Homemade Nuln Oil - How To Make Your Own Shade Paints

[@Copratra]

Recipe: 1 part Art Ink of your preferred shade (black for Nuln, brown for Agrax etc) 2 parts of Matt Medium 8 parts of Water (soft water or distilled) squirt of dish washing soap OR flow improver Mix well and mix again.

[@arandomlostsoul753]

Good recipe, have made similar mixes before. I find that compared to ready-made washes, the home-made stuff performs pretty similarly. Got some inks and mixed up several large dropper bottles to make different shades. Painting on easy mode and dirt cheap too 👍

[@VanHoering]

Nice recipe. But you might want to want to use flow improver instead of the dish soap.

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

I tried flown improver in the past. As it's only there to break surface tension, not for any kind of thinning, I found the dish soap worked better. Of course, always do what works best for you. If flow improver gives you better results, then go for it!

[@Copratra]

You can replace part of the water with the flow improver for improved surface tension removal. ;)

[@TheAndrian463]

I use liquitex flow aid with a ratio of 1 part flow aid to 20 parts water. I make a large batch of it for rinse water etc. Water is distilled don't trust tap water in general for painting due to chemicals added or hardness of it.

[@diyfireking]

Great work 😊😊

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

Thank you!

[@RevanR]

Homemade Nuln oil for family gathering event

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

All social events can be improved with some Nuln Oil!

[@jamesfirth-haydon7381]

First time viewer. Great video, also now a subscriber. If you don’t mind me saying, you sound very similar to Andy Sirkis.

[@TheRealOrangeGringo]

Hmm i got more Josh Widdicombe than Andy Sirkis

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

Thank you! I've never been compared to Andy Serkis before..... but I'll take it! As long as it's isn't Andy Serkis in fill blown Gollum voice.

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

I do live in the same part of the country that Josh Widdecombe is from.....

[@southpaw5483]

Thank you, Why do we need the Matt Medium? thickness?

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

Matt Medium does a couple of things. Inks can be quite glossy in their finish, so the medium helps to stop your paint job from looking too shiny. It also helps to bind everything together, I've found that without the medium, the ink and water can separate quite quickly. Also, yeah, it helps "thicken" the mix. It binds everything together and stops it from being just black water. Without the medium, when you apply it, the shade will just flow off the model and leave a mess on the table. It's the medium that helps the shade to "pull" into the recesses.

[@southpaw5483]

@DrunkOnTeaUK Understood, thank you for your time, sharing, and education.

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

Any time!

[@ColgateMcajax]

Can i replace the matt medium with gloss medium instead?

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

Yeah, it will just give a shiny gloss look at the end, but if that's the look you want, just swap the matt for gloss medium

[@davemcbeard]

Fascinating stuff, but does the DIY stuff give you that wierd oily finish like Nuln Oil?

[@arandomlostsoul753]

If you use a very glossy ink then possibly, but in my experience, the matt medium dulls down the shine a lot. I find homemade washes are a lot more matt compared to GW washes.

[@DrunkOnTeaUK]

Generally, the matt medium stops a lot of that shine that you can get from the GW shades. If there is a bit of shine, some matt varnish after painting will get rid of it

[@Mozzytm]

Looks like it behaves more like black templar contrast than null oil

[@kylekeenan3485]

Its not expensive, this is crazy!

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

Better than paying GW.

[@rowletfr]

$8 you can use on literally anything else is worth the trouble. In the long run, this saves you much more than that. Flow aid makes it even better than it is in this video, too.

[@emaze8965]

Are you going to do a black Templar series? That would be amazing even with more than 5 colours. 🙏 ordered my first black templar unit can't wait to get into it