Article: Making your own Inks

[NightLife]

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[Tony Manero]

i tried it on an old plastic saurus just to test it... it is slimy and too shiny, it looks like toxic mud or alien slime.... i'll use it for this effect but definitly not ink

 

[matty1001]

Good instructions, very clear and easy to follow. Instead of adding washing up liquid why not try adding PVA glue? It helps the ink seep into the recesses of the model and gives a slightly varnished finish.

 

[Pfreck]

Nice article dude, only you can also mix red-ink with yellow-ink to make orange ink though

 

[Tahn]

Well, I will be testing out a new formulae on Thursday. Some new stuff has arrived, and it will work better than ever. And just to prove it, I will be painting a mini to prove if it comes out like slime.

 

[mathieu]

I hope it doesn't come out too harsh, it certainly isn't meant this way... but this trick to make washes has been known and afaik widely used for quite a few years now . And as has already been mentioned, there are more effective ways to achieve the same effect.

That said, this trick gives you washes, not inks. Inks (I use Daler-Rowney FW) don't feel like they're just diluted paint with soap/flow-aid. They don't look like it either. Seems to me that inks really are differently formulated/pigmented and that you'll need more than a nifty trick to make some

 

[Tahn]

Well, I'm going to delete this article soon enough and then make it part of a brand new suitable one, where this product finds a certain use...

 

[roboBOT]

Mathieu is right. Citadel inks are not made from the same stuff as their paints and varnishes. Try mixing pigment, glycerine, and water and see how that works.

 

[frenchkid]

the difference with ink is that their are no pigments anymore. In paints the pigments stay whole and are binded together by the medium. In ink the pigments are meant to disolve, Which explains that fact that it is pretty hard reproducing inks with paints.

 

[MatiasBGDC]

honestly... yo can get the same hue from mixing red and yellow inks... its just easier.

 

[Tahn]

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