Re: [Epic] Rumours

From: Matthew J. Silvernail <msilver_at_...>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 02:57:47 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Matthew Weyna wrote:
> Sauron Moridor wrote:
> > Can you still get the
> > original GW ink washes in England? The new washes just don't cut it.
> > sauron1
> >
> >
> Oh geez, have you hit it right on the mark. I actually wasted my money
> for some wash, and I striped the mini down and redid it. Remember the
> Thunder chicken Mike? That was ink wash.....Any suggestions?
> Matthew Weyna

   I had the same problem - a friend of mine uses the old GW inks
on his minis, and I like the results so I went to buy some. Not
finding any inks on the paint racks, I asked the sales drone if
they'd stopped selling the inks. He told me that the washes were
in fact the inks I was looking for, and I foolishly believed him
(I don't normally use GW paints). The results are nowhere near
the same, the washes are just plain watered down paint. I can
make washes myself with some tap water and save alot of money.
*grumble* Does anyone know of any alternate sources of nice
translucent water-based inks?

   I recently bought some nice extra-fine point pens, so I could
draw nice grafitti on my battlewagons, "WAAGH!", "DIE HUMIE", etc.
Anyway, I experimented with the pens a bit and found that pens work
wonderfully for outlining areas of paint on a mini. Washes and
drybrushing can bring out shadows, but it doesn't create the kind
of stark contrast you want when for example a section of yellow
paint adjoins a section of red paint. With outlining, the borders
of the colors stand out very distinctly. On close viewing the
effect is pretty obvious, but on the tabletop the outlining really
helps alot in making the colors visible and doesn't look unnatural.
I've read several painting guides and never seen pens mentioned, so
I thought I'd mention it here.

Matt Silvernail
Received on Wed Oct 22 1997 - 07:57:47 UTC