Washes are inks or watered down paints. They're applied in very small ammounts and they settle in the recesses, giving stuff like faces a shadowed eyes appearence depending on the shade and ammount of wash you used.
Skull white mixed with Fortress grey is a good combination for highlighting black.
Apply the paint in dozens of very thin layers. I mean you shouldn't be able to tell there's any more paint on the model after doing each layer, but after 30 or so layers the colour should be fairly solid.
If you want you can use a skull white-water mix of about 10 parts water per 1 part skull white.
Apply a few washes of this and the colour should be perfect. |