Applying winter camo....yikes!

I spay an real uneven white coat over my summer coat. See if Dwight can answer you- he does a fantastic wash-scheme with a white wash over his under lying paint. As for the criss-cross- I am not sure what to recommend there

Hi Glenn,
I just did my first winter camo and I thought it came out pretty well.
I used a brush with thinned down paint for the first attempt. Wasn't really thrilled with the results. Left that on the tank and took some paint thinned quite a bit and just airbrushed over areas where I thought there would be less wear and tear on the vehichle.
Then used a brush with very little thinner (similar to when you dry brush) and brushed the winter camo to streak it and show areas of wear. Also used various shades of chalk and simulated wear with them. Used chalk colors similar to the base coat and just worked them into the paint to show wear also.
Sorry I'm unable to post pictures, but hope this may be of some help.
Regards,
Joe

check the buldge gb. There is a post about this and the guy used white pastel chalk and water.

Glen,I have found that if you take a stick of chaulk and crush it up into a powder along with using a semi-wet brush of flat with,you can achive amaizing results.This is how I do it each and every time.First crush your chaulk into a fine powder,then take a small jar of ft.white paint and earmark it for this type of use only.Wet your brush on one side and then dip into chaulk,make sure you get a lot of chaulk on your brush so the paint is very light and stitle when applyed.Then apply mixture to subject in the pattern you want to mimic,this mixture will allow the base coat to bleed threw and will give it a,I have been in the snow effect.Were you want it more white to show after you have done this,you can then go over certain places with a dry or wet brush to add more white.Once dry if you want to drity it up a little use a wash of ft.brown and rust for the tracks and front and rear of the tank.The upper part of the tank use a ft.brown or ft. tan wash.With this method you can achive the look you want.Here is an exsample of a Valentine that I did.


Hope this help you,enjoy and have fun.Digger

QUOTE: Originally posted by diggeraone Glen,I have found that if you take a stick of chaulk and crush it up into a powder along with using a semi-wet brush of flat with,you can achive amaizing results.This is how I do it each and every time.First crush your chaulk into a fine powder,then take a small jar of ft.white paint and earmark it for this type of use only.Wet your brush on one side and then dip into chaulk,make sure you get a lot of chaulk on your brush so the paint is very light and stitle when applyed.Then apply mixture to subject in the pattern you want to mimic,this mixture will allow the base coat to bleed threw and will give it a,I have been in the snow effect.Were you want it more white to show after you have done this,you can then go over certain places with a dry or wet brush to add more white.Once dry if you want to drity it up a little use a wash of ft.brown and rust for the tracks and front and rear of the tank.The upper part of the tank use a ft.brown or ft. tan wash.With this method you can achive the look you want.Here is an exsample of a Valentine that I did. Hope this help you,enjoy and have fun.Digger

Digger-
I follow most of what you're saying. What I don't understand is how you're using the flat white paint with the ground chalk? Are you mixing the chalk with the flat white paint in one jar? Or are you dipping the brush into the chalk and then the flat white paint?

Glenn

I do the regular camo paint ( in oil based paint ,testors , humbrol, etc) then spray out the white on top after that has dried , let this dry for no more than 10 minutes , and then apply a sparse sprinkling of dry laundry detergent , spray this with water from a spray bottle let it go to work for a minute or so , then wash the detergent , and paint it has taken off , away . It leaves a nicely worn snow camo . just make sure you use the oil based paint for the camo coat as should you use water based the detergent will remove that as well . It looks rough at first , but when you wash it and spray some mud to the undercarriage it looks great . I used this technique on my stug for the FSM group build , it should be in there somewhere as well as some pictures of the finished model .

Glen,I dip the brush into the paint then into the chaulk.I use seprate bowl for the chaulk.Digger

i drybrush white on the whole model..... i dont have an airbrush and it works just fine!!
but i use acrilyics (i spelled that wrong i know it!) i dont know if u can get the same with enamel but u can try!!

i use a small brush also and hand paint tiny strokes of white to simulate hastilly painted on camo with a brush or mop or branches..... works pretty well, i think.

here's a 105 I did for the bulge build that way

http://gallery114781.fotopic.net/c341351.html

QUOTE: Originally posted by tankergeoff i use a small brush also and hand paint tiny strokes of white to simulate hastilly painted on camo with a brush or mop or branches..... works pretty well, i think. here's a 105 I did for the bulge build that way http://gallery114781.fotopic.net/c341351.html

Did you thin your paint down any? I like the looks of your paint job. It looks 'field applied'.
Looking at various field applied winter white-wash schemes in "Panzer Colors" one can the see the haphazard way the Germans put it on. Not this nice evenly applied coat of white, with uniform thickness applied all over the AFV, but more quickly and to the point!

Glenn

no, it's not thinned at all.... tamiya flat white out of the bottle