INKS

[Nap]

Happy everyone

We are seeing a lot of use of inks when painting , I’m thinking of getting some

Can folk advise which colours and brand they would suggest using for :

Gold and Silver lace

Armour

Flesh

Wood

Leather

I also think these details would be interest for all

Nap

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Happy everyone

We are seeing a lot of use of inks when painting , I’m thinking of getting some

Can folk advise which colours and brand they would suggest using for :

Gold and Silver lace

Armour

Flesh

Wood

Leather

I also think these details would be interest for all

Nap

I use Liquitex and Rowney acrylic artists inks almost exclusively. They are dispensed using a rubber eye dropper. I also use sepia from other brands. Sepia ink is my number one For flesh, armour, weapons, hair, horses, wood, leather etc. I also use it mixed with purple, blue and green for faces and for gold and silver lace. Payne’s grey is also useful if you want more of a blue cast.

Note that inks HAVE to be heavily diluted if they are being used as a wash or filter. They are very intense colours. Also note that inks should be sealed before additional watery paint or ink layers are added or the water/liquid will reactivate the dried ink. I use inks acrylic over uniform colours to unify various shades. For example Indigo over navy blue, crimson or burnt sienna over uniform red. Raw sienna or sepia over yellow.

I originally used Games Workshop inks before deciding that artist’s inks were fine and much better value.

 

[Nap]

Thanks Colin appreciate the time and comments

What do you use to seal the inks ....varnish ?

Nap

 

[Briggsy]

Sounds like a trip to hobbycraft is in order.

Simon

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks Colin appreciate the time and comments

What do you use to seal the inks ....varnish ?

Nap

I use Humbrol rattle can flat clear….until my current can runs out. It has been banned in .

Correction….Tamiya

 

[Nap]

Acrylic Colours in Liquitex

 

[Colin_Fraser]

From the Liquitex page:

PROFESSIONAL ACRYLIC INK​

When effortless fluidity meets brilliant color, you’re bound to create something amazing.
No dyes, no fade, Liquitex Acrylic Ink is lightfast, permanent and smudge proof. Packed with vibrant artist quality pigments for an archival finish, this liquid acrylic lets you move like water. Its 55 color options open up so many techniques and applications, from pouring rivers and pools, to illustration and spray effects.
Layer washes of color, add detail with a fine brush, marble, print or pen it: free yourself from any constraints.

 

[MattMcK.]

Fwiw (I'm no expert), they are great for lighting effects. If you paint a figure as normal with strong directional light, then mist it directionally via airbrush from a distance with ink in the color of your light (i.e. orange for fire, blue for moonlight, etc.) it creates osl fast. You just have to go back and adjust as necessary I have the Scalecolor sets and they work great.