The big difference is that inks are transparent, whereas paint is opaque. Inks tend to have much more pigment in them, and more finely ground. You can make workable washes by just thinning the paint with water. The Vallajo Game color metallics are good too. Airbrush tutorials utilizing the Iwata Eclipse and a variety of different miniature paints ranging from Vallejo … Are they the same when it comes to thinning, or are they already thinned down enough. But for Vallejo, inks are glossy and washes are matte. They didn't have the Airbrush Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver I'm used to using, but they did have Vallejo Airbrush Thinner. Game Color is a range of water-based acrylic colors especially formulated for painting miniature figures in fantasy and wargames Inks are good but as maxx has said, GW pots are horrible, to the extent that I actually bought a stack of empty vallejo bottles (you can get em online) and decanted all my GW paints into them. The Vallajo Game color metallics are good too. I use washes and inks from Vallejo. The result is that when mixed with water to think them for washes you can thin ink a lot more than paint and still have color to it. The inks should be watered down before applying to the miniature - they have more pigments and less water, thus you get much more out of one bottle compared to the washes. I can't speak much about washes, I don't use them a lot and when I need some I brew my own with very tinned paint or ink with a touch of flow-improver. Wie sich die Vallejo Washes gegen die Tuschen von Games Workshop schlagen erfahrt ihr bei uns im Review. Vallejo Inks and Washes. I'm that person who did this Citadel Shade Reference Guide and I was starting the process of doing the same with Army Painter and Vallejo shades/washes (and the gloss shades of Citadel and the new technical paints).. Colors want to be bright and "pop", like a cartoon or comic book. AV Acrylic Artist Ink I believe is Vallejo's artist line. In most cases you'll want a wash because it won't cause your model to become super shiney with gloss. :) Apparently I’m just not crazy about their inks and washes. and yes you are right i does help stop the break down of thin downed paints but if you use to much of it in your mix it does put a grey tinge in your colour. In 1969 the company moved to Spain; in those years many important cartoon studios were based in Europe. If you like Vallejo, don't like GW, or prefer dropper bottles they're a good option, but I still prefer the Army Painter washes as an alternative. Namely inks.Question time:Has anyone had experience with these brands?p3 ink. I can't speak much about washes, I don't use them a lot and when I need some I brew my own with very tinned paint or ink with a touch of flow-improver. But I came across Vallejo inks as well and was wondering what the difference between the two were, as if I need to get them for the guide.. The best time to use them (and the Vallejo's Game Color line) is when you want a saturated look. I used to wash my white-primed minis with black ink, but the recesses always turned out grey rather than black, because; the black ink only altered the white instead of covering it up. Note that a lot of Vallejo products ended up in this category so I’ll caveat that I ‘love’ Vallejo paints. One of the inks is a "Skin Wash" ink, which I would assume is useful in shading figures, of which I have an old Verlinden 120mm resin figure as my test subject for these.