Just for everyone's info, if you are concerned about using mineral spirits, even odorless ones, there are other options: Gamsol and Turpenoid are better options, and Solvent 75 and Lavender Spike Oil are the best options with Lavander Spike Oil being the least toxic. Lavender Spike Oil does have a crazy powerful lavender smell, so if you are sensitive to that then use Solvent 75 as this stuff basically has zero smell. As with all chemicals, keep them away from pets and children, and recycle by filtering your leftover chemicals to use again as this stuff wrecks havoc on city water systems.
You don't need to send Dave "the dry brush" to the bin. Knackered bistles can be used to create an interesting texture with an airbrush, spraying through the hairs. Manipulating the spread of the bristles will give various effects 😉. Great video btw 👍
And if it’s not metal you are after, replace the primer with the appropriate colour and apply the same method over it, you can also apply different colour oils etc
I strongly suggest you test with Griffin Alkyd series from W&N, they oxidize faster than normal oil so you can lay it *THICK* PS: I've literally painted some Death Guard with unthinned GA; it gives you perfect blends and it'll dry in 24 hours.
Oh nice I will defo look out for them and pick some up, to be honest this stuff seems to dry pretty quick especially helped along with a bit of heat. But thick I think is defo always the way to go!
@@cat_or_rabbit yes, the white spirit evaporates but the oil medium doesn't fully cure before ~72 hours, so while it feels dry to the touch you could smudge it a day after application, specially if you put a lot of oil into the mixture. Alkyd resin paints use a modified oil that cures *way faster* so you can put a lot more into the mix and have it fully cured within a day.
@@FelipeBudinich once again nice to know although I’ve never experienced any smudging once it was touch dry - will defo try and grab some of the GA stuff
I think both methods are fairly quick and can be execute fairly quickly if you just want to get things done, having said that the more you do the quicker you’ll get at a particular method
I love using oil washes on terrain. I started using this weird fruit scented spirit from AK interactive since white spirits irritate the heck out of me.
Thanks! In this instance I used a Matt Varnish from Colour Forge which worked really well although it did knock back the metallics a touch It didn’t really matter as it was suppose to look all worn, ruined and old anyway - having said that a satin finish might be quite nice too
I'm just curious what colors you're using for the colored base coats (red, blue, green, yellow, etc)? I'm sure it doesn't matter much but I'm just learning this stuff and still having a bit of trouble picking out from the many shades of colors available. Thanks for the video, I plan to give this a try!
Any colours will work so just go with what you like the looks of, however here I’m using paints from the citadel range Macragge Blue Warpstone Glow Mephiston Red yellow is. Corax white, followed by Imperial Fist yellow contrast. And odd metals is either Brass Scorpion or Retributor armour.
@@JonathanFarrell83 if you ever need any more info just ask away, I do try and be as informative and transparent as possible but there will always be something I forgot. Enjoy!
Very cool however I really recommend wearing gloves when handling mineral spirits as they are a carcinogen (even white as it has Benzine) ...also I have seen several hands catch fire even though the person was "sure" they washed thoroughly and decided to start cooking. We all want to be around to make and watch more videos.
Appreciate the concern, it is a bad habit I need drop and really should use some gloves although I find latex irritates me slightly and getting alternatives locally can be difficult.
Just for everyone's info, if you are concerned about using mineral spirits, even odorless ones, there are other options: Gamsol and Turpenoid are better options, and Solvent 75 and Lavender Spike Oil are the best options with Lavander Spike Oil being the least toxic. Lavender Spike Oil does have a crazy powerful lavender smell, so if you are sensitive to that then use Solvent 75 as this stuff basically has zero smell. As with all chemicals, keep them away from pets and children, and recycle by filtering your leftover chemicals to use again as this stuff wrecks havoc on city water systems.
Hey nice one! I’m going to pin this for anyone wanting alternative options
@@cat_or_rabbit Awesome! Thank you!
You don't need to send Dave "the dry brush" to the bin. Knackered bistles can be used to create an interesting texture with an airbrush, spraying through the hairs. Manipulating the spread of the bristles will give various effects 😉. Great video btw 👍
Thanks! He does live on as a terrain brush - I don’t own an airbrush but I can imagine how that would work
And if it’s not metal you are after, replace the primer with the appropriate colour and apply the same method over it, you can also apply different colour oils etc
Best little cameo at the end there 🥰
Farewell David, that’s it’s name, David
Excellent technique. Very useful.
Hope it helps!
Brilliant! Must try it out.
If you do shoot me over some pictures via my email or over on Instagram if you have - always love seeing what people come up with
I strongly suggest you test with Griffin Alkyd series from W&N, they oxidize faster than normal oil so you can lay it *THICK*
PS: I've literally painted some Death Guard with unthinned GA; it gives you perfect blends and it'll dry in 24 hours.
Oh nice I will defo look out for them and pick some up, to be honest this stuff seems to dry pretty quick especially helped along with a bit of heat. But thick I think is defo always the way to go!
@@cat_or_rabbit yes, the white spirit evaporates but the oil medium doesn't fully cure before ~72 hours, so while it feels dry to the touch you could smudge it a day after application, specially if you put a lot of oil into the mixture. Alkyd resin paints use a modified oil that cures *way faster* so you can put a lot more into the mix and have it fully cured within a day.
@@FelipeBudinich once again nice to know although I’ve never experienced any smudging once it was touch dry - will defo try and grab some of the GA stuff
Definitely agree! Griffin Alkyds are the why for minis
Awesome video mate!
Thanks! Do hope it helps!
Smart. I'm doing my KT terrain primed black then dry brushed bronze/coper but I wonder if I should've done this instead.
I think both methods are fairly quick and can be execute fairly quickly if you just want to get things done, having said that the more you do the quicker you’ll get at a particular method
I love using oil washes on terrain. I started using this weird fruit scented spirit from AK interactive since white spirits irritate the heck out of me.
I didn’t know you could get nicer smelling stuff, in the pin comments someone mentioned lavender smelling spirits - might have to get some of that!
Great video! Which varnish to you recommend to avoid making the metallic parts look too flat?
Thanks! In this instance I used a Matt Varnish from Colour Forge which worked really well although it did knock back the metallics a touch It didn’t really matter as it was suppose to look all worn, ruined and old anyway - having said that a satin finish might be quite nice too
I'm just curious what colors you're using for the colored base coats (red, blue, green, yellow, etc)? I'm sure it doesn't matter much but I'm just learning this stuff and still having a bit of trouble picking out from the many shades of colors available. Thanks for the video, I plan to give this a try!
Any colours will work so just go with what you like the looks of, however here I’m using paints from the citadel range
Macragge Blue
Warpstone Glow
Mephiston Red
yellow is. Corax white, followed by Imperial Fist yellow contrast.
And odd metals is either Brass Scorpion or Retributor armour.
@@cat_or_rabbit Amazing! Thank you so much! Now I'm off down the rabbit hole to watch more of your videos!
@@JonathanFarrell83 if you ever need any more info just ask away, I do try and be as informative and transparent as possible but there will always be something I forgot. Enjoy!
Very cool however I really recommend wearing gloves when handling mineral spirits as they are a carcinogen (even white as it has Benzine) ...also I have seen several hands catch fire even though the person was "sure" they washed thoroughly and decided to start cooking. We all want to be around to make and watch more videos.
Appreciate the concern, it is a bad habit I need drop and really should use some gloves although I find latex irritates me slightly and getting alternatives locally can be difficult.
Oh snap, cool little tip! Thanks, my dude! Totally got my subscription! 👍🏻
Appreciate it! Hope it helps!
RIP David 💀🌹
Always in our thoughts ♥️
welll looks good to me like the vid good why do what did and will see more as do more
Thanks!
i was going to say first but then i had a braincell
Hey it still counts! 😂