Super Easy Panel line Wash You Can Make at Home!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- What is a wash?
Well, in essence, it's very thin paint. Modellers tend to use it to help bring out details in their models and give the impression of dirt, grime, shade and contrast.
Join me in this video as I take a look at how to make your own homemade enamel wash at home and how to apply it to your scale models!
Chapters:
00:00 Start
00:30 What is a wash?
01:51 What you'll need
02:22 Making the wash
03:08 Preparing the model
03:33 Applying the wash
04:00 Cleaning up
05:05 Varnish
05:15 Wash complete
05:40 Conclusion
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What is "white spirit" ?
It's a common cleaning product found here in the UK which can be used to thin down enamel paints. It goes by other names in other countries. I found the below information which might be more helpful if you aren't in the UK:
From Wikipedia:
White spirit (AU, UK & Ireland) or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ), turpentine substitute, and petroleum spirits, is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting.
@Model Minutes Thank you I wasn't sure.
If you're in North America, look for 'mineral spirits' at your local hardware store. Same thing,
Racist paint thinner.
You’re one of my favourite youtubers, you’re honest, you get to the point and you’re helpful. Plus you’re entertaining as provide great content! Keep it up bro! :)
Yay, thank you!
Thanks! I watched this yesterday and tried a homemade wash today and it worked really well!
Great to hear!
Super appreciate the annotated time stamps!
No problem!
Great tutorial Matt! Thanks for sharing this.
My pleasure!
Great work and handy tutorial Matt thankyou !
Glad you liked it! Probably a little "simple" for you though haha!
Simply excellent video ,no malarkey just how to do it best video I’ve seen ,cheers mate.
thanks!
Great tips Matt. Thanks again for sharing.
No problem!
Thanks Matt, needed this as been struggling with washes.
Glad I could help!
thank you so much for this information it really helps me out with making the models more realistic
Happy to help!
Great tips! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
That spitfire looks nice. Thanks for the tutorial, I'll have to try it someday
Let me know how it goes!
Great advice, thanks. So easy to do.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome man, great useful tutorial! I'm looking forward to get into plane scale modeling
You can do it!
Thanks Matt. Take care
Thanks, you too!
Very good video. Thanks for making it look easy.
Glad it was helpful!
rhats such a great video,thank you for making and sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Matt !!!!!!
Thanks!
That is a fantastic tip. Thanks
Glad it was useful
I’ve been building models since 1970...but I’m a old DOG... but I can learn new tricks...I buy water color kits for children... use them for washes...lay them down heavy and use Q tips to clean... excellent video... VERY INFORMATIVE GREAT JOB... Chris from Ohio...Sept 24th 2020
Very cool! Thanks for the info!
Yep, those work good Chris.
Hmm... Maybe I should use this method since I painted my model with enamels.
@@elpatrico2562 It works pretty good.
@@THROTTLEPOWER Yeah, I will propably try it, the last layer of paint is drying right now, but I'm a little concerned I covered up most of the details, since it's my first kit and I kinda just getting the feel of it so it did not turn out as good as I planned, hope i'll have something left to highlight in the end. If not, I think I'm just gonna let it be like that and move on to the next one.
That spitfire looks great!
Thanks!
Thanks for the tips
No problem!
Nice job looks perfect
Thanks very much!
thank you very much, i always wanted to do panel lines but i didn't know how to.Thank you for the very good tutorial!
Glad I could help!
Thank you!!! Wonderful.
Thanks for watching!
If you use enamel colours to paint the model, once dry, you can the use an acrylic varnish and once that is dry, apply the enamel washes, as the acrylic varnish will act as a barrier protecting the Enamel paint underneath. An alternate method is to add the panel lines using a fine nibbed drawing pen, the type you can get from the Works.
