How did Mike Grant achieve the weathering of the tires on the attached pic? I have used MiG products to get the dirty look, but this is a different type of look that I am impressed with and would like to duplicate.
Any ideas?
Dunno how he did it, but I just airbrush a thin, “dirt” color (Testor’s tan, usually) over the rubber color, then dry-brush a dark gray on the tread… I forego the dark gray if the truck is still on the dirt, though… That “clean” tread shown is what a tire looks like after it’s been on the hardball a bit… He shoulda left the spare a uniform color, IMHO…
Ron - I am not sure how he did it but what I do to get that look is to create a wash with the MIG pigment. Pinwash the areas where you want the “dirt”. After drying, brush away any excess or overflow and then fix the pigment in place.
Also when doing tires, first I rub them , especially the rubber tires with a scoure pad. This creats the look of wear, especially on the edges. To create the tire color I use a 50/50 mix of Flat Black and NATO Black
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