Wash types and use

[dave]

I think everyone is different.


I tend to look around and think about what I want to build next and then do some research, look at kit reviews and build reviews, before buying the kit.  I will do some research on the particular aircraft I am building and look around at pictures of that aircraft or the same type of aircraft, and check the paint call outs on the kit.  If I can find them pictures of the cockpit are useful.


That allows me to add small details missing from the kit or modify the kit slightly if necessary.


I am generally interested in history and military history in particular so I do a lot of reading around in general.

[Guest]

I read your posts 0n this forum and I have one question about washes. What do you think about 'Winsor & Newton' oil paints as a washes?

[Guest]

I read your posts 0n this forum and I have one question about washes. What do you think about 'Winsor & Newton' oil paints as a washes?

Any oil paints will make a decent wash, even those cheap Chinese sets of oil paints, but you do tend to get a smoother paint, the more money you spend.
W&N Georgian paints are pretty good value and plenty good enough for home-made washes, I recommend you use odourless thinners though, as white spirit whiffs a bit! Do make sure they are well mixed before using, and remember, washes are pretty much dirty thinners - ie very thin, always easier to put on a few layers!

[Guest]

Recommend burnt umber, burnt sienna, Paynes grey (rather than black - a transparent colour used for shadows and darkening the tone of paints) to kick off with.

[Guest]

HI John, thanks a lot for your advice.

[Thorbrand]

I seem to get away with using Humbrol black wash over a clear gloss coat and a cotton swab to wipe away excess. I find sometimes the wash doesn't always run down the line, so i encourage it with a cockstail stick and occasionally some bad language

[stillp]

Ah, that's where I'm going wrong. I've just been using the bad language.


Pete