Thursday, 12 January 2012
WIP: weathering vehicles 3...
...a little, very subtle drybrushing. I've added a little Vallejo Stone Grey to the green and dk.grey base colours and with a very dry brush (virtually all the paint wiped off on a piece of kitchen roll) applied this to each of the panels - concentrating on the centres of the larger ones - and the horizontal surfaces in a circular, scrubbing motion. Filters next...
here's the front again at the previous stage...I did say it was subtle
here's the front again at the previous stage...I did say it was subtle
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
In with the new....
...but not out with the old! Jed over at the 'Workshop' is producing a new 'Warthog' and has published a photo of the 3d print - and it looks fantastic!
I'll be purchasing and painting a few of these when they come out later in the year so I thought I'd thin the stash of the old ones. This will be number four (I do have a soft spot for these) and I've started by adding a chassis of sorts inspired by a version built and painted by Squeek - thanks for the inspiration but the front turned wheels were a conversion to far for me!
not a great deal will be seen once the model is sitting on it's wheels but at least I know it's there!
I'll be purchasing and painting a few of these when they come out later in the year so I thought I'd thin the stash of the old ones. This will be number four (I do have a soft spot for these) and I've started by adding a chassis of sorts inspired by a version built and painted by Squeek - thanks for the inspiration but the front turned wheels were a conversion to far for me!
not a great deal will be seen once the model is sitting on it's wheels but at least I know it's there!
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
WIP: weathering vehicles 2
I don't know if my photographic skills are good enough for you to see the difference in the pics below and those posted a couple of days ago but.....
I've lined each panel with very diluted black oil paint - tinted thinners really. If you get the mix right the solution should flow along panel lines and into recesses through capillary action creating a 'shadow' effect and staining the underlying paint a little darker than the raised panels. I've repeated this stage several times to achieve the depth of colour I want. I've then highlighted the top and side edges of all the panels and the edges of the vehicle with lighter tones of the base colours. Somewhat ironically both processes are designed to 'pop-out' detail that becomes obscured by the camoulflage. the main gun barrel and the anti-personnel weapons have been base-coated.
Had a bit of a disaster too - dropped the bloody thing on it's nose and broke the two front angled pieces off; the left side, lights and main gun also fell off. managed a reasonable repair and tomorrow will do a little dry-brushing (yes, I know it's not in vogue but it still has it uses), a little 'Zenithal' lighting and add the first of the filters.
I've lined each panel with very diluted black oil paint - tinted thinners really. If you get the mix right the solution should flow along panel lines and into recesses through capillary action creating a 'shadow' effect and staining the underlying paint a little darker than the raised panels. I've repeated this stage several times to achieve the depth of colour I want. I've then highlighted the top and side edges of all the panels and the edges of the vehicle with lighter tones of the base colours. Somewhat ironically both processes are designed to 'pop-out' detail that becomes obscured by the camoulflage. the main gun barrel and the anti-personnel weapons have been base-coated.
Had a bit of a disaster too - dropped the bloody thing on it's nose and broke the two front angled pieces off; the left side, lights and main gun also fell off. managed a reasonable repair and tomorrow will do a little dry-brushing (yes, I know it's not in vogue but it still has it uses), a little 'Zenithal' lighting and add the first of the filters.
Monday, 9 January 2012
WIP: weathering vehicles
I'm quite often asked, on the forums I frequent, how I achieved a particular weathering effect on vehicles - the honest answer is I 'borrowed' it from other modellers whose build and paint articles appear in the pages of military modelling magazines dedicated to 1/35 historical armour (you might also like to check out Bryan Krueger's work on Ma.K models over several scales) There are far to many of these doyens of the craft - or art - to mention but I use my own interpretation of their techniques (in many cases their specialites) to weather my sci-fi vehicles. For those of you unfamiliar with these techniques I will record my efforts on the several vehicles I will be painting over the next few months. First up is Antenociti's Novaya-Rus Skorpion Lt. Grav tank in a camo scheme derived from contemporary Russion camo.
The basic camo was applied with an airbrush (generic Tamiya colours, black, dk. green and buff); masked with blu-tak to create a hard edge. The three colours were then overpainted by brush with Vallejo and Lifecolor paints - Lifecolour Tyre Black (in reality a very dk.grey), Vallejo Russian Green and Stone Grey. I overpaint by brush to keep a consistency of colour when starting the weathering effects which begin with 'lining' and edging. The main gun (barrel) and anti-personal weapons have not been painted in their base colours as yet.
The basic camo was applied with an airbrush (generic Tamiya colours, black, dk. green and buff); masked with blu-tak to create a hard edge. The three colours were then overpainted by brush with Vallejo and Lifecolor paints - Lifecolour Tyre Black (in reality a very dk.grey), Vallejo Russian Green and Stone Grey. I overpaint by brush to keep a consistency of colour when starting the weathering effects which begin with 'lining' and edging. The main gun (barrel) and anti-personal weapons have not been painted in their base colours as yet.
Friday, 6 January 2012
More future goodies from...
Antenociti's Workshop in both 15 and 28mm. In Jed's own words..."We’re delighted to announce that the fabulous GTK concept by Pascal Eggert will be the new 2-man scout vehicle for the T-PEA out in 2012..."
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