Some people were asking how I achieved the faded or subdued camouflage look on my Panther G I posted last night. What I did was paint all the panel lines and around all details such as nuts and bolts, brackets, handles and hatches with Tamiya hull red, then I mixed a thinned Tamiya dark yellow and covered the entire kit, making sure to leave the hull red noticeable through the yellow. Although the photos sort of mute this, this is more noticeable when looking at the real model. Next was the camouflage, I used the hull red again but diluted it so I could spray very light patterns with my Aztek A470, and did the same with dark green. If any of the camouflage came out too dark I misted some of the dark yellow over it to tone it down. My last step was to mix a very diluted dark brown and Tamiya smoke, and post shade all of the panel lines again, this gives a bit more depth to the finished camouflage. For the weathering, I only did minor drybrushing and added rust stains from pastels and paint chips and scrapes from pencil lead. I am not sure where i got the foliage, it was on an other kit which had been sitting for over 4 years in my display cabinet.
I still need to add some stowage to the kit and a few figures.
I hope this was helpful.
Regards,
Anthony
