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As the title suggests I'm trying to make the mud look more muddy, especially on the base. I'm looking at using ard coat to add shine to it? Hoping to make it look wet and sloppy, same for some of the mud on the marines armor beyond that I don't know what else I could do.
Any other tips and help would be very welcome too!

You could try mixing in water effect.

It has water effect already :S Thats what I 'filled' the base in with, around his feet and such.


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I guess I could add more but its not so easy to wield.


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Unless you mean on the armor and cape cus then I actually haven't used any water effect on that... Hm.

Part of what makes mud look muddy is the extra bulk to it. What you've done looks great, but it looks dusty due to the lack of bulk to the material. You could use a texture to add bulk, then water effect or gloss varnish (on or in) it to make it look wet I think. Or mix in some of that Vallejo heavy gloss gel. Maybe. In theory.

I took some pics of the Vallejo textures I have a while ago when they're wet, dry and shaded to have a better idea of what can be expected from each.

Here is a great tutorial on making realistic mud. It's from SWM and using his products but the technique is solid regardless of what companies stuff you use.

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=5

I figure inks (actual inks not those premade washes) should do well. they remain mostly glossy so should look pretty wet.

otherwise also add some wetter pigment to build up bulk and paint around the edges in a bit lighter color to show that its drying (to sell that the other parts are wetter)

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Part of what makes mud look muddy is the extra bulk to it. What you've done looks great, but it looks dusty due to the lack of bulk to the material. You could use a texture to add bulk, then water effect or gloss varnish (on or in) it to make it look wet I think. Or mix in some of that Vallejo heavy gloss gel. Maybe. In theory.

I took some pics of the Vallejo textures I have a while ago when they're wet, dry and shaded to have a better idea of what can be expected from each.

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Wet


Dry


Shaded

so mix in some sand to the water effects? Gloss if needed I take it.


I'll take a quick look at the tutorial too!

Should I apply these to the armor and cloak as well do you think or adding texture to that make it come out weird?

That's a good tutorial. I wonder how well it'd work with spackle.

I wouldn't personally put this on cloaks. If I did, it'd only be a small amount since big globs would get knocked off likely. Instead, I'd just dry brush the color onto the cloak so that it looks like the edge has been drug through.

You could use some vallejo paste as well for additional filler

I've ventured into getting that mud kit, I've never used pigments before so I don't really have any of the stuff to even tryyyy and replicate it so this is as good a start as any!

I use satin varnish on my Nid's goey bits. I found glossy little overbearing.

The acrylic texture mediums, from Liquitex, Windsor and newton and Vallejo, probably others too, will atleast be removable the same way you normally strip paint.
Which gives you the chance to experiment without eating through models
They all mix with paints that you have already because theyre acrylic.
I recommend experimenting with those, theres a good range of textures available, and they can be mixed just as easily.