Everyone and anyone,
I think I got the wash and dry-brushing down.
I would like to expand my reportoire and keep hearing about paint 'filters'.
A search of this site produced some hits, lots of useful info, but very general. About all I got out of the articles and threads is that filters are used to tone down colors.

The questions I have are:
1. Why filter?
2. When to filter?
3. How are filters applied?
4. Will a filter cover up the dark wash used for shadowing?

Thanks again.

Keith

hope these help filters

filters 2

Its a new, fancy way to say you are applying a wash. Some people have to feel more artistic and call it a filter. Seems no different than a good old wash to me.

I believe this is lighter than a wash. A wash will accumulate in recesses giving a shadowed effect while a filter will impart a tonal change with no pooling.

I guess the difference between a wash and a filter is that a wash trys to bring out the depth of a model by accentuating the recesses and dirt accumulations, whereas a filter trys to avoid building up in the nooks and crannies and instead subtly changes the tonal appearance of the underlying paint.

Here are 2 articles by world renown modeller Miguel (Mig) Jemenze...

Your model need a wash?
Put a filter in your life

HTH

Rudi