"10mm T26, T28, T35 and BT7 (work in progress)" Topic
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Steve M | 29 Oct 2014 8:08 p.m. PST |
Another part of my embryonic Barbarossa armies. I got these as I wanted the tanks but did not get full units until I was ready to start properly when FOW brought a Barbarossa book out – which they just have, so new purchases to fill out numbers now on the horizon link Steve |
Winston Smith | 30 Oct 2014 6:04 a.m. PST |
T-35 is sweet. Good job on that. I have played with them on FoW a few times and they are a lot of fun. "I'm not quite dead yet!" And other Monty Python references…. |
warhawkwind | 02 Nov 2014 5:12 p.m. PST |
Beautiful work. I wish I could weather stuff like that, but I'm too afraid I'll make a mistake and ruin my nice paintjob! I've been building AFVs for Barbarossa too. All from Pithead and they look fine, but it looks like they just drove off the parade ground. |
Steve M | 08 Nov 2014 6:28 p.m. PST |
I used to be the same on weathering. I have a slightly different approach with the mud as with the main weathering. For the mud I use Vallejo German Camouflage Medium Brown, followed by Flat Earth and finally German Camouflage Orange Ochre. I only remove a bit of the paint of the brush with the first two brown and with an old brush that is splayed out (about size 0) I dab it around the wheels and edges of the track plus the bottom of the front and rear of the vehicle. Just need a little bit of practice to get a nice splashed effect rather than blobs of paint. With the Orange Ochre I remove more of the paint from the brush and use a bigger one (around size 3) and lightly brush across the wheels and dab on the front and rear. I originally only used the first two stages and you can easily do that until you are happy with the effect you are getting – it is the Orange Ochre that you could mess the tank up with. For general dry brushing to weather the main body of the vehicle the first thing is to find a suitable colour. That could just be a lighter version – for the Russians I use a 50/50 of Russian Green and Green Grey (but for British I use GW Snakebite Leather on the British painted green). The trick is to use a bit old brush and wipe most of the paint on a surface you can then reuse the paint, and then literally rub the brush on a cloth until it seems as though there is no paint left on the brush and then vigorously dry brush the vehicle. By having hardly any paint left on the brush you just add small amount to the weathering and you can stop once it looks OK. For Germans in Panzer Grey I do use a much heavier dry brush (of Neutral Grey), but agin best to start with a lighter dry brush and build up until you get the hang of how much paint to leave on the brush. Best thing is to give it a go and perhaps except a bit of repainting may be needed, but if you don't put too much on in one go then that makes it easier to avoid overdoing it good luck Steve PS – I love Pithead, nice vehicles and an amazing range |
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