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2014/05/03 08:10:25
Subject: Can you use watered down water colours as a wash?
You can use watered down paint to act as a wash - however, depending on the paint and how you "water it down", you can end up with a horrible result (often looking very grainy and with patchy coverage).
I use quite a few very watered down paints, which while not as watery as a true wash do show through a reasonable amount of the colour below. I often use these to lay down the basic colours over a zenith-ally primed model (ie prime the model black all over, then spray white from above to create shadows and highlights).
I can't say that I have ever used watercolours on a model so I can't give you any specific advice other than to try it out either on some models you don't mind stripping/destroying, or on something like sprue just to see how it flows (works well when you apply to bits with writing on as you can see how the paint flows around small detailing).
My Eldar make extensive use of a very watered down orange paint applied as a wash over a white undercoat:
A water colour wash will be a lot different to a normal [acrylic] wash. Water colour is water soluble, so it can be removed with water even after it has dried. some painters use them in place of oils because they react with plain water similar to how the former react with oil thinners, but don't smell.
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2014/05/03 12:30:49
Subject: Can you use watered down water colours as a wash?
Balance in pick up games? Two people, each with their own goals for the game, design half a board game on their own without knowing the layout of the board and hope it all works out. Good luck with that. The faster you can find like minded individuals who want the same things from the game as you, the better.
2014/05/03 13:18:02
Subject: Re:Can you use watered down water colours as a wash?
sing your life wrote: A water colour wash will be a lot different to a normal [acrylic] wash. Water colour is water soluble, so it can be removed with water even after it has dried. some painters use them in place of oils because they react with plain water similar to how the former react with oil thinners, but don't smell.
To invoke a logical fallacy,
Real painters love the smell of linseed oil.
2014/05/03 13:25:57
Subject: Re:Can you use watered down water colours as a wash?
sing your life wrote: A water colour wash will be a lot different to a normal [acrylic] wash. Water colour is water soluble, so it can be removed with water even after it has dried. some painters use them in place of oils because they react with plain water similar to how the former react with oil thinners, but don't smell.
To invoke a logical fallacy,
Real painters love the smell of linseed oil.
Funny, because most oils painters use the likes of white spirit and complain about the fumes.
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2014/05/03 13:37:51
Subject: Can you use watered down water colours as a wash?
sing your life wrote: A water colour wash will be a lot different to a normal [acrylic] wash. Water colour is water soluble, so it can be removed with water even after it has dried. some painters use them in place of oils because they react with plain water similar to how the former react with oil thinners, but don't smell.
To invoke a logical fallacy,
Real painters love the smell of linseed oil.
The linseed oil in the oil paints themselves are fine, it's normally the white spirit and turps you use to thin it and clean the brushes that is terrible.
I wonder how water colours would go for weathering tanks, you could really slop it on in places but then still be able to blend it in other places and easily clean it up.
2014/05/03 18:25:57
Subject: Can you use watered down water colours as a wash?
