I’m starting to “get” how amazing oils are when weathering armor, but what I’m REALLY lost on is the concept of what oil colors to use for a particular base color.
For instance, my little olive drab M3. No freakin clue what oil colors I should use.
I know there are TONS of youtube videos (I’ve watched many) but my question is more of a why instead of a how.
For instance I’ve seen someone use white and yellow/green for their desert(ish) Stug III.
Sorry, maybe this is a weird question (or the wrong forum to ask?) to ask.
I watched a lot of videos also but realized that I just had to start with what I thought would give me what I was looking for. Is the vehicle going to be new, old, dirty, seen a lot of miles or been exposed to lots of rain, snow, baked in the desert sun for the past year? Sometimes when I am feeling lazy I just have it look like just left the factory and just do a black oil wash to give it depth.
I always start with a lighter and darker color of the base coat and expand from there. If I don’t get the results I want after the wash dries I rework it.
The choice is yours. Oh don’t forget, have fun doing it, I do.
I just use acrylics for base and camo painting. Some times I use oils for filters and steaking effects. Oils are too expensive in my case, to use for base coats.,
I don’tdo much green stuff unless its part of a German 3 tone scheme. But you go go with lighter green colours. I would probably alos use browns to give a dirty streaky look.
This is the link to Bill Plunks website. He used to be a regular on here and has had a number of articles in the mag. For realistic weathering, he is the best IMHO. Most of what i do now is based on his work. He users enamels rather than oils, but the process is the same.