New Vs Old Army Painter Washes Featuring Napoleonic Miniatures

The Army Painter has brought out their new range of washes, and I was keen to see if there are many differences between the old and the new range. This review compares the existing colours with their like for like replacements, as well as looking at the new Sepia and Rust Tones. I also dilute the washes with equal parts Wash Medium to see how it measures up to the old Quickshade Mixing Medium.
Overall, I am pretty pleased with the new range. Let me know what you think!
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The miniatures used are 28mm Warlord Games Napoleonic Late Line Infantry with heads from Perry Miniatures. Paints used for the base colours below.
Prime: Colour Forge Ghoul Grey
Grey coat: GW Grey Seer
Skin: Vallejo Game Extra Opaque Heavy Skintone
Straps/trousers: Vallejo Model Colour Off White
Packs: Vallejo Game Extra Opaque Heavy Brown
Musket stock/hair: Vallejo Game Extra Opaque Heavy Sienna
Boots/cartridge boxes/shako peaks: Vallejo Panzer Aces Dark Rubber
Caps: Vallejo Model Colour Dark Prussian Blue
Shako covers: Vallejo Game Colour Elfic Flesh
Epaulettes: Vallejo Model Colour Deep Green/Vallejo Model Colour Flat Red
Voltigeur Pompoms: Vallejo Game Extra Opaque Heavy Gold Brown
Musket barrels/bayonets: Vallejo Game Colour Silver
Sabre hilts: Vallejo Model Colour Brass

[@Hagiastheite]

This was such a useful video! Many thanks.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

I am glad to hear that you liked it. Thanks for watching.

[@maryhinge6334]

Really interesting. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Cheers. Glad the comparison is useful.

[@namacron4357]

Thank you for the good video with the difference of the washes. Have fun!

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Thanks for a really helpful video. I had missed the release of the new washes 🙄

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

There wasn't much song and dance about them being included with the launch of the Fanatic paint range. Guess they were focussing on the paints and not the washes.

[@TheEccentricMan]

A very useful comparison, shared.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks. Glad to hear it is useful.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Excellent review mate,they sound a lot better

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Cheers Justin. Pretty good results all considered.

[@kitswithkaren5003]

A nicely crafted video and some food for thought.😊🐻🐵👍

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks very much.

[@goforitpainting]

Cool 👍

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks for watching.

[@iainthepict55]

I have old bottles of shade so i think i might get some new ones to see,it certainly looked like a difference on your models,new dark tone looked crisper.Not sure about the newer coloured tones havent tried any yet.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

I haven't got any of the blue/magenta/not a shade of brown washes yet. I don't often have a use for them. I am impressed by the new Dark Tone.

[@Phoenikuz]

Thanks for this! Apparently, Army Painter keeps insisting that they've made no changes to their formular for the washes... even though they do behave different now, as you said at the end.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

The one thing I can't be sure is the effect of use and time on the pigments and medium in the old bottles. But, the new Sepia and Rust tones provide much more of an overall tint than any of the others. Seems a different formula with those for sure.

[@Bunyip_Studios]

Looking to do the same thing, my old tones are getting on a bit now. With the old tones I just used matt medium from Hobbycraft, along with a little water. It worked fine, likely to do the same with the new tones

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

DIYing the medium is a much more economical way to do it!

[@gregorycafiero9688]

I felt they were different as well, but chalked it up to the likely massive difference in age of the bottles. I have no idea when my old tones were made while the fanatics are likely less than a year out of the factory.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Yeah, that's something I can't be sure of with the test. Maybe I should re-test with the "new" ones in a couple of years and compare to see if there is degradation.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm so glad to see someone else giving this a shot. I thought I was going mad!

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks for watching. You thought you were going mad because no one else was doing a comparison, or that you noticed a difference between old and new?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

@@CullodenPaintingStudio Ha! Should have been clearer. 😅 Yeah, definitely that there's a difference between the old and the new. "We didn't change the formula" my eye!

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio ah ha. There is definitely something different!

[@EspenShampoo25]

AP: Our washes are excatcly the same formula as before Every youyuber i follow: Tests and discovers a difference between them...

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

The one caveat to the whole test is that the wash in my older bottles will not have the exact balance of pigment and medium that they did when factory fresh. I might keep an eye on the results with the "new" bottles and report back if things get blotchier with age.