Update on DIY Wash

So as I anticipated, this wash recipe has a learning curve.

While it came out looking good in some places, I can tell I put it on too light or too thick in others.

These pictures show results that give me confidence in this recipe. The wash more or less worked to darken the recesses, though in some places where I spread it too thin it turned into more of a filter than a wash.

One thing to note is that this recipe gave everything I used it on a glossy finish which surprised me. One of the ingredients being “matte” medium after all, meant to be the opposite of glossy. Ink is naturally glossy, however, so perhaps it is so glossy that the medium was not enough to dull it down. I need further testing before I decide that this matte medium doesn’t work.

I hope I can apply matte medium as a final step to reverse the gloss finish. Or else I would go buy some matte varnish if I really wanted the job done.

Here is a picture of an undesired effect I produced:

In the crease between the right leg and torso the wash created an uneven “coffee stain” effect where it did not darken the whole crease. This suggests to me that more flow aid might be needed to help prevent the solution from bunching up in one spot. It also suggests that I should apply more. Plus if I added more brown ink perhaps I would get a darker final color without having to add black to the recipe.

This lizardman ended up with a few of these coffee stains in his creases. Nothing a bit of paint cant fix when I go to touch it up. The GW approved method involves always going back to paint highlights after you wash anyways so I anticipated having to go back with paint after applying the wash.

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