Been always buying the small bottles of wash but ran out and made my own.
Came out perfect. Seems to drive better than the ones that I purchased.
Easy to make just water couple of drops of dishwashing detergent and acrylic black paint.
Made my own wash
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Re: Made my own wash
I make all my own washes. For the main brown/black I use Future floor acrylic as a medium, thinned about 30% with water. Add a few drops of dish soap as a surface tension breaker, then ink or paint. It lets you do custom washes (Troll Flesh, French Blue). This is in essence what "contrast paints" are - over priced, thick washes.
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Re: Made my own wash
The only wash I buy is Vallejo dark grey wash, it’s cheap, one bottle lasts forever, and it’s pretty utilitarian. Other than that, I whip up my own, but I just really water down my VMC paints depending on what color I need, I don’t use dish soap or anything like that. Just super watery paint in a bottle cap when needed.
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Re: Made my own wash
All this time I was wasting $ on small bottles of wash.
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Re: Made my own wash
I bought some of the contrast paints - interesting idea, used them to some effect, but ultimately I’m reverting back to Vallejo washes. Store bought for me - just more convenient.
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Re: Made my own wash
I put a drop of my desired color of VMC in a bottle cap, put enough water in with my Mk I eyeball to make it a little thicker than colored water, and stir it up with the end of an old paint brush. Takes a matter of minutes.