Our gaming club has a Bolt Action game this weekend, so I had to finally finish these 4 Sherman tanks, which have sat neglected in my gaming cabinet for ages. The platoon managed to get a whole series of overlapping weathering experiments. I think two areas worked out well. I like the oil stains on the rear deck, and I like the light pigment color. The trick to using oil, was to thin it down significantly with thinner, and then let it form its own tide marks. The pigment just required me to finally give it a shot. In addition to the pigments, there are two colors of oil paint splatter all over the tanks. I am not particularly pleased with the result, but I suspect some will like it. It makes me wonder why I bothered with color modulation when so much of the detail ends up being the result of pigments and oils.
Shmexy
ReplyDeleteVery nice! How do you apply your weathering pigments? The distribution is ace :)
ReplyDeleteIt is kind of hard to explain, but I put the powder/alcohol mixture where I want it, and then saturate the area around it with thinner so I don't get tide lines. When I do get tide lines, I us a brush with alcohol on it to erase the powder.
DeleteThanks, is there any particular way you flood? Using a spray bottle for example?
DeleteI just mix the powder and alcohol together in a disposable cup. I don't spray it on, because that would give me less control, than painting it on.
DeleteWith that many tanks, I predict one hits something once in the game :)
ReplyDeleteNo chance of that!
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