I’m building a 1/32 scale avenger and would like to break up the monotone flat black appearance in the cockpit and the instrument panel, I’ve used Tamyia acyrlics and coated with future. What next?
icit
Well, obviously you can’t get any darker than black, so a wash won’t have any effect. What I usually do is paint the parts a very dark gray. That way, a black wash will add a bit of contrast. Then I would follow up with some dry-brushing with progressively lighter shades of dark gray. Honestly, I don’t know how dry brushing would look over your coat of future (I’ve never coated an interior with a gloss coat). After the dry-brushing I paint the details like bezels, knobs, switches, instrument faces, etc.
You might try what I call a “heavy” dry brushing with very dark gray. What I mean by heavy is that the brush is not not quite as dry as usual when dry brushing. If you do it right, the paint will lay down everywhere except for the recesses, which will have the same effect as a wash. But again, I’ve never done any dry-brushing over a gloss coat, so I’m not sure if that would look good.
Hope that helps!
Chris
use a dirty brown/tan/orange color for your wash.
Try a medium to dark gray wash. Your Future coat should help it find it’s way into the recesses. Once dry, dry brush and dullcoat. You mayI want toto experiment on somethe scrap first… Good luck! David
Thanks guys, I got a little ahead of myself so I will have to go with the wash ideas and see how it turns out.
I have used fine point gel-roller pens with silver ink to put in small wear marks, as if the paint had worn through in spots.
I saw someone use that Flory’s Pro Modeler “Light Dirt” wash on a dark plane one time and it turned out really good.