Help with washes

[Guest]

Oww, forgot to mention i thinned the poster color with a drop of dishwashing soap.

[dave]

I use a mixture of oil paints thinned with an odourless thinner, Vallejo off the shelf washes or I make my own with the Daler Rowney FW inks.

The recipe came from a US site "awesome paint jobs";

15mL Matte Medium + 15mL 10:1 Distilled Water:Flow Aid and then about 40 drops of the ink colour I want. Flow Aid helps break the surface tension and is the "neat" version of the component in washing up liquid that makes it have that effect.

On an economy note I use good quality oil paints, which are pricey (~£7) but one tube lasts a lifetime. So you can buy as you need start with one or two and add as you do different models which require different washes.

Varnishing before washing is not essential; but it makes it easier to clean up overall washes and to correct mistakes without damaging earlier paintwork.

[Peej]

Thanks everyone. Loads of info to be going on with.