Can anyone tell me, what would be the ideal colour for chipped paint on russian armour? I’m really not sure on what colour, whether a darker burnished lookin’ green, or a lighter shade, of the base colour! Or a bare, cast iron, or steel colour! I would really like to be 100% sure on this! Imagine applyin’ all these chipped effects, and then someone tellin’ you the colour is wrong! Thanks!
All of the above… (how’s that for passing the buck??)
Paint chips, scrapes, and scratches come in a wide array of extremes.
For light scratches that don’t go to the bare metal, I use the base color mixed with white, and applied with a thin liner brush.
For a medium scratch - a little wider white/green line with a thin line of dark metal or red-brown (primer color). Chris Mrosko from Verlinden Productions turned me on to Vallejo cavalry brown as a good primed/rusted metal color.
For a deep scratch - I’ll actually gouge the paint with a dental tool, then fill the gouge with dark metal followed by a wash of red-brown, then some rust pastels or weathering pigments.
If you want chipped paint and rust, the best method is to paint your rust color as a basecoat (at least in the areas you want rusted), and let it dry. Then wet your model with water and apply table salt. After the salt adheres to the primer color, paint your basecoat and let that dry. Then rub off the salt.
You can apply weathering pigments and washes to get the level of rust or chipping you want.
Jeff
I would put my two cents on just bare cast iron or steel. I mean all tanks are made of steel so you can’t be wrong.
I’m going to disagree with Yann there Eddie. Look around as you drive today. Look at the rear ends of trucks or construction equipment around you. Look at the battered bumpers, loading ramps, etc. Any signs of shiny metal? None.
For a great comprehensive discussion (akin to what Jeff Herne has suggested to you), read here:http://www.missing-lynx.com/rare_world/rw03.htm
In my opinion, the most obvious feature for dark colored AFV weathering is dust and how it’s worn off of exposed edges. This is much more realistic(IMHO) than lots of chipped paint.
Hope this helps.
RC
Jeff is right, you’ll want to use a variety of shades for a better looking result. For Russian vehicles, I’d use several shades of browns, and a steel outlined with brown for the deeper stuff. I’m not quite sure how lighter tones would work. Seems kinda counter intuitive to me.
Yeah, I agree with ya’! I seriously think that armoured units in the field were never around long enough to warrant havin chipped, baremetal edges showin’! I have a problem, tryin’ to rationalise chipped paint showin’ baremetal.
Thanks, Jeff. This is some cool advice, too! Thanks!