Yes, you’re quite right. Same way how I use an enamel varnish to protect my acrylic layers if I use an acrylic wash ☺️
Thank you for the tip, I use enamel paints on my models. I’m a bit of a beginner and this will really help my models look more realistic
Gary, do you mean a sort of tech drawing pen....? Just going to start a build of the Revell 1:600 scale T.O.S Enterprise, hundreds of panel lines on saucer section alone! Haven't built plastic kits in 45 Years!! Didn't do that level of detail then, in fact some didn't get paint at all! Lol!
I'm sorry, I've re-read comments and re watched video. I'm new to this and still confused. I've just finished painting my 1st plane with testors enamels. I was going to use gloss acrylic clear coat to apply the decals over. I planned on adding weathering, smoke stains then, and finishing with a matte acrylic coat to seal it all up. Is that correct? Or should I be using an enamel clear coat over my enamel paint? I got confused just writing this! But thanks for any help.
Thank you you are a model life saver
Happy to help
nice build
I'm glad you like it
Fantastic keep up the good work best regards
Thanks for the visit
Thank you for posting this! I’m definitely going to try this method when I’m finished painting the model that I’m currently working on.
Good luck!
@@ModelMinutesThanks! I’m about to start mixing the wash and applying it now! We’ll see how it goes.
Excellent run down of what to do, when, and why.
thanks!
Thanks for this!
My pleasure!
Thank you once again.
My pleasure!
Thanks I can use this for any kits
You bet! I've even used it on figures
Just finished building the Airfix 1/72 A6M2 and took the plunge with an enamel wash (went dark brown) after watching this tutorial a few times.
it's an absolute game-changer. Great work, Matt!
I’m glad it worked out for you 😊
brilliant video, i'll have to try this at some point - it's true that bottled washes are bloody expensive!!
Modelling Weekly yeah, really expensive 😶
Great idea mate cheers Graham
glad you liked it!
Million thanks for sharing this video..
I used to use water based fountain pen ink..
thanks for watching :D
And, your spitfire looks really good// the paint.
Thanks!
Briliant stuff.
Thanks!
Nice vid!
thanks for that tutorial 👍
You're welcome 😊 thanks for watching!
Thank you
You're welcome
Great tutorial Matt! Altough i prefer oil washes just because they can easily be wiped out without any thinner and oil paints can be used as exhaust stains too and i cant wait for your next build video because the last one with churchill was freaking amazing and enjoyable . ( my personal opinion ofc )
Thanks! I'm looking at getting into some oil paint weathering soon
@@ModelMinutes definitely try them. You can manipulate them as you wish with very realistic result and you don't need to buy any expensive oil paints. I am working now with 2 € oil paints and they are working fine for me!
K J thanks!
Nice one mate
Thanks 👍
Matt.......... Absolutely brilliant. One thing, you can apply floor polish then apply an acrylic wash .
Yes, there are lots of different ways of doing this kind of thing, I was trying to keep it simple for beginners. If you already know about washes then this video isn’t really going to be anything new
Great video!
Thanks!
Great video , fabulous work
Thanks! Do you think you’ll use this on any of your models?
@@ModelMinutes I do on quite a lot of my model making already. I'm currently making a short series on painting models which includes a short clip on how not to do it. That model be revived for another video and I'll include it in that I think.
@@StBlazeyModelWorld awesome!
@@ModelMinutes I'm definitely going to watch more your videos soon. saty safe mate
@@StBlazeyModelWorld you too!
Going to try this on my airfix a4 skyhawk
awesome!
This is gonna help me in my first Gunpla build
awesome!
Wow....
This is helpful :D
Glad you think so!
I purchased a cheap set of eyeshadow colours from amazon they work really well for weathering too
Good to know!
Cheap, easy to make panel line wash I can make at home...you have my attention...
Great!
Nice video
Thanks
Gonna give this a bash 👍
hope it goes ok!
Very nice indeed. You can also use artists oils with white spirits. I tend to use dark brown washes as the black can be a bit too contrasting.
That's another technique i'm looking at developing in the near future
great video here´s a new subs
Thanks for the sub!
