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  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Central Wisconsin
Posted by Spamicus on Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:58 PM
I'm still tryin to figure out my digital camera. I'll see what I can do. I've got a PZKW IV D in desert scheme I'm pretty happy with.

Steve

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    January 2003
  • From: Utah - USA
Posted by wipw on Thursday, June 24, 2004 5:13 PM
Steve, that sounds interesting to the extreme. Can you post a pic or two of something you've done like that??
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  • From: Central Wisconsin
Posted by Spamicus on Thursday, June 24, 2004 5:10 PM
I'm no expert Ron, but I use a burnt umber wash and then do a lot of dry brushing with very light base color topped off by kind of scrubbing with Model Master camo gray. I haven't tried it yet, but the "salt method" looks like it'll work really great for flaky paint.

Steve

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:58 PM
So how do you simulate that Spamicus? Desert schemes scare me cause I cant seem to get that wheathered look to it.
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  • From: Central Wisconsin
Posted by Spamicus on Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:45 PM
Bill has hit it right on the head. If you look at any photos from any desert campaign you'll see the yellow or sand paint deteriorates very quickly. It has a tendancy to become chalky and flake in very short order.

Steve

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  • From: Utah - USA
Posted by wipw on Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:37 PM
You gonna' have to post a pic to get anyone's opinion!

From the sound of it, though, you probably don't have any problems. First, I'm sure the paint could fade more than we'd ever do it. Second, If you think it's too light, once you get to that point, you can put a raw umber oil wash over it and it will darken it right up. Need to be careful, though, it's easy to darken it too much.
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tiger qualm
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:06 PM
well, after i suffered through the same problem the others had with Italeri's Tiger I (wrong directions) i managed to place a nice base coat of dunklegelb on that sucker. then, i broke out my new badger 155 and began to try and airbrush. after some practice i got the technique down ( i was trying to make the paint appear faded due to the desert sun) but the paint is much lighter than i had hoped. it looks like a sand dusting or a very severe fading and i was mad at first but the more i look at it the more i kinda like it. let me know if this could be considered realistic becasue if not i must make adjustments. thanks experts!!
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