Black wash technique from TAMIYA. What for ?

wow.. thanks for all the helps guyss apreciate it.
I'll get my hand dirty for this

0o0o Those videos are some excellent...nice work Mogwa.

Take a look at this video, it may help.

http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/video9bg_1.htm

Mog

Most wash "failures" result from the idea that you over paint and remove the excess. That's just too risky, espeically if you're depicting a nice