Thank you so much this was the video I was looking for I’m doing a remote control car body and I saw a fellow with the same accent you have. Anyways thank you so much really appreciate it I wish I could post pictures with the comments but that isn’t figured out yet Ronaldo panel loans
Glad I could help
That’s spit looks amazing 🍻🇬🇧🇦🇺
Thanks!
Nice
Thanks
krásne
Thanks!
fantastic finally some to explain what goes with what ie oil wash with acrylics and acrylic wash with enamelpaint
well done from canada
Glad it was helpful!
Yes that was my first miatake, Acrylic Wash over Acylic Paint! Thanks !@@ModelMinutes
@@alanjacks3835Yes, it can be too "hot" and remove the previous layers if they are the same format
It's a real game-changer innit it. Well done with this video, keep it up mate
Thanks, will do!
I wish i had seen this before i added acrylic wash on acrylic gloss varnish. So i named my last project, Spitfire Mk. XIV E the acrylic disaster 😂. Good video how to make it home 👍
we all learn from our mistakes :D
Great trick and good result for a cost-effective solution, thanks for sharing this! by the way, watching some of your builds I've realized that you never use an airbrush (achieving very good results in my opinion with brush technics), is there any particular reason why you don't use one? Thanks!
thanks for watching! My lack of airbrush is simply as I didn't own one at the time - but if you have subscribed with notifications on you may well see some changes soon!
I use satin black in a 1:1 proportion, it works also well
nice!
nice
Thanks
Hiya Matt, as a recent subscriber (after watching the Hornby visit!) hence even though I’am a 00 model railway modeller, have found some very useful tips that can transpose across to my hobby! Just also watched your vids on your stash! Can see how easy it is to get hooked Lol 😂 you must a huge area to display them? Any chance of short video on your completed models. Eddie 🤓
Sadly I do lack space and most of them get stored in boxes. I don’t think a video on all my finished builds would be particularly quick 😂 I do have a OO gauge playlist of videos, even some n gauge stuff too
Nice. Can you do a weathering or exhaust stain,fuel stain demo ?
Great suggestion!
Very good tutorial. Thanks. One question: Should we apply a coat of matt or gloss finish before applying the wash; if so, what is the recommended base of the coat (acryllic or enamel)?
A gloss varnish will help your wash flow better. It should be the opposite of whatever the wash is (so for enamel wash I would use a gloss acrylic coat as the base)
Here where I live I use Bitumen of Judea as a wash. It is cheap and easy diluted. And also I can use it for weathering as well, like war tanks and such.
Sounds like an interesting technique
@@ModelMinutes if you get the chance for testing it, you're a more experienced modelist than I, perhaps you can take the best of this method.
Regards!
@@TheStugbit Thanks!
New sub to ur channle as still learning so this video is a good how to thank you for sharing 👍
Thanks for the sub! Glad you found the video helpful!
As a model builder for the past fifty years, you give out quick solutions to increase the appearance of the finished model. This is so important to beginners. The general lack of young model builders in North America, is disturbing. I blame video game addiction.
I feel that video games are so much "easier" to get into - scale modelling must look like quite a challenge im comparison - even though it's probably just the same amount of difficulty. I do try and help this hobby out as i really enjoy it, and I hope that people find these videos useful and enjoyable
Young scale modeler here. I find myself putting more money into kits than buying games. I do agree with your statement, as a majority of my peers would rather spend 60 bucks on a new game, than on paints and tools. I guess we all have different priorities.
@@BudahKei c’est la vie
@@BudahKei keep Building!!! I remember my first build back in the mid/late 70's!!!! I'm still building today.... do you post any work????
Excellent advice and video. I too think that some shop bought products are very expensive. Will be following your instructions and making my own.
I build both plastic and wood models. Would it work on wood in your opinion?.
