I had mentioned watercolor wash in a few previous posts but didn’t have a pic to illustrate. For anyone interested, this is a before and after Tiger roadwheel from the back, the wash was to simulate oil from the bearing. There will be plenty of additional applications of mud and junk, I just wanted to show the wash on it’s own.
The basecoat was covered with Future. The wash formula is, by weight:
1 gm Van Dyck Brown
1 gm Ivory Black
20 gm tap water
1 drop of dish detergent.
hey looks nice…thansk for the tip…now off to Zim.
yep ausf thats comming along nicely, thanks for let us take a look [:p]
thanks for the look ausf. something for me to shoot for.
joe
Ausf,
Did you clearcoat the wheel before applying the wash or is it applied on flat paint? I like the mottled effect your getting on the surface of the wheel.
I’ve found that by clearcoating prior to the wash, it will adhere to the edges of details better and won’t creep or “bloom” out across the surface of flat paint. It also runs down the edges or panel lines faster and makes for some nice outlining.
It’s clearcoated with a very light spray of future. The bloom in this case is intentional for the oil smear, most of the wheels don’t have it. I just like that effect, looks like an old leaking bearing after some rain and time.
Looks like a nice touch Ausf…I take it these are not centrally located on the kit or the nice effect wouldn’t be seen. I might have to give watercolour washes a go.
Do you have any problems with the finish when you are handling the road wheels, for sanding off the moulding marks, etc?
As a matter of fact I just finished that. I cleaned off the sprue marks, mounted the rubber tires and glued the assemblies together. My fingers had some color on them afterwards but not much considering I was handling them for three hours in a warm attic workshop after only about eight hours drying time for the wash. The beauty of the watercolors is you can change at will until sealed. You can just wipe 'em clean with a damp papertowel if you don’t like the result. I really expected more to rub off while putting them together, I have to say, I’m pleasantly surprised.
I wanted to wait for the assemblies to be complete before spinning on some mud and straw. That’s next…
Great looking. Something I’ll have to try.
Very effective, Ausf, good stuff.