Hey Guys,
I am about to white wash a Panzer IV and realized I can not find any info about how to do it. I already painted the case color in Tamiya paints. If anyone has tips or a link to an article that would be great. TY
Here’s one;
If your looking for a rough field applied coat - what I have found to be very effective (and now don’t laugh) is the Delta Ceramcoat in Light Ivory or Antique White. Use some Ceramcoat Extender (water doesnt quite do the trick) and do two coats with the first one being quite watered down and the second one being a little thicker. Don’t worry about spots looking through - you want them. Paint it on very randomly. after it is dry do not coat it yet but use fine sandpaper and sand some color off around the edges. the Ceramcoat before you seal it will have a rougher texture that responds to it nicely.
I tried watered down pastel chalk but i find it just doesnt respond well to any filters etc.
Check out the Tiger I did :
Hey Jc, with all due respect to the other posters, you really don’t need to brew up your own concoction. With a liitle skill and practice you can simulate it very effectively with plain old paint.
Here’s my PzIV in an old, faded whitewash…
This was done by doing a light pass with white in the airbbrush, followed by a wash of Raw umber oil in order to tone it down a bit; the whole model then drybrushed with dark yellow, and zimm lines/ stains picked out with raw umber oil…
This Marder IID was done with the same method but DB’d in panzer grey…
Another way is to swab it on as it was done in real life; look at this StuGIII C L/48 This had diluted white paint swabbed on with an old brush, exactly as it would have been… fie
ld mod;
This Panther F got a different treatment yet: airbrushed with acrylic paint over dark green base; I then waited maybe two hours, and with a very short-bristled brush (3-5 mm), vigorously scrubbed the finish to wear it through. A wash of R.Umber, spot washes and drips/runs and DB in the base coat…All it takes is experimentation and PRACTICE!
Hope this helps!