So I’ve seen some really great planes on this site and others finished with oil washes that look amazing…Even colors, great tones, etc…this is my first time using this method. Usually wash with acrylics. I purchased some Winsor and Newton Oils and thinned it with Grumtine instead of Turpentine.
I started with the panel lines and immediately wiped with a cloth and found my overall work good but streaky in some areas. How do I acheive that overall even wash on the surfaces?
Mark
I spray oil (and enamel & acrylic) washes on with an airbrush… But I don’t really do an overall “wash” on aircraft… I personally think it’s rather heavy-handed and best left for armor and tactical vehicles. so I just do pin-washes on aircraft…
But to answer your question, it sounds like you’re using a dry rag to wipe… Try using one that’s slightly damp with thinner…
Also, be sure that you aren’t applying an oil wash over enamel… And also make sure that you’re washing and wiping on gloss finish…
Thanks,
I’ll try the wet cloth method…that’s I’ll i’m missing.
Mark
I just bought some Windsor and Newton paints with the same type of thinner (Grumtine) and when I put the paint thinned down some it bunches together into little drops of paint. Kind of like water on a gloss surface. Does yours do the same thing?
I am working on a glossy surface still until the weathering is done but I didn’t have any beading action like I did if I were to use watered down acrylics. Couldn’t get that stuff to stick! Once I’ve got my decals on the glossy surface and I start to weather, I usually try to lightly rough up the surface a little with real fine steel wool…just enough to bite into the gloss. Also, if you’ve got alot of finger prints on your surface, that could cause some issues.
Mark
I use acrylics paints (Tamiya)- and I lay down a coat of acrylic clear gloss (Future). The gloss allows the thinned oil to flow evenly- a matte coat will cause blotching as the oils gets trapped in all the microscopic pockmarks that scatter reflected light to give the matte effect. I mix a thin brownish-black from my ancient art school tube colors with Humbrol thinners and flow it into the seams and around stuff I want to highlight. After it sets for 15 minutes or so I wipe off the excess with a soft rag just dampened in the thinners, working along the “airflow”. You get some nice dirt effects this way. Wipe off too much? Reapply. After it’s dried for a day or two, shoot on a flat coat to seal it in. Cheers- and best of luck! chuk
Use rubbing alchol instead of water with acrylics… That will stop any “beading”… It evaporates faster too… Just be sure that you can thin your stuff with it first. Vallejo doesn’t like “booze”…