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Need to make my Reclaimers white robes look dirty without over doing it. Any tips?

Devlan mud wash

more of a burnt ash dirty rather than a roll in the mud dirty.

Defo devlan mud wash, maybe light dry brush of scorched brown on the parts you want to look extra dirty...

don't use citidale paints, plese be generic if your suggesting a color. Thanks!

Even if you don't use citadel paints, you should consider their washes as they are quite fantastic.

Silverkell wrote:don't use citidale paints, plese be generic if your suggesting a color. Thanks!

A lot of people on here use citadel paints, and devlan mud is quite possibly one of the most useful tools a miniatures painter can have in their kit... no joke.

This is coming from a guy that swears by his liquitex/golden artist-grade soft body acrylics....


all that being said, starting with a Titanium Oxide white, and working your way into a slightly darker shade of cream, either by way of yellows or browns, tends to work quite nicely for me. Actually, with a recent Menoth conversion, I've started with straight Elf Flesh basecoat over a grey prime, and built it out with a (roughly) 50/50 mix of Elf flesh and Fortress Grey, into a 50/50 mix of Elf flesh and skull white, into a hit of skull white, and another hit of skull white, with a layer of good ol' Devlan Miracle between each coat, but the client is finishing with a layer of magic wash, so I'm not too concerned about the finish layer, personally.

That being said, when doing cloth, start with a grey or black base, and build up from a shade darker than you want to end, wash, another coat of your darker shade, wash, highlight with your darker shade, wash, a highlight of your goal shade, another wash, and final highlights with your goal shade. It really helps to define the shadows and get a good result out of your fabrics.

Yeah, starting with a black prime and working your way up through a tan color to white will go a long way. If you want to then add some actual mud/dirt, then splatter or very faintly drybrush on some sort of very grey-colored brown (mix it yourself if necessary).