http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net I almost want a black tinted varnish spray if that exists? Any ideas please?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016930.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016930.page GMT
This should do the job perfectly but you have to be careful to not apply too much.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016936.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016936.page GMT It's a heldrake and I really don't want to repaint it!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016951.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016951.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016975.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016975.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016988.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10016988.page GMT
You can make your own washes with 1 part paint, 3 parts medium, and 4 parts water. If you start this with grey, you would have 8 parts (by volume) that you could add nuln oil to, 2 parts nuln oil would be a 4:1 ratio. 4 parts Nuln would be a 2:1 ratio, and likely be noticeably darker.

I prefer browns, particularly reikland for shading gold as it keeps the warm tones of antique gold.

I'd suggest starting with the custom wash, and maybe only use Nuln at the edges or in cracks.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017040.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017040.page GMT I basically want the grey to look black, or as close to it as possible. I did read a tutorial a while back where they painted black armour by shading from grey so Im hoping that's possible]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017053.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017053.page GMT
If you wanted a colour to appear "hazy" over another colour, without running to the edges like a wash does, adding medium would be the way to go.

By adding the water, the paint gets thinner and runs off of the raised edges and settles or "pools" in recesses or corners.

If you look for Lamian Medium that's how GW sells it in little pots.

So you could take, for example, one drop of grey paint, 3 drops of Lamian Medium, and 4 drops of water to make grey wash.

You could then add drops of Nuln Oil (which is a black wash made by the same process) to the grey wash. The mixture will darken, and keep the same consistency.

You can wash black over a relatively dark grey to get what looks like highlighted black. Sometimes it looks like charcoal grey, which might work for you. I thought you wanted to keep the colour "grey", so I was suggesting a less stark shade for the wash.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017059.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017059.page GMT I want the grey to look black but it does need a wash regardless as at the moment it is just simple basecoating. I will try the nuln oil as it needs a wash anyway, if that doesn't look dark enough I'll try the lamian medium mixed with black. Does that sound sensible?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017143.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/758435/10017143.page GMT
If you want it to look black, just keep applying unmodified Nuln Oil coats until you're happy with how dark it is.

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