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I just refilled my black and brown wash bottles. Thought I’d share. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by setsneedtofeed to c/warhammer40k

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I mix up my own washes. There are plenty of recipes online, but video related has been the one I’ve used as a foundation for a while.

I somewhat follow the recipe in the description, though for my “nuln” I use 18 drops of black ink, and 8 of burnt umber. For the brown wash I use 16 drops of burnt umber, 6 of sienna, and 5 of black. I think it looks a bit better, but the great part with DIY is how much it can be changed up.

I keep steel mixing balls in the bottles and always give them a vigorous shake when everything is added.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is really neat! I'm just getting back into the hobby after a long break and was considering picking up a few of these inks as they seem pretty versatile and pigment dense. What else do you use them for?

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 2 years ago

I use the brown and black inks only to make washes. I have blue ink wash that is very vibrant and can stain models with a similar end result to a contrast paint.

Buying wash materials is slightly more money up front than buying wash, but by volume it is hugely cheaper.

[–] Tobin 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about seriphim sepia :(

[–] setsneedtofeed 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's just figuring out the colors.

I don't use this guy's recipes, but he does have a sepia color, as an example of what's possible.

[–] Tobin 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I'll have to try it when I run out.

[–] threedragons_19 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I need to do something similar, I'm probably one of the minority who doesn't have an issue with the new citadel wash formula, but the when washing larger models it gets a bit impractical 😆 I need to bite the bullet and just make a 3l bottle of washes... 😆

[–] setsneedtofeed 2 points 2 years ago

I started doing this before the formula change, mainly as a cost cut. I only just recently found out about the formula change AND the bottles are 18ml compared to the old 24ml. I actually had to show somebody my old 24ml label for them to believe me.

It’s quite easy to DIY wash, especially for mimicking nuln. Agrax takes a little experimentation, but I like my personal formula.