Playing around with acrylic inks from Liquitex. I’m using a mix of burnt umber, raw umber, and white, heavily thinned with Tamiya X20A. Then I sponge it on with a mostly dry sponge and then modify it with a dry sponge afterwards to get the random patterns I’m looking for. Then I darken and lighten the base ink concoction and apply that to add to the depth and variation of colour. If you mess up you can remove the ink with The cleaning agent 409 or Windex and it should not affect the lacquer paint.
It’s my first time using this method and I like how it adds small stains/variation that I wouldn’t be able to achieve with just oils. This is the third layer of weathering (paint, oils, ink) and probably the last for the undersides (save for gun smoke ).
6 attached images. Click to enlarge.
