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Black wash on Camo figures

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Black wash on Camo figures
Posted by Tankluver on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:50 PM

Do you guys do black washes on figures with Waffen SS pea dot camo? I did it on 2 different figures and got mixed results, at places its really dark and other times its just right, Is the the black wash only good for the Regular German grey or field Gray uniforms?

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  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:26 PM

I would avoid washes in general except for very textured surfaces such as hair and fur, or to bring our panel lines on vehicles. Black tends to be too stark except for black clothing which should be painted very dark gray (Valejo Black Gray or Floquil Grimy Black) with black or extremely dark blue shadows. (Lighten it with the addition of a light blue or mid tan to the base color) If you must use a wash, go with burnt umber or vandyke (normally two words, but the nanny bot doesn't like the second half if left standing by itself!) brown. Both are very dark but are more compatible with the greens and browns of your camo scheme.

This applies to vehicles as well as figures.

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Posted by Tankluver on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:26 PM

Oh that makes better sense, I think mine was applied to dark, but in places it came out alot better then in others,

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:47 PM

I avoid black washes as well, since it's too intense for most applictaions, prefering a dark-shade of the base colors, heavily-thinned, and adding layers until I get the effect I want..  I top it off with dry-brushing lighter shades of the base for highlights.  I use dark grey washes in the collar areas and cuffs, and around caps and hats..

If the figure is going to be standing on dirt, I carry some of the dirt-color up onto its boots to tie it all together using pastels...

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Posted by Tankluver on Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:49 PM

Thanks Hans, I need to try this on my next figures

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  • From: Oregon
Posted by falschimjager on Friday, July 20, 2012 3:11 AM

For Pea dot I'd personally go with a brown wash, it blends better and looks more natural if you use a color similar to the base.

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Posted by Tankluver on Sunday, July 22, 2012 8:43 PM

Hmm never thought of that Fallschirmjager, would you use the brown from vallejo or a flat brown from Testors?

gjw
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  • From: Saint Anthony, North Dakota
Posted by gjw on Saturday, December 29, 2012 3:16 AM

Sometimes it works to blend the colors together or give a used look but only if the colors are close together in shade. colors that work with this technique is dark tan, black, dark brown, and dark green. Use this at own risk!

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