when aplying a wash do you just wash over the hole model or just put it on all of the seams and pannles…thank you
buck…
Short answer, yes.
Longer answer…I depends on what kind of wash you are doing and what effect you want to acheive. If you want to just darken some of the lines and details, use a pin-wash just around raised details and panels. This will make the details stand out more. If you are looking to make the whole vehicle look dusty or dirty, wash the whole thing.
Ditto to what Arty said - the answer to this could go on for days!
Now I’m using Acrylics for all of my model painting I use oil paints with mineral spirits (white spirit) for my washes.
My first oil paint was cheapo stuff just to try out and it worked fine but left a grainy almost pigment like residue behind. Newton & Windsor Oil paint is very good.
It all depends on how you want your vehicle to look but normally I’ll choose the required oil colour(s) and mix with white spirit and apply liberally over the whol model with a chunky flat tip brush (width depending on size of area to be coloured, soaking up any excess with paper towel. For hatches and panel lines I’ll make up a much darker oil wash (occasionally but rarely I’ll even use neat black) and I’ll dip a 000 brush into the wash and just touch the panel line and the wash will do the rest-you’ll see it set off and run around the hatches/panel lines etc. It really makes a difference and is pretty easy to master.
In my limited experience the use of a good oil paint makes all the difference.
My friend over here in the UK prefers artist Turpenoid but I find mineral spirits just fine at the minute.
Do a search or look on you tube-there is buckets of stuff on washes!
HTH
Ben [t$t]
I do pretty much the same as Hinsky, but using the opposite paints. I use enamels exclusively for my painting. For washes, I use acrylics thinned with water. Same process and results, just a different technique. You will get a bunch of answers and opinions. The best advice I can give is to experiment and see what works best for you.
For nice dirty vehicles and figurines, I do an ‘all over’ wash of thinned down Payne’s Grey acrylic paint mixed with water and a cool product called mixing medium from P3. This pools a bit in the low areas giving me good shadow. I can then use a combo of dry brushing and airbrushing to bring the high points back up closer to the base color.
From there I can choose to pin wash specific details to further accent them or not to if my overall look is what I was trying for. Then the pigments go on!
thanks for the help guys…
BUCK…