Armed to the teeth with inspiration from Doogs incredibly helpful Hetzer weathering tutorial, I decided to snap a couple of pictures during painting to share ideas with anyone interested. Some of these techniques actually were my experimenting with techniques from Doog’s tutorial. A couple threads down you can see pictures of the completed model, but posting finished and WIP shots would have been waaaay too big of a thread.
All airbrushing paint was Games Workshop acrylics thinnned with Isopropyl alchohol. It’s the only stuff I can get within biking range when my parents aren’t around, plus it’s cheap, cleans and thins great, and comes in a good color range.
First I started with a sloppy airbrushed coat of “Vermin Brown” for one, to prime the plastic and to add some depth to later coats:
Next, a coat of “Camo Green” mixed with “Catachan Green”. I left some brown peeking through in places, to break up the monotonous paint scheme:
Next, I added some “Skull White” to my green mixture and sprayed on lightly, in a patchy application, focusing on the middle of panels, leaving darker green and brown around the edges for a faded look:
Now comes a coat of Future Floor Polish airbrushed on, then decals, then another coat of future:
After the future is dry, (Sounds weird, don’ it?) I apply dots of Yellow Ochre and Raw Sienna Winton Artist oils, with a toothpick. The more colors the better, or so I hear, except for black. DON’T use black, it will overpower the other colors. This time however, these were all I had on hand.
Now, with a brush dampened with thinner, brush the dots up and down, blending and mixing. Repeat until you have most of it off, leaving some streaky colors.
Now, I hit the modle with another coat of future. Once that’s dry I applied a “Vermin Brown” and Isopropyl alcohol wash. The wash actually ate into the paint a little, so I had to move fast removing it. In the end it left a nice effect, since it blended with the original green very well (Almost TOO well!)
Last, I painted in the few details need (tow cables, lights and machine gun barrels.) After that, I applied chipping with Winton Artist Oil paints and a piece of a sponge held with tweezers. I also added pigments and some rust in specific places. After that, a black pin wash over some details, and last, a dull coat of Future and Tamiya Flat Base.
And, after a couple small tweaks, here is the finished model. Many more pictures are available in my other thread, with the finished build.
Finished picture available here:
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