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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:21 PM
Blitzer... I used filters and washes over the three color camo on the Panther in my sig. It worked quite well as renarts said for toning down the contrast of the camo colors and blending them together. Here is a link to an Imagestation page of mine that shows the panther in various stages. The camo looks awful before its weathered but I think the overall effect worked....
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286573575

Good luck with whatever you do...
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    November 2003
  • From: Eielson AFB Alaska
Posted by blitzer on Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:24 PM
thanks alot. that really heps
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 26, 2004 7:44 PM
I always find a light brown wash to do the trick. Some thinned down brown oil paint should do the trick. Renarts method is great too. Good luck!
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  • From: Sunny Florida
Posted by renarts on Saturday, June 26, 2004 4:50 PM
Levi,

My technique..... On sharp edges (turrett seams, edges of hatches, fender angles, etc.) I mix a slightly lighter shade of the camo color and drybrush those points where the camo pattern intersects that edge. Over all, I'll do a dust coat of drybrushing, using a cream color, buff, or very light dunkelgelb. This is built up over a succession of coats where the first coat is almost invisible. This allows it to build up and accumulate on the higher points.
The dust color coat is enough to give the impression of sun fade and a dusting of the overall surface of the cehicle. Too much and it will look like you've white washed it.

There has been some work using filters. Where oil paints that are tones of the camo pattern are brushed over the surface of the vehicle to act as a glaze. These are transparent (essentialy a filter like you would use in lighting or on a lens) and do alot to knock down the hard edge or contrast of the camo pattern and are a nice effeect for really giving the impression of a vehicle in the field. Dry brushing can be done over this but lighter than you would use without filters.
Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Eielson AFB Alaska
Tiger Weathering
Posted by blitzer on Saturday, June 26, 2004 3:15 PM
I just finished airbrushing on my camo on my Tiger 1. I was wondering how to weather camo. It's easy on some thing like a sherman because it was only one color. chipped paint, fadding,dusting....

thanks, Levi
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