"1/300 Luftwaffe mottling?" Topic
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| richarDISNEY | 01 Jul 2013 2:00 p.m. PST |
I am just about to start some 1/300 Luftwaffe planes (Me-410s, Me-109, FW-190s) and I am stumped. I have no idea how to do that mottling effect on something that small.
Kinda like this:
Any ideas? Thanks!  |
| Mako11 | 01 Jul 2013 2:31 p.m. PST |
Dry dappling, with a small piece of sponge, or those small, oval-shaped (oval heads, with small, white, plastic handles) makeup applicators women use for their eyelids. Works a treat, with just a little paint, and will save your more expensive brushed from being ruined with the process. Apply a little paint to the sponge tip, and then press on a small piece of paper until you get the extra paint out of it, then apply to the aircraft. |
| Toaster | 01 Jul 2013 3:23 p.m. PST |
Old drybrushing brushes also do a good job, just a couple of quick dabs with your most splayed brush.
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| vikingtim | 01 Jul 2013 3:23 p.m. PST |
Mako11, that is a great tip, thanks! |
| Mako11 | 01 Jul 2013 4:00 p.m. PST |
You're welcome. Great, except for the odd looks you may get at the checkout counter. |
| boggler | 02 Jul 2013 2:16 a.m. PST |
I use a fine brush and blob on the mottle pattern then immediately afterwards, wash it over to blur the blobs. I've also found that over-mottling (?) in a lighter shade and/or base fuselage shade adds a bit of highlighting to the finish. I also overwash a future based black/brown wash to blend the colours once the basic camouflage has been applied. The end result looks like this:
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| BattlerBritain | 02 Jul 2013 12:40 p.m. PST |
I found that the trick is to just dab quickly and lightly:
FW-190As:
Bf-109Gs:
Me-410:
Me-262s:
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| Pajaro Muerto | 03 Jul 2013 10:17 p.m. PST |
Always great to see fellow modellers' detailed work :) Nice tip about the sponge, Mako11! Gotta try that. richarDISNEY, for that diffuminated, "airbrushed" look, I learned a trick at flamesofwar.com. You combine smaller spots with pure or lightly thinned paint with a later wider freer area of more watered-down paint on top (I do it vice-versa). Here's the article. Steps 1 & 2: flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=855&kb_cat_id=27 And pics. Me 110 C-4's from I/ZG 26, Battle of Britain. The farther one has mottling in both RLM 70 & 71 (black-green & dark green), the front one in RLM 71 green and RLM 02 grey:
And a mix of Raiden Me 109 G-6's. Some are more mottled than others:
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