"Winter Camo Tigers " Topic

Puting together a company of winter camo (white washed) Tigers.
What would be the best technique for doing winter camo? Right now. I am leaning towards a Battlefront recommendation , prime, paint whole tank white , grey wash and sponge chipped paint. Better ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks

Prime white, ink black, ink dark yellow, drybrush white, drybrush dark yellow.

Remember that the white colour was waterbased and vaished rather quick in the field.

Greetings

Yea, drybrush white over whatever base camo color scheme you prefer, for the period you are gaming, e.g. gray, or yellow.

I haven't tried it, but there's a method here: link

You could obviously leave more of the white on than in the example. It also wouldn't have washed off if the temperature didn't get above freezing, the exception obviously being around hot parts like the exhaust.

Does anyone have any other techniques they can list?

The hairspray method is generally accepted as the best. Various application methods with enamels oils and pigments. Stipple white acrylic paint. Stippling is fast, easy and works well except it wont get in the nooks and crannys and will wreck the brush. You could also use a wash. You could also use a sponge.

Would you do tracks differently for a tank in winter ?
More rust ? I notice that a lot of people add rust to Russian tracks but I have not seen much on German tracks. German tracks a better quality of steel maybe?
Rudi, how would you do the tracks?

I use rock salt. Paint the model, then wet it with a spray of regular water. Sprinkle rock salt as it sticks to the moisture.

When dry, lightly airbrush white using a variety of methods.

When dry, brush off the salt or use warm tap water. Excellent paint chipped and weathered effect.

For tracks, paint DK brown, then black wash. Use a pencil (2b) to rub over the tracks to give them a metallic look. Great article here: link