Strong Tone ink vs Devlan Mud

[Colonel White]

I thought I would let you guys know especially if you are painting armour that I used some of this Strong Tone ink for the first time last night on a couple of British 20mm Churchill tanks as a pin wash.

The formulation I used was 50% ink + 25% water + 25% flowenhancer mix.My Flow Ennhancer mix formulation is 25% flowenhancer and 75% distilled water .

The results were almost identical as those obtained by using Devlan Mud. The only difference was that it left the finish a little more matt than the Devlan Mud and for me this is ideal.

I havn't tried the Soft tone or Dark tone versions as yet.

Again I think GW have missed a trick here by withdrawing their product which as volumes go by was one of their best selling products and at the same time allowing a competitor to move in

[paulsmodellingworkshop]

sorry to drag up an old thread.....

I received the full army painter set for review -it will be in MW soon and concur with CW.

Extremely close to Devlan Mud IMO - allthough I use a 50/50 acrylic flow enhancer to ink ratio.

[Lovejoy]

I recently took a chance got the Army Painter quickshade strong tone after reading this thread and needing a Devlan Mud stand in. I'd also like to recommend it. It's great, as near to Devland Mud as makes no odds.

[phn104]

Good to know guys though I am going to stick to Devlun Mud. Simply because I paint at a sloooooow pace and sometimes stop for months at the time. My fear is that I will stop painting for a long period of time and leave the dip can ajar then get back into it only to find the £20 can ruined. I've done it often enough with other stuff so I prefer to keep my paints and dips as small as possible.

[Cubster]

The Strong Tone ink is ... ink. It's not the same as the big dip can, it's ink. In a little ink pot.

[mikeland]

Good to know guys though I am going to stick to Devlun Mud.

I hope you have quite a stock pile, because they don't make it anymore and the GW replacement is MEH!

This is the strong tone ink:
http://www.warlordgames.com/store/warpa ... e-ink.html

It works the same as Devlan Mud, but in my opinion with even better results.

[phn104]

I hope you have quite a stock pile, because they don't make it anymore and the GW replacement is MEH!

This is the strong tone ink:
http://www.warlordgames.com/store/warpa ... e-ink.html

It works the same as Devlan Mud, but in my opinion with even better results. [/quote]

Good to know as my stockpile consists of a one half-empty pot . Can you apply it straight from the pot without watering it down (I'm lazy like that)?

[Parus Ater]

Yes, you can. I've been using it for a wee while and found the result to be side by side identical to Devlan mud. Get the dark one as well, excellent for chainmail.

[phn104]

Yes, you can. I've been using it for a wee while and found the result to be side by side identical to Devlan mud. Get the dark one as well, excellent for chainmail.

Thanks for the info. So then I could use the dark one would be an equivalent of GW's Badab Black ?

[Parus Ater]

Badab black is a pure black and Dark Tone is brown/black but aye, good on metals and whatnot. It's not black but it's very nearly amlost black.