Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

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Teledor
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Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

#1 Post by Teledor »

As the topic says - looking for a decent alternative to Nuln Oil. After years of use my Badab Black wash finally ran out and so purchased some Nuln oil to replace.

After using it for a few models, I'm a bit disappointed.They just are not formulated the same. Nuln oil seems to have a sheen to it and doesn't quite settle in the recesses as Badab Black did.

So I was looking for what people who don't use Nuln oil use as their alternative black/dark wash.
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Re: Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

#2 Post by NexS »

I tend to add an equal measure of water to the paint and it sits into the crevices well enough.
Other than that, i have no experience in any other, i'm sorry!
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Re: Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

#3 Post by Duranthalis »

Try the Vallejo "Smoke" ... not quite as dark as nuln oil (tends to be a little more brown than black when washing over lighter colors), but I like it for giving metal a "dirtier" look
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Re: Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

#4 Post by Rogue Trader »

You could try Dark Tone Ink from Army Painter.

They also have Strong Tone Ink and Light Tone Ink which seem to be similiar to Agrax Earthshade and Gryphonne Sepia.
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#5 Post by John Rainbow »

Make your own with black paint and water? Or try eBay for the older stuff?
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#6 Post by Nyeave »

Black paint and water just dont have the same flow properties as a wash though
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#7 Post by Duranthalis »

Isn't there a medium that you can get that, when mixed with paint, makes a wash of sorts? Lahmian medium or something? Or an acrylic glaze medium?
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Re: Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

#8 Post by Teledor »

Making my own washes has been largely a failure. Something about paint and a lot of water doesn't react quite the same as the washes do. Water & paint washes seem like they're too viscous with the paint pigments dispersed unevenly. Making my own washes and glazes is just not my strong suit, and by the time I am washing a model I usually don't want to restart due to an error.

The Lahmian medium does well enough for glazes, or so i have heard. again, I never seem to get the formula correct and glazing is so late in the painting stage of a model for me, I am reluctant to experiment with hours of work. Not sure how well it does with washes - I guess if you add a lot more medium then you would have a wash. I tend to save the medium for GW old series metals - they seem to separate with just water too easily when trying to thin.

I haven't tried thinning the Nuln Oil with medium or just water to thin out the wash.
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#9 Post by Nyeave »

I haven't tried thinning the Nuln Oil with medium or just water to thin out the wash.
That works quite well
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Re: Alternative to Nuln Oil Shade

#10 Post by Rillix »

You shouldn't thin GW washes with water. When the wash dries it will leave a sheen and grey patches. Thin the wash with Vallejo Glaze Medium or the GW Lama Medium.

Alternatively Army painter washes/inks are pretty good, as are the P3 washes/inks.
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