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I am wanting to make up some custom washes....and I would like to use ink for the colors. Anyone have a source for where they by there inks? I wish GW still made them :(

Ashton

Where are you located?

Artists inks work well, mine are Windors and Newton brand, I got them from Michaels crafts.

Catyrpelius wrote:Artists inks work well, mine are Windors and Newton brand, I got them from Michaels crafts.

What range of colors do they have? Do you happen to know the medium they are suspended in?

Ashton

Heres a link to their website...

http://www.winsornewton.com/main.aspx?PageID=111

Try daler rowney fw inks. You can get them at dickblick.com

heavybolter wrote:Try daler rowney fw inks. You can get them at dickblick.com

That's what I used for mixing my custom washes, based on Les' recipe. You can get them in lots of colors and they work great.

heavybolter wrote:Try daler rowney fw inks. You can get them at dickblick.com

I use the Daler-Rowney as well and dickblick.com is where I get them too. They are reletively cheap when you get them there as well. I have even been known to paint with just the inks every so often. So not make the mistake I made though. You do not need the 6oz bottles. Get the 1oz, they are more than enough!!!

I use Liquitex inks which are an acrylic suspension, some Daler Rowneys also acrylic. I have tried walnut ink, dr martins Bombay inks, and higgins pen ink. Limited success with them.
The Liquitex inks are VERY strongly pigmented, good interesting colors. The DR-FW inks have a somewhat broader range of colors and are a little weaker but that's good in washes.

Secret Weapon Miniatures has a large line of Washes.

Kroothawk wrote:Secret Weapon Miniatures has a large line of Washes.

Which are all based on Les' recipes if memory serves. The newest ones added are not his recipes though.

Thanks for all the info guys, I am not really looking for washes, Inks really, to make some custom washes.

Ashton

P3 makes inks that remind me of the old GW ones, the only one they don't make is Flesh Wash.

I believe Vallejo makes inks as well, but they call them washes (though I don't think they're the same consistency of the current GW washed)