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Can you use any old Oil Paints to do oil washes?

What do you mean by oil washes, you mean an alternative to a regular ol' wash?

using a thinned down oil paint makes a wash, which fills in crevices, but the raised parts can be wiped clear so it doesn't change the hue of the other areas.


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Les Bursley uses them quite a bit.

Absolutely. put down a gloss varnish first. Let that dry and then you can thin down the oil paint to use as a wash. To take it off the areas that you do not want it on afterwards, you use mineral spirits and a cotton swab. I suggest looking at a few videos from Les over at AwesomePaintJob.com he has used them quite extensively.

One thing I have been wanting try is Winsor and Newton's Artisan water soluble oil paints for this. Then no more mineral spirits or chemical brush cleaning.

After seeing Les do it, I tried it the other day on a space marine and was very pleased by the results. I can post a picture of it when I get home from work today.

I actually tried it last night on a few models I had around, it was fantastic. It's my new favorite thing, definitely makes painting the white armor on my sisters of battle a lot easier.