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Hey all
I thought I'd see if anyone else out there has tried the new Citadel washes yet.

The local store here got a set of them in this week, and has had them out for people to use, and I gave them a go.
I have to say, they are COMPLETELY different than what the rumors have made them out to be, and I was quite impressed.
I was expecting them to be a "magic wash" version of the current inks, which sounded good, as I use the future floor wax with all of my current inks.
They are nothing at all like that.
Firstly, the washes themselves are "viscous", not thick like a paint, but when you put it on the model, it is visibly thick, not watery like the inks.
Secondly, the washes are very subdued. The first coat of black over white gave a very nice effect, while not completely covering the white basecoat like the ink would. The second coat made me say "wow, 2 washes, and that is a perfectly shaded grey boltgun.
I believe they are designed so you can easily layer up colours using multiple coats of the washes.
The viscosity of the wash really allows you to control where you are applying it, unlike an ink, which just tends to flow into creases and down the model.

I only tried 3 of the colours. The black, red, and mud.
I can see the mud being people's new favorite.
Again, beautiful over white, but over the tallarn flesh, the skin was done in 1 coat of each and looked great.

I just thought I'd see if anyone else had tried them, and what your thoughts were.
cheers

pics!

Is the mud wash like Vallejo Smokey Ink?

Sounds like they made them true washes. Thats exactly whata a wash is supposed to do. Coll. guess I will pick them up.

They work quite good, no more breaking up the surface tension with palmolive etc.

I read someone on the B&C who was quite impressed. The washed produce excellent results with little skill required.

Yep, its like haveing good skill with inks but you don't actually need the skill.

malfred wrote:Is the mud wash like Vallejo Smokey Ink?

vallejo smoke is like a cross between the mud and the black
but I think the citadels go on much nicer

where can you purchase these at? I'm unable to find them on the GW online store

they aren't out yet (come out in june)
the store just got a sample set in and are letting people try them out

They sound very nice, I might have to pick some up.

I got to use them yesterday. Very flexible. Recomended.

Wow. A Citadel hobby supply that's actually good. Hard to believe this day has finally come.

sounds like it is worth a shot then!

they sound like good stuff

Sounds promising. I can see me getting some. The Foundation Paints have proved a stayer, so I'm all for this. This kind of stuff is GW using their size to the benefit of their customers by paying for R&D of an improved quality of product. If they deliver good quality I have no problem ponying up the dough! It's when GW demand premium wedge for dodgy quality that I have problems.

Im definitely getting these. Im a sucker for inks, so ink without effort is a must buy for me. Its suprising and rather nice to see a citadel product that the more knowledgeable fans are actually impressed by.

This sounds like ard' coat mixed with inks, which I use now. So if it's premixed that will save a ton of time, one question though. Do they leave a shine on the mini?

I'll be buying a couple as I need them like I have the foundation sets.

Will be interesting to see how well they do over metallics.

I was about to use the Baal Red today...to answer someones previous question, it does not leave a shine behind