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| Subject: | Re: Feedback after a dark wash |  |
| Date: | Jan 3, 2008 |
| From: | Gary Cooper | |
It dosen't look all that bad to me. If it seems to dark to you remember that if you do any more weathering like post shading or dry brushing or whatever remember that this will have a tendency to lighten it up for you. If you do think it is to dark something you can do is to do another wash but just thinner only, no color or tint added; cleaning your brush often. this helps a little to lighten up a wash that you don't like because it is to dark.You also have the possibility of doing more than one wash/filter with progressivly lighter base color/tint that will also have the effect of toning down a very dark wash.If you do more than one wash/filter I strongly suggest finding something to practice on to see if you need to put on a sealer between each layer. Some times if I do multiple layers they have a tendency to mix together to much making a muddy mess of just one color if I don't seal each layer.
Also I would suggest to you that almost for every modeller there is a diffrent method of mixing washes. I personally would not use black and burnt umber. These are both fairly dark colors that will end up obviously being a fairly dark wash. If you have the luxury of having old kits around that you no longer display, I would suggest using them as test subjects with brand new base color and then try diffrent mixes of color to try washes to see which you like best.
Personally I think it looks good at this stage,remember that the wash is supposed to be the first of multiple steps towards a final product. Just give it more time and a couple of other layers of weathering, and it will probably look very nice |
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