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#QUICKSHADE VS WASHES SKIN#

Basic techniques to finish painting a model won’t work with pure inks.Most inks don’t work well on a wet palette like other paints.I generally recommend mixing and thinning artist inks to create a wash for most applications (more about this below). Inexperienced miniature painters will overuse black inks and dark color inks.

Use a matte medium or matte varnish to reduce or remove the glossy effect. Even transparent inks have strong liquid pigments and you should be careful to avoid over using them, as they can overtake an entire color palette. Opaque inks easily overwhelm other hobby paints.For best results, use water-soluble artist inks, and avoid coarse ground permanent black ink, such as India inks. The most popular use for artist inks for painting miniatures is to mix with acrylic paints (e.g., DIY paint washes) or use thinned down into an ink wash.Inks are versatile in that they work well with almost any acrylic medium, e.g., paints, thinners, and provide a means for intense color through their high pigment density.This makes them great for making your own washes. A small bit of ink mixed with a lot of water will still have strong color saturation. You don’t need much ink to shift the color of paint or water.Or, in other words, inks have better coverage over a surface even though they are thinner (e.g., lower viscosity). An ink generally has higher pigment or colored resin concentration than compared with regular hobby paint.The exception are transparent inks, which are naturally going to allow underlying color to show through. Inks are opaque and can quickly cover large areas on a miniature.What are the Pros and Cons of Inks and Washes? Ink Benefits: You can find more of my miniature painting work in the gallery. For example, combining Citadel shades with Vallejo washes, along with a dose of ink, helped me paint this metallic effect on this 3D printed surface. You can use washes, shades, and inks to create all kinds of great effects on miniatures. But, all washes work through their color transparency, and help to increase the contrast of a miniature painting by darkening recesses and texture. The variety of “washes” you can buy may be overwhelming to understand at first glance. Depending on the brand formula, e.g., Citadel, Vallejo, The Army Painter, washes may need to be diluted with water or other solvent (i.e., a thinner of some sort) for more transparency or for airbrushing.

#QUICKSHADE VS WASHES SKIN#

Washes are transparent paints that you use for shading or color modulation of large areas such as the skin of an orc’s face, the scales of a snake, etc.

Note that there are transparent acrylic inks you can buy, but they are less common. I rarely use inks straight from a bottle. Inks need to be diluted with water or other acrylic solvent (i.e., a thinner of some sort) for more transparency, or to create a DIY wash.

Inks are generally opaque paints that you can use for quick coverage of large areas such as skin of lizard men, the carapace of an insect, etc.

In fact, labeling a bottle of paint medium a “wash” is mostly a marketing technique from hobby paint companies. A wash is simply a diluted paint (or ink) that makes the pigments act more transparent when applied to a surface. But, with washes, you have the option of buying them premade from popular hobby companies or you can make a wash yourself. Inks are an art medium, while a wash is an art technique or a medium. Here is a detailed description of inks vs washes: