Warren,
no. 5 - just wash! it can be enamel, acrylic, or ink, bought made up, or made at home..........
Dave
Warren,
no. 5 - just wash! it can be enamel, acrylic, or ink, bought made up, or made at home..........
Dave
There are no “needs” and “musts” in modelling The main thing to keep in mind with washes is to not use a thinner in them that will damage the coats below: if you’ve painted your model with enamels, then adding an enamel wash over it is likely to make the paint run, for example, because the thinner in the wash will dissolve the dry paint already on the model. Acrylic paint doesn’t have this problem if you thin your wash with water, as hardened acrylics are impervious to water, but some types of alcohol can dissolve acrylics after they’ve hardened too.I was of the impression the wash needed to be enamel if my base was acrylic or vice a versa.
Enamel over acrylic or the other way around is always safe, though: neither (normally) uses thinners that will affect the other.
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