New formula for GW's nuln oil wash - posted by Josh Barton, 24 Novembedr 2022

A quick painting PSA for anyone who uses Games Workshop's nuln oil wash - they've recently changed the formula so it looks a bit different and acts quite differently (as well as reducing the pot size by 25% with no price change because, of course).

It might affect how your armour comes out - I'm struggling to make it work with my white plate armour

https://www.facebook.com/groups/824840264342234/posts/2224671474359099/ 

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  Alix Barclay

  Vallejo does a shadow wash (I think it's called) that is a comparable product to old Nuln.

  

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  • Josh Barton

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    Alix Barclay 100% and I'm moving over to that 

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    • Phil Malthus

      Josh Barton excuse my ignorance, wth is Nuln ?

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    • Josh Barton

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      Phil Malthus it's a fictional city in the Empire in Warhammer, but also the name of GW's black wash

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    • Alix Barclay

      Josh Barton you can use a flow medium to get a similar effect but I've found it pretty good. Various companies do shadow or armour washes that work well. A drop of blue ink, brown ink and thinner also works well.

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    • Josh Barton

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      Alix Barclay oh I know there are other options, I jus wanted to let people know before they buy the new option that it's not the same paint (I kept with it for consistency)

      

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  • Dirk Heinsius

    Alix Barclay Do Vallejo do the shadow wash in gloss?

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    • Alix Barclay

      Dirk Heinsius ooh, I don't know. I think they have a gloss medium you could add?

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    • Dirk Heinsius

      I'll do some research. I tend to do my armour a shade lighter than I want, then Matt Varnish the figure, and after the varnish is done I apply a final Nuln Oil Gloss over the armour which brings it up nice a shiny again 

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• Kevin O'Kane

  Italeri also sells a black wash that's definitely superior to the "improved" nuln oil. Also consider inks (I will be posting some examples next week).

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  Vincent Cholewa

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  Many thanks for posting your review, Josh. This was on my shopping list ...

  

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• Joon Nak Choi

  Thanks, good to know

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  • Joon Nak Choi

    Kwan Waihung I wonder if this is what messed your paint job up...

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    • Kwan Waihung

      Joon Nak Choi may be may be XD

      

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• Rob Grange

  Yeah it’s similar to their contrast paints now. There are home made recipes on yt.

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• Joseph O'Donnell

  This actually applies to *all* games Workshop Washes, which now function more like the new ones they released. They don't stick to surfaces and will find crevices and ridges much more aggressively than before. On one hand, if you wanted them to have that classic staining effect they are considerably worse than they used to be. On the other hand, if you want a wash that doesn't stain the surface and provides a higher contrast to the ridges and recesses they are strictly superior.

  

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• Rex Hurley

  A suggestion for easiest chain or plate armour, use your white or light gray base tone then run GW Basilicanum Grey Contrast over it, piece of cheese one stroke armour done. As an example here is a role playing templar I was dabbling with using the above technique for the main plate armour.