Lately most of us have changed to acrylic paints leaving behind a certain amount of synthetic jars, probably most of us are not keen on using them again due to their smell, inconvenience of the preparing process or even because we simply don't have enough colours left. But we can still use them to create our own washes and filters, with some turpentine or white spirit we can bring a new life to these old Humbrol paints and even to those half-squashed oil paints we left at the bottom of a drawer.
Estos colores son ideales para crear unos lavados que puedan estar siempre disponibles para utilizar, con un tono inalterable y con suficiente cantidad para varias maquetas.
These colours are perfect to create some filters and washes taht you can have always ready to use, a good quantity for many models and keeping the same tone for the whiole job, as good as any industrial one.
Solo necesitamos un bote limpio, white spirit, restos de pintura sintética y/o óleos
We just need a clean jar, white spirit, synthetic paint and/or oil paints.
Mezclamos los elementos en esta proporción, el óleo no es indispensable pero le aporta a la mezcla un toque satinado muy atractivo, de hecho podemos hacer los lavados sólo con óleos.
We mix the elements in thiese proportions, the oil paint is not essential but adds a nice satin touch to the mix, in fact you can even make the wash with just oil paints.
También podemos utilizar botes con spray mecánico que nos permitan aplicar los lavados rápidamente. Un tono marrón oscuro puede servirnos para resaltar los detalles en un vehículo de color arena, un negro rebajado con marrón y verde puede servir para vehículos de tonos oscuros.
We can also use mechanical small bottles with mechanical sprayer that will let us apply the wash easily in seconds. A dark brown colour will be perfect to stand out details on a desert scheme paint, a black colour toned down with brwon and green is good to create shadows on dark colour vehicles.
Los colores tierra o arena pueden servirnos para recrear una capa de suciedad y polvo fácilmente. Recordad que se puede eliminar cualquier exceso con un pincel y un poco de aguarrás o white spirit.
The earth and sand tones can recreate a dirt and dust layer, remember that you can always eliminate the excess with a brush and white spirit.