By the way, here are my first two completed models. Both are Tamiya. As you can tell, I need to learn how to weather them, which I will attempt shortly. any advice or coments would be appreciated. Here is my link, just go to the my models section!! www.jeffcopek.com
As you can tell, I didn’t airbrush. I still need to learn how!!
Those are some nice build non the less.
Look good to me.
Hey those are alright. Just need to weather em up. Really don’t need the airbrush on a solid color.
Thanks Tigerman…I never really thought about it, i guess you really don’t need to airbrush a solid color!
My next question would be…how do you weather a hmmwv, and how do you set it to show a picture in your replys?
Nice job on the models, Jeffer.
Regards, Dan
They look good. I think once you hit them with a wash to enhance panel lines and the raised detail they’ll pop.
Good job.
Whats next?
they look good. i agree though they need to be dirty.
joe
Nice work, slap some wash, dirt and dust and you’ll have some real beauties there.
Nice work Jeff.
To post pics you need to find out if you can direct link from your site. I have checked and you can. So to post pics right click on your pic and choose properties from the menu. Copy the whole url address for the pic ie, for your first pic that is:
http://www.jeffcopek.com/sitebuilder/images/DSCN1011-758x568.jpg
Then start your post in the forum and paste the URL into you post when you are ready. Then go back immediately to just in front of ‘http’ in the url and type the following but without the space between img and ]
[img ]
(this is the square brackets and ‘img’ but do not put the space in - I did this so you can see the text other wise you just get a red x here.)
Then immediately after the URL, ie ‘jpg’, type in
[/img ] the square brackets, the forward slash and ‘img’ but type it without the space.
there should be no spaces between the [ of the first img and the ] of the last /img
Then you will get this:
do the same for your next pic and you get this:
very nice for your first complted models!!! [tup] just a wash or drybrushing to enhance the details and some weathering and you’ll have some real beauties!
Great job on both, thanks for the pics.
Fine job on both builds!
Very good job. For first builds, they’re great. One of the most fundamental aspects of weathering is a wash. Basically, you take a darker colour than your base, and dilute it very very much. I’d suggest something akin to 1 part paint to 5-6 parts thinner (water, enamel thinner, whatever paint you use, that’s what determines your thinner), then run this very thin mixture into all the recesses of the model. It’ll enhance the panel lines, and really bring the model to life. Because of their small size, the shadows on a model are not nearly as visible as they would be on their real-life counterparts, so this technique will allow you to enhance all the edges of a model. From there, there are a number of different weathering techniques:
paint chipping: very basic, and very easy to do.
rusting: again, very easy to do, just drybrush some rust coloured paint onto key areas.
dustcoat: I’m going to assume you have an airbrush. A dustcoat is basically a very light misting over the entirety of the model, with a stronger focus on the bottom running gear, etc. Tamiya Buff is an excellent colour for this. Load up your airbrush with thinned down Buff paint, then just mist the paint onto your model. It is a very convincing result you’ll end up with.
BTW, [#welcome] to the FSM forum [:)]
Some good looking builds. Not everybody uses airbrushes.