07:41 PM »
I usually go with a very light grey wash over white.
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Offline infelix

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Re: A little help please
« Reply #2 on: 19 August 2011, 04:16:24 PM »
It depends on what kind of white you want, the ones I use most are a blueish grey, brown or bone color.

Offline Paul

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Re: A little help please
« Reply #3 on: 19 August 2011, 08:02:50 PM »
Started painting again after a 10 year break. Amazed at the quality of stuff now days, dident have washes and stuff like that back then.
way back then I just thinned paint down, added some windwow cleaner...and it was a lot cheaper. Don´t buy it if you can make it.
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Offline Krysset80

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Re: A little help please
« Reply #4 on: 21 August 2011, 02:52:41 PM »
way back then I just thinned paint down, added some windwow cleaner...and it was a lot cheaper. Don´t buy it if you can make it.

Did that to, tho with black only so ended up looking a bit crappy.

Anyway thanks for the help, hafto see if I can get hold of a grey wash.

Offline infelix

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Re: A little help please
« Reply #5 on: 21 August 2011, 03:46:10 PM »
Vallejo has a Pale Grey wash and I think that Secret Weapon Miniatures has some as well. Although I haven't tried the grey one Vallejo has, the other ones I have tried from them has been very good.