well, the subject of this says it all… I have a marder II I’m building and I want to chip the paint around it with the primer underneath showing in some areas, but now really sure the best way… thanx in advance.[:)]
I’ve been wondering about that also, anyone have a tip?
I either use a toothpick (or really small brush) and paint on the chips with a slightly thinned color (which color depends on what you want the underlying color to be) or I use a drawing pencil, very sharp. Use the point for chips or drag the side of the point along edges. You will need to spray flat acrylic over it when you are done, as the graphite is shiny.
so the graphite of the pencil represents the primer then? sounds good to me
You could also use the salt method.
Paint your Primer basecoat. Once it is thoroughly dry, take a brush and wet down with water the areas where you want the chipping to occur. Sprinkle the salt on it so it sticks and let it dry. Repeat as necessary to cover every area you want chipped. Paint over the whole model with your camo coat. Then once that paint is dry, take a toothpick and gently chip off all the salt granules that are sticking to the model. Then seal it and weather it and you’ll have the effect you’re looking for.
Hope this helps. Post pics when you’re done. [:-)]
i’ve heard of the salt method before…
The pencil works when you want to represent a dark primer, such as early german armor with camo painted over gray or if you want chips all the way down to the steel (in that case, you might want to add a little rust to those some of those chips to simulate old chips and the corrosion that occured. I usually mix MM Acryl Rust and some MM Acrylic Airbrush thinner into a wash and let it drip downward from the chip so there is a faint reddish look to it.). For chips that are on later German armor, the base coat was an oxidized red, so I would use the toothpick and some slightly thinned Tamiya Hull Red or MM rust. You could have both chips to the primer level and chips through the primer level to the steel. Gives variety and a beat up look
well, this is going to be a dunkelgelb paint job over german grey so I will attempt the pencil method… In fact there’s a CVS 2 blocks away from the office, so I’ll get a mechanical pencil there…
I have some cheapie drawing pencils that I use (the kind you need to sharpen and don’t have an eraser. Got them at Staples, I think) . Might want to look for them instead. The mechanical pencils lead isn’t very strong and would probably break when you drag it over edges. It may work for smaller chips in the interior areas of the surface, though
Another method is to paint the primer or underlying color first. Use either liquid mask, rubber cement, or small pieces of tape to cover areas where you want the chip to be. Complete your paint job. Remove the masked areas to show the color underneath. Now complete your weathering. This gives the most realistic effect since you have the different layers of paint present and the edges will look realistically hard and jagged once weathered.
Duke Maddog and HeavyArty’s have a couple of good ideas too! All a matter of preference
I don’t know why this is so hard. For aircraft, I prime silver, paint my top coats and use a straight edge or sharp tool to simpl;y scrape off the topcoat. This works great on leading edges of planes and so forth. Wallah, undercoat shows through and looks worn.
a lot of great ideas… thanx everyone!
go with the salt! lol I have used it on a couple of models and it is very impressive. I tend to get carried away using the brush method. Haven’t tried the pencil though… sounds interesting…
HEY! Wasn’t the “salt methoid” used in one of the feature stories in FSM on a Japanese fighter some issues back? It would be a helpful reference. Just a thought from the void.
hmm… don’t recall.
Here is the T-72 I used it on:
This is that lame Trumpeter T-72 btw in ref to the post about the DML 7-72M
nice job scorn… that looks great. i think i’m gonna hafta try the salt method
Yes, the salt was demonstrated recently in FSM on a Japanese plane. Can’t remember which issue though- too many fumes
I’m gonna have to try the salt trick, I haven’t heard that before!