Glad it was helpful! Not sure about wood - it's quite porous isn't it? I think the wood would "drink" up the wash unless the wood was properly sealed - worth a go though
You might’ve gone over this but chalk washes work as well, chalk also works for a lot of weathering.
Thanks for the info! I'm aware of chalk washes but have never done one
In case nobody else has mentioned it, cheap makeup sponges are e better alternative to cotton buds and paper towels both, as there is nothing to flake off.
Good point! I picked up a new set of sponges yesterday :)
Looks great, next time you do British camo on a plane you should try a brown wash for the panel lines, I've done it on a few wargaming pieces that are using German camo and it looks more subtle but enough to stand out :)
Thanks for the tip!
@@ModelMinutes yeah it seems to suit the green and brown a bit more, and with greys I'll use black, white lighter greys I use a darker grey. It's weird but that's how I do it :) more scale realistic shadow I guess on the underside you could use black on everything bevaisebits naturally going to be darker anyway
@@insomniacbritgaming1632 Great idea :D
Many otherwise careful and excellent modelers use a black wash to fill in panel lines. However, if you observe photos of and actual airplanes that are in regular use, you do not see their panel lines so clearly and they are certainly not black. I suggest that you darken whatever colour you will be using on that surface just a bit and use that to fill the panel lines, etc. The result will be far more realistic.
The same goes for built-up models of fabric-covered airplanes. Too many modelers make the rib stitching and tape pop out too vividly. Go to any airport where fabric-covered airplanes are tied down. Of course, Rhinebeck Aerodome is ideal for this but most small airports have a Cub or something like that sitting around. Look at the airplane, particularly the wing top from a distance in good light, and move in. Take note of when you can actually see the rib stitching. You'll get pretty close up.
Anyway, that's my two pence.
whilst this may be true there will always be an exception
@@ModelMinutes Indeed. Exceptions prove the rule.
You teased the typhoon at 0:09 so, when will you show the build? Or will you do that sooner. Because I've been hyped for that since you done the review
Typhoon will be out in the next month or 2
Alri
I found using pencil and then lightly smudging it works really well.
It's another method i have used in the past
How do u smidge it?
@@willthomas9216 with a finger I imagine
@@willthomas9216 what i fo is get some cotton wool.and lightly damp it, then rub it over the pencil lines. It works really well.
@@bodieofci5418 o ok sounds good I’m half way through my Balt and Paul defiant so I’ll give it a try.
Did you ever try artists oil paints (those in tubes) diluted with lighter fluid? Works easy on both acrylic and enamel gloss paints and looks great. Imho the best for panel lines. You can also make some very realistic looking oil stains or other dirt tracks.
At last one layer of flat or semigloss clear to fix.
I've got some oil paints to do some tests on - can't say it's currently one of my go-to techniques at the moment
Live your videos! I can’t help but notice your background…. Is it a room in the MOD?
Thanks for watching 😊. If it were a room in what I presume you mean the ministry of defence, I don’t think I’d be at liberty to discuss it 😂
I make nearly all my own washes etc...one great example of home made is pigments...I use school poster paint powdered versions...theres hundreds of colours and water based so easy to mix and clean off and once laquered etc they are permanent...500mg of powder paint less than 50p
Great tip!
That's right. Super cheap poster paint
I bulk-produce tanks and the like to make up toy soldier sets I give away, I use enamels and have two bottles of thinners for cleaning, the first to get the bulk off the second to finish the job. The first bottle soon ends up as a dirty mix and that, applied sparingly with a large brush, makes a very good instant weathering finish. Not sure it'd work well on aircraft though.
sounds like an interesting idea
Subscribed. Can we use derwent line marker for highlighting panel lines?
You can, I used fine tipped pens on one of my Hurricanes
@@ModelMinutes thank you sir
Wow, I didn't know you no should use a enamal paints+thinners if your using acrylic paints. I just put slot of water into humbrol Matt 30 cuz I'm poor like that :0. And good video, keep up the good work c:
Thanks for watching
Ace 👍🙏
Thanks!
Ronsol lighter fluid can also remove enamel wash without hurting the acrylic - just dont rub it too vigorously.
If you use a lacquer clear coat over the model first (gloss) it will improve the flow action and will protect the underlayer of paint in case you make a mistake
thanks for the tip!
Hey! Great video. I liked so much that I've decided to subscribe. Must say that I had figured out how to make my own black wash but also must confess that I'm terrified to use it with my models because I feel I will ruin it because it will be possible to remove the excess or simply, the white spirit will end up damaging the underlying paint. I must say that I'm in Mexico and in here it's or very expensive or scarse the materials for modeling, so I use commercial air spray paint! I don't have either an airbrush; when ones is as poor as a rat, you have to decide between burying the model or buying equipment for achieving a descent model and generally wins the first. For Christmas, my wife gave me a beautiful Dehavilland Canada DHC 6 (she's of pure gold and very weird case giving the husband a model as gift for any reason), and naturally, I want to make a stunning work of it. It is in 1/72 yellow overall with details in red and black. I don't want to damage it whatsoever so I will appreciate your valued comments. Thank you so much and wish you all the best in 2023. My best regards from Cuernavaca Mexico.
Thanks so much! I have made washes out of pastel dust and water in the past which is easier to remove with water and less permanent if that is something worth considering
@@ModelMinutes absolutely! Thank you
Do you have to paint and varnish matt first before panel lining or can you do it on bare plastic?
you can do it on bare plastic, not that there is much point if you're going to paint over the top though
I use oil paint with abit of light fluid it can be used on any paint and the fluid doesn't do any damage to the paint or if doing an acrylic its it's normally 70% water 30% paint same with enamel really but the oil wash is best tbh
Thanks! I'm looking at doing some oil paint weathering in the future
Great video. I have question, if I spray a good cape of barnish after an acrylic paint, can I use acrylic to wash?
Yes, absolutely. Provided the varnish isn't acrylic
@@ModelMinutes thanks a lot. Greetings from the Andes.
@@antonioportugal5987 greetings from the UK 👋
Before you apply the wash have applied a varnish coat before hand or straight onto the paint?
a gloss varnish can help as it is smooth and will encourage the wash to run into the panel lines etc
What kind of varnish (acrylic or lacquer) when you have a model painted with acrylics and enamel panel lines?
i tend to do an acrylic varnish if using enamel wash
I just use artist acrylic water based paint with drop of washing up liquid, if i don't like i can just wash off before it dries.
I've used that on some of my builds too
Does this method work with acrylics?
it can, but naturally you will have to use water or another thinning medium, but take care if the wash is being applied to an acrylic paint layer as you could run the risk of removing it if using thinners
Maybe a stupid question, but I have just returned to modelling..... do you apply a matt varnish after weathering?
Ta
some people do, but personally I don't see the point. I do the matt varnish before weathering
Hi I have a question I am confused about what product should be used over the other as in acrylic over under oil and what sealer should be used again oil or acrylic , any help would be appreciated thanks brad
I think i mention in the video that the wash is enamel, and all previous layers of paint (including varnish) are acrylic
Hi! Ive tried to highlight panel lines on my first build using AK washes and revell color mix thinner. when trying to remove the excess wash i ended up stripping a lot of the surrounding area (hand painted acrylic) through the clear coat down to the plastic before i had removed enough of the wash. what am i doing wrong here?
Sounds like a couple of things could be happening..
The acrylic paint was not 100% cured before you started the washes and the removal of the wash took the paint away.
Something in the Revell Color mix or ak wash reacted with the acrylic paints and removed them (I’m not familiar with them so don’t know their composition)
Physically rubbing too hard and removed the paint through abrasion
Can enamel thinner work too? What if i used the panel line wash on acrylic? Will it hurt the paint?
Enamel thinner should work too, but if you have any doubts i would suggest you test the paints on some scrap plastic first so that you don't ruin a model