Vallejo Washes

A LHS stocks them, but I haven't tried them as yet.  From what I've heard, they are equivalent to the similar products from Citadel.

Regards,  Rick

Ditto. I've seen 'em, never tried'em. I just mix my own washes with vallejo

 

Boba Fett wrote:

Ditto. I've seen 'em, never tried'em. I just mix my own washes with vallejo

I've been wondering about that and thinking it would be like mixing a thin high light. I do have some extra parts primed, one of which is a radio that could be painted black like an allies cockpit radio and I could practice on appling a thinned (maybe a dark brown?) color. I'm guessing here and probably way off base.

Anyway, I appreciate  you gents taking the time. Always something new to learn and that's part of the fun for me.

Patrick 

 

 

Patrick

being someone who loves their model air paints i thought i'd try some of the wash paints.

i did a test with some tamiya smoke and vallejo's lavado black wash on an engine.being totally honest the vallejo wash just didnt settle into the edges and almost seemed to pool up in places where as the tamiya smoke(which i use all the time)did what i know it does and highlighted the edges and clung to the detail........

 

 

paul

ludwig113 wrote:

being someone who loves their model air paints i thought i'd try some of the wash paints. i did a test with some tamiya smoke and vallejo's lavado black wash on an engine.being totally honest the vallejo wash just didnt settle into the edges and almost seemed to pool up in places where as the tamiya smoke(which i use all the time)did what i know it does and highlighted the edges and clung to the detail........ paul

Thanks for the input Paul. BTW, did you airbrush the Tamiya Smoke or brush it?

Patrick

sorry it took so long to get back to you,

i brushed it.

 

paul

Despite being marketed as "ready to use", I find that the Vallejo washes are so intense color wise they can stand to be thinned 1:1 with water.  Over a gloss clear coat they run very well for me into panel lines and any excess is easily wiped off with a wet cotton swab once the wash has dried to the touch.

ludwig113 wrote:

sorry it took so long to get back to you, i brushed it.  paul

Thanks Paul. I assume you thinned it a bit. Is that correct? I haven't tried brushing Tam before but for small areas to be shadowed or weathered and if thinned sounds like it does a good job. Reading some of Brett Green's writings lately I've noticed that he also will brush Tamiya for certain applications.

 

JamesDean wrote:

Despite being marketed as "ready to use", I find that the Vallejo washes are so intense color wise they can stand to be thinned 1:1 with water.  Over a gloss clear coat they run very well for me into panel lines and any excess is easily wiped off with a wet cotton swab once the wash has dried to the touch.

Hi JD,

Thanks for your input also. I've had others suggest that having a gloss coat on is  the way to go especially if you want to have a chance at correcting to heavy of an application.

Thanks again to every one for taking the time to respond to the question. It's appreciated very much.

CUL,

Patrick