can you explain the utilisation of ink in figure ? with photo if possible in order to see the difference ? and which ink are you using ?
thanks

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Maybe this would be of some help, inks and washes are very similiar http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1100022&pIndex=1&aId=6800011&start=2

Inks are an easy way of bringing out the shadows in a miniature and getting more detail. They flow into the lower recesses of cloaks, links of chainmail, tunics, robes, etc. They're an especially good choice for army painters, for example painting the skin one color and then applying an ink or wash instead of highlighting can bring out detail.

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I have to disagree with Anduril on this one as he is confusing two different things. Inks are different from Washes and both have different characteristics.

Inks are not good as shading method in my opinion, and while many people (me included) use it to get 'quick' volumes, its a "wrong" use of it... and this for several reasons:

- They are shiny. Look at the shades in any surface, and none of them will look shiny, or at least not more shiny than the rest of the surface.

- They leave tide marks. When you use them to wash a surface (like clothing for instance) there is a big chance of leaving nasty tide marks.

- There are better products to get that shading effect - washes.


Inks are great to use as glazes, and to gradually change the hue of a surface, to get different finishes (gloss, etc) or to intensify the colour on a particular surface by glazing it.

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Well, I've never used official GW inks, I just used watered-down paint of the same color. Some guy on TLA said it had the exact same effect, so I hadn't had any problems with the glossy finish. I guess that's just a property of the inks

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Flying is the practice of trying to crash into the ground and missing.

for your informations about inks

i will test in the future

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