Ready made washes/shaders

[Chris S]

Hi

For people who use ready made washes/shaders.

What would you say is the best at a reasonable price.

IE:
Army painter dip - Good work very well, but costs £16 odd a tin.
Games Workshop - Good Work very well, but not much liquid for your buck.
Vallejo dips - Not very good, froth up when shaken and dry like mud over everything.
Coat D'Arms Super Shaders - Not tried these, nice if somebody has and could put something.

Etc, etc, etc..........

So views and opinions would be good to read.

Also if you make your own washes/shaders some recipes would be good.

 

[ktooloo]

I make them according to this recipe. They do foam up a bit when you shake them, but they come out of the dropper bottle just fine.

 

[JMichael]

I use the Army Painter dip and love them. They claim each can covers 200+ minis which works out to ~.12cents per mini. I've also seen people use Poly Wood Stain (which I have tried and is very similar to the Army Painter dips) though it needs some thinning down for minis.

 

[Einion]

They're actually selling pre-made glazing colours now? Next people will be looking for premixed ranges of colour from light to dark. Oh, wait a minute...

I make glazing mixtures from paint + water. Washes can sometimes be fine just thinning with water too, but a bit of Future/Klear or acrylic medium can be useful (plus any matting agent if necessary).

Einion

 

[Avelorn]

@Einion: The newer GW washes are very useful for many techniques, simple and advanced. They are a world apart from water + paint and I haven't been able to exactly mix the properties and consistency from mediums either though I'm sure it's possible. They are also combined with foundation paint a big reason why people finish more armies nowadays which is a good thing. Ridiculously expensive though.

 

[Chris S]

I make them according to this recipe. They do foam up a bit when you shake them, but they come out of the dropper bottle just fine.

Hi

I made the Dark Sepia wash to the letter, same ingredients same amounts.

I ended up with a wash I can only describe as light coffee, to get the effect close to what is shown I had to double the
ink from 40 drops to 80.

Bit loathe to waste anymore stuff on these recipes

Do actually think that somebody who makes washes and looks like he sells them will tell you his mix, sorry to sound sceptical
but I would'nt.

 

[Einion]

@Einion: The newer GW washes are very useful for many techniques, simple and advanced. They are a world apart from water + paint...

I realise they're used in pretty particular ways where a standard water-only mix wouldn't work, either in terms of speed or at all.

...and I haven't been able to exactly mix the properties and consistency from mediums either though I'm sure it's possible.

Many types of acrylic medium Using one of the ones with heavier body you can achieve a certain level of dilution without going as thin as you'd expect. Plus it helps if you're able to use naturally-transparent colours rather than basing the mixtures on hobby paints where you're fighting something made to have coverage.

Einion

 

[Boonie]

Do actually think that somebody who makes washes and looks like he sells them will tell you his mix, sorry to sound sceptical
but I would'nt.

I beleive he actually put this tutorial up as he was unable to fulfill orders at that time.