ok so i just started doing panel lines on my models and i started off by just brushing really thinned acrilic paint over the models and wipping it off but now
i want to start shading them with my airbrush and i am confused on the correct steps to do and if i chould use a different type of paint (maybe a lacquer?)when im doing the model with Humbrol enamal’s
and help websites or pictures would be a great big help!
Duckman, there a couple of ways of approaching panel shading:
1 Pre-shading.
This is where you apply a dark colour along the panel lines, before applying the top colour. It is then a question of building up the top coat so that some of the darker colouring shows through around the edges of the panel, leaving the centre of each panel in the base colour.
This works better on lighter colours in my experience, as the ‘shading’ effect is often lost under darker colours.
2 Post Shading
Essentially you paint the model as per normal, then when complete apply either a slightly darker shade of the base coat along the panel lines, or a very dilute mix of a colour such as Tamiya Smoke along the panel edges, thus just tinting the base coat.
A further refinement of this technique is applying a slightly lighter shade of the base colour to the centre of each panel, thus giving it a slightly faded look.
I’ve had good results with both techniques, and there is no reason not to combine both approaches in the one build.
Hope this helps.
Karl
hey thanks Kj200 i geuss ill go and pic up a matchbox kit and do some testing
so that way if i screw it up i can say atleat i didnt loose much!
This is really the only picture I have of my attempts at shading so sorry to those who have seen it before. This was preshaded with black over a grey primer and then the camouflage applied. Some of the shading was lost - especially around the damarcation of the camouflage. I then reapplied shading with pastel powder applied with a fine brush. I think I am right in saying that Swanny has a great tutorial on apsects of panel shading on his website (I will see if I can find it and edit this post if I do).
Swanny’s site is fantastic with a wealth of information on many of the “difficult aspects” of modelling but the site I was actually thinking of was
http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=4701565&pageid=r&mode=ALL&n=0&query=Gregg+Cooper
The info you require is under the Gekko links. Apologies to Gregg and Swanny for my confusion.