Reply To: Quick but amazing looking washes for terrain?

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I tried numerous recipes for homemade washes with ink, flow aid and matte medium. Never really satisfied with the results: too splotchy as you mentioned and not quite the colors I was expecting.

Now I mainly use oil washes for terrain (and also sometimes for miniatures). The colors also come out more vibrant, which is probably what you want with the type of terrain that you are painting.

Super easy to make, super easy to use. Get an old brush plus some makeup sponges from the Dollar store. Only need oil paints (like a basic set) and some mineral spirit. When looking for mineral spirit, keep in mind that it is sometime called White Spirit / Mineral Spirit or simply Oil Colour Solvent.

I would recommend White Spirit from AK Interactive: it’s a small bottle, not too expensive to start with. Right now I am using a larger bottle of Winsor and Newton Oil Colour Solvents (probably bought on Amazon…).

Oil washes are actually easier to make and use than regular washes: if it is too strong, you just dilute it with mineral spirit. If you don’t like the results, you can wipe it away with a dab of mineral spirit, and so on.