One thing I will add is that both AP and Polyshades dip are also GREAT protectants as they seal the model under a strong layer of polyurethane. Still, I think it's really useful to see the comparison between the oldest version of the dip in Polyshades (Predates Army painter by decades.) and the new-kid-on-the-block army painter washes. I'll post more pictures when I'm done.Īs others have said, a better comparison would probably be the Quickshade dip, which would have the same drying time, shine, similar thickness and also requires mineral spririts. I'll be adding some minimal highlights (pretty much just the skulls) and hitting these with a coat of Anti-Shine this weekend. Someone that's more surgical about applying it with a brush might get different results. I didn't see much difference in the results of applying the Minwax by brush or just immersing the miniature. I haven't had any issues so far cleaning my Quickshade brush in just soapy water. Brushes used for Minwax will need to be cleaned in a solvent. Maybe not quite as strong as spray primer or varnish but it's something for the garage, not the kitchen table. The Quickshade seems dry enough for light handling after 10 minutes or so. It was still tacky to the touch a couple of hours after applying. I could probably try a different shade of Minwax to get a better match. Here's the things that I took away from this little experiment:
Here's what the three models looked like after drying. The dipped model was shaken off (inside a paper bag to contain the mess) and a brush was used to wick away the bigger pools that didn't shake off (again in a half-assed manner). For the second model I decided to take advantage of the larger can to just dip the model. On one model I applied the Minwax with a brush like I did with the Quickshade (ie heavy-handed and half-assed). I got a couple more models painted to the point that they were ready to shade. This model was going to be the control for the comparison. I had just finished painting and Quickshading a couple of my Reanimate Archers so I set one aside without doing anything after applying the Quickshade. I want to say that I had paid around $5-6 for a 0.6 oz dropper bottle of Quickshade. The recomendation was to buy the satin and not the gloss finish.
#Quickshade ink vs dip Patch#
Now most sane painters will apply highlights and shadows using mostly opaque paints and then glaze the transitions to smooth them while shaking our heads sadly at the painters who still want to spend 30 hours painting a single 5mm square patch of miniature.Someone talking about using Minwax instead of Quickshade to get the same effect.īlog that was it looked like the equivilent to the Quickshade that I was using was Minwax Polyshades Antique Walnut. If you got the mix perfect it would dry between brush strokes. Because the first people to popularize this technique were French and we were reading bad babelfish translated tutorials it became known as juicing. In the bad old days people discovered they could apply millions of glazes to create smooth blends. This is often used when highlighting or shading or even creating a transition between two different colours. It isn't meant to pool and I prefer my glazes to be the same viscosity as my paint. Glazing is a thin application of translucent colour over a large or small area intended to subtly change the surface colour. Glaze: Back in the old days GW had both washes and glazes but when I asked their customer care they didn't know what the difference was. However it often pools on flat surfaces and then you need to paint over that pooling and at that point I start to wonder what is the point. In mini painting the goal of a wash is to pool in recesses and provide shading. Wash: A thin application of translucent colour applied broadly over a surface. However Liquitex Acrylic Inks use suspended pigments and Golden High Flow Acrylic Paint is used in pens. The line is blurry here but generally paints are thicker or inks use a dye which is dissolved in the medium while paint uses pigments suspended in medium.
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