Washes in acrylic ?

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Dave S4

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TIM FORSTER said:
Figures, planes and vehicles aside, I have found Vallejo Model Wash very useful for the buildings on my diorama.

Mostly I painted using artist's tube acrylic paints (sprayed or brushed) onto plaster (the original Verlinden casting), resin (the doorway from Reality in Scale) or Das clay (applied over my scratch built foam board).

Obviously I was very keen to avoid any solvents that will attack the foam board - or the insulation board that I used for the base.

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As you can see from the image above, the effect isn't exactly subtle - but then I didn't want it to be: I wanted the details to leap out.

Having said that, you can see some pooling around the doorway which will be settled with pigments. At this point, the cobbles in the foreground have yet to be washed (so you are looking at simple contrasting colours) and the groundwork hasn't been added either...
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That's a nice piece of work. What is the subject? I see a drain pipe, so we're obviously not talking 'Ancient Era' here...
 
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