tank shadowing

Well there are many ways you can get the shadowing effect found on most armor models, especially those found in Verlinden's Diorama magazines and catalogs. One way is to use pastels, the other is through the technique called preshading. You can purchase pastels at your local arts and craft or atr supply store. Grind down black, brown, and any type of earth color, and apply it to cracks and crevices using various size sabel brushes. Preshading is when you use a darker shade of the base coat, or black itself and airbrush all cracks and crevices with the color. Then apply your basecoat blending it into the shaded area. Drybrusing will also give your model more depth and allow these outlined crevices to standout.

I agree with moses. I am an artist by trade. I teach a historical art class that one of the great American artist of the 20th century. Painted most of his paintings in Black and then built the color on top of it to create depth and high contract in some areas. I started airbrushing all my models completely black or dark brown and then started building my color up from about three shades back to my final dry brush. The effect is very pleasing. sometimes it even will give you the effect of dark washed in panel lines on armor without the wet wash with thinned paint.

I LIKKE YOUR METHOD, BUT COULD YOU DESCROBE IT ALITTLE MORE? IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME MY EMAIL IS mark6560@hotmail.com

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob Howard I agree with moses. I am an artist by trade. I teach a historical art class that one of the great American artist of the 20th century. Painted most of his paintings in Black and then built the color on top of it to create depth and high contract in some areas. I started airbrushing all my models completely black or dark brown and then started building my color up from about three shades back to my final dry brush. The effect is very pleasing. sometimes it even will give you the effect of dark washed in panel lines on armor without the wet wash with thinned paint.

Ok juniormodeler I will try to find some webpages so it can give you a visual idea of how I shade and give a sence of depth to my 1:35 armor. I will get on the email now.