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Having seen the article on Paynes Grey does anyone have any experience of using it, is it really that much better than anything else?

I use it a lot (is that the article I wrote?). One of the reasons I like Paynes Grey (i use the Liquitex, $6 for 3 oz) is that it's a very deep blue grey. Because it's not black, it allows you to wash a number of different colors without making it look dirty the way black can.

I concur.

To be fair, various different colours are good for washing/shading. It depends on the selection of colours you want to work on top of and how soft you want the finish.


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For example, nut brown ink is good for a lot of mid-range colours, which is why Deneb Mud(?) is so popular.

Very easy to use, and you get a huge tube of it for $7. The burnt umber is good too.

The paynes grey color works really well for shadows, being more a blue gray than a plain gray. It can give good results quickly. Particularly useful if you are tying to gets lots painted to a decent standard quickly. For large flat areas (cloth and such) is good to use the flow aid too. For quick shadows the stuff is fine on its own.

I've got a couple of images in the gallery, both using it.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/106230-Heavy%20Laser.html
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/107000-Cadians.html

Roger, I think I'm sold I'm going to order some now, and yeah I think it might have been your Article Ifurita.