Now what to do.....

Modeling Subjects Armor
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Ok, this is my first full project, I built a lot, but never painted. Now, I painted my PzKpfw I B, sprayed a layer of future. I applied a sludge wash and dry brush a bit there and there. I will work more on the tracks. I then applied decals, more or less succesfully.

What’s coming next?? I heard all kind of talk about flat or dull coat… What and how do you do it? Will it take the shine away from the decals?(Hope so) I also want to apply powdered pastel. Should I do it before that dull coat? Is there any steps after?

Thanks

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ok, heres what ya need to do:

get some Model Master/testors Dull Coat. It will need to be thinned with regular laquer thinner before being used in the the air brush.

I mix the dull coat and the thinner with abou a 50/50 ratio.

then you just spray away like regular painting.

However, your order of operations needs to be switched around a little bit.

After painting you should:

  1. paint all details (like tools and stuff)

  2. apply a coat of future

  3. apply decals

  4. apply a wash

  5. spray some dull coat on

  6. drybrush

  7. weather (i.e. pastels, pigments, that kind of stuff)

Thats my basic procedure. The main thing is to drybrush on a dull surface. Drybushing will not be as effective on a glossy surface. Also, some people put another layer of dullcoat on top of there pastels/pigments, but it can take away much of the desired effect, so I just put my pigments on last.

hope that helps a bit.

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What my Johnny Reb brother just said.

You want to put your decals on a clean tank, before any weathering. Remember, the markings weren’t applied (generally) to a dirty tank inthe field but at the fatory or depot. If you weather, including your wash before, the decals will look lke they don;t belong to the tank.

Also, I always advice people not to use a sludge wash. Read around a bit and see how many time folks post about trying to fix a messed up wash.

Instead, make a nice thin oil or enamel wash, 9 parts thinner to one part paint. Take a very fine brush and dab, don’t scrub, at panel line junctions and at teh base of raised detail. Let capillary action pull the wash along. This will accent these details without a lot of excess paint htat will need to be removed, an operation that can either completely remove the wash, smear the wash more and ruin your paint job (and decals).

This is how I did the shoulder straps and belt on this guy.

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Awesome Thanks lot guys!!