![]() Vallejo Umber Wash and the Army Painter Strong Tone are on the left and right, with Earthshade underneath and Devlan Mud in the top middle. To remove some tricks of the eye with the brush strokes and paper underneath, I made an aggregate colour swatch for each of the main candidate replacement washes: Again, the consistency and flow is the same as the old GW washes and I suspect if my Devlan Mud was not quite so dehydrated the match might be even closer.Īrmy Painter Dark Tone is basically Badab Black wash, which is useful to know but again, not Devlan Mud. Despite being labeled as an 'ink', it is a wash in GW terms.Īrmy Painter Strong Tone is the closest match to Devlan Mud. The consistency and flow is the same as the old GW washes. The final finish is not quite consistent with the old GW washes and requires varnishing to tone it down.Īgrax Earthshade flows a bit differently to Devlan Mud (much smoother flow) but the colour is a touch wrong.Īrmy Painter Soft Tone is much closer to the old Gryphonne Sepia wash, (but is not quite the same - it is a touch more brown and less yellow). The wash is a lot thicker, and if not mixed thoroughly or applied too thickly, I've had instances of a white residue becoming visible which is very undesirable. The color is extremely close, but the medium is very different. Vallejo Umber wash was my original plan for replacing Devlan Mud. The strip across the bottom is Devlan Mud which I am trying to replicate with the paints in the top row: I have not retouched it at all, just left it at the dull scanner defaults. The above image was scanned rather than photographed to provide consistent light levels across the swatches which is why it is not very vibrant. My devlan mud is almost all gone now, so it is slightly dehydrated and a touch darker than it was when it was a fresh pot, so please consider that when looking at the results: All in all, I am inclined to like all the paints tested for different reasons. I was given the three army painter inks for free for the purpose of this test. ![]() I have nothing against the old GW paints except for the price, and devlan mud is the best thing they have ever produced in my opinion. I dont have any particular biases going into this, I am a Vallejo Model Color painter primarily, and typically prefer the old GW metallics or Vallejo Air metallics. I use Devlan Mud on 95% of my models and finding a match that is as close to perfect as possible is essential for me to get the consistency I desire when painting models in the same army months and years apart from each other. I gathered up the alternatives I was aware of (Earthshade, Vallejo Umber Wash) and after a brief chat with the guys at army painter about their devlan mud equivalent options was sent some samples for this review of their vaguely titled 'Strong Tone' 'Dark Tone' and 'Soft Tone' inks. TLDR: Don't buy Vallejo if you want Asurmen Blue.I took some time today to evaluate the options available to those of us who need a constant supply of Devlan Mud now that it is discontinued. ![]() I definitely think Vallejo washes have their place, it's just not what most people consider a "wash." I think if they called them translucent paints, instead, more people would consider adding them as supplemental, 'special use' paints instead of slinging bile (or at least mild distaste - really depends on who is posting ) because they don't match their sense of what a wash should be. It's also more flexible, as you can always thin a paint/wash, but thickening it up is a trick (you're stuck adding more and more layers to get the same effect). In terms of economy, though, having a 'wash concentrate' gives you more mileage per mL. Use as a wash akin to GW/ AP's invariably necessitates thinning, which many people don't want to bother with. I only ever apply one neat if I want a very heavy tint across an entire surface. Vallejo washes are much thicker than others, in terms of both body and pigment density. That's not inherently bad, but I believe that's the root of most people's issues with them. AP washes (Quickshade Inks) behave almost identically to the old GW washes.
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