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Any brand that you can think of? I still intend to use them with Raging Heroes, i had some batches that are full of the mold release stuff, put with patience and multiple repetitions, it goes off but it takes time, maybe the ultrasonic cleaner can be handy But in your experience, even if it didnt solve the problem, was it easier to clean with a ultrasonic cleaner? I never had one so for me its new.

Hi just read about your experience with a ultrasonic cleaner :) I have a lot of Raging Heroes minis, love them but some of them have this awful mold release problem. I anm considering buying a ultrasonic cleaner, any advice? Is there any chance that the cleaner will damage the figures, as they are delicate. What was your experience? Any advice for choosing a cleaner? Thanks again, and sorry for reanimating a long post from the dead , its just that i want to know more about it

Hi, I am investigating about different kinds of washes, as I want to import some complete sets of washes from abroad. I need to select between citadel or Secret weapon ones , and as I can't get both atm , want to ask about pros and cons about this brands before I buy any. I know that this is a difficult question as everybody has their own experiences and preferences, but still any info is really helpful and welcome! Thanks again for the info :)

So this white residue problem happens also on Vallejo washes? It happened to me with the Agrax Earthshade, maybe because i apply it with the brush which i use for painting , and its nearly always wet with water.

Thanks for all the wonderful info! According to your experiences, how much time do citadel/SW/Vallejo washes have before they start to deteriorate? 2-4 years perhaps?

Thanks for the info about Secret Weapon washes, by the way if you have some pictures about the SW washes i will be grateful :) I didnt see any matte medium here in my country , i will try and search for it. So in your experience the differences between SW washes and citadel are notable, i am right?

Sorry for the pics quality , i took them in the night and with too much light :( I just reposted the pics with better quality. The glossy sheen its more evident when using the Agrax Earthshade or Drakenhof nightshade, some others like Athonian Camoshade are more matte. This is my 3rd Agrax bottle, i bought the first 2 from a local store, and the last one from a store from another city and all of them has this problem, although i must admit that i dont know if these are old paints as i believe the production date that is under the bottle is 2013. Is this the production / expiration date ? Also can you please post any pic that shows how the Agrax normaly behaves ? That would be nice for comparison :) i used a lot on one zombie, and in other i diluted it with water, this was the worst as this white patches appeared, also tried to apply without diluting but in a more localized way, still it got shiny :( I dont know if all the commercial washes tend to be like this, i am intrigued by the Secret Weapon washes, although maybe they are not so necessary, maybe its easier to just dilute paint , i dont know

So most of the washes are shiny, i am right? I tried Reaper ones and they are not shiny but they stain everything , leaving a dirty look on the mini. Are Secret weapon washes shiny too? Usually i use only diluted paint, but what i dont like about it is that its irregular, it doesnt get in all the nooks and crannies.

Thanks for the info! its just that they work so well, they are perfect EXCEPT for the shininess and white spots, its mostly agrax earthshade. I dont varnish will dullcote as its not available here, what do you think of the reaper and secret weapon washes? are they better in this aspect?

Hi, i got many citadel shades as i read that they are very good so i gave them a try. I had previously experienced with the Reaper ones and didnt like them too much , they leave a dirty look IMO. But with the citadel ones, the problem is other think altogether: agrax earthshade dries extremely shiny and if i dilute it a little, it tends to dry white in some places. You can see the results in the pictures :( I was wondering if this is normal, i mean is this shiny? Is there any solution to it? I searched in the dakka dakka forums and did everything, shaking as hell, mixed the shade with an drink stirrer, even put the pots in warm water in hopes this make the components mix. This helped in a way, now it doesnt get white so easily, but its still shiny as hell. Any advice, and most of all experiences with this shades? i found that most of the info on the internet just praises them for being too incredible and useful, but if all the shades leaves this shiny on the model, i think nobody did an honest review about them. thanks again for all your help, i am looking to fix them, although if i cant i probably sell them :( The pics are of several zombies that i painted just for testing as this shades ruined my work on one that was nearly finished :( Please any help its welcome. Are all citadel shades so shiny? seems to me that Agrax Earthshade is the one that is worst in this aspect, i already changed 3 bottles and all with the same problem. Here in my country we dont have too many hobby stores, so most of the paints are not fresh, some citadel bottles shows the date 2013 or 2011, although i bought some citadel paints that are even older and i dont have any problem with them! I mostly paint with Reaper though, just dont love reaper washes , dont know how to use them properly i guess.

Nice work! How much time did it take?

Thanks Wren for all this info! Really appreciated, and well explained :) i love the undead triad that i have atm, but probably will order a new one just for comparison, if i see too much difference i will post the comparison here, although it may take a while as i need to order the paints first

Thanks Wren, as always your input about this technical issues is invaluable :) i was a little distressed as i dont see the colour matching exactly as i expected. In your experience, does the paint change of color or hue if its too old? i didnt bought these triads directly from the reaper store, but from Miniature Giant, and i was worry that the colour its not the same because maybe the paints are old or something, i really dont know :( , they work fine just it bugs me that i feel the bloodless skin more whiteish, the moldy skin more yellowish than green, and the ghoul skin more green - gray, i dont have any other copies of this colors to compare so its difficult to determine if this is some issue of the paint batch or maybe the paint its perfect its just me that i find them different.

Thanks!! Inarah this is really helpful as it confirms that the undead triad is probably a little yellow , more than the pics that i saw on the net , thanks for posting your pics :) Thanks Pegazus, i will search for this pamphlet i believe i have it , and will compare the colors following your advice.

By chance do you have anything that has a basecoat or any pic that shows how the real color it is like? I has shaken them , but what i want is something to compare the color i have i find the mouldy skin color a tad yellowish instead of greenish as i suppose it should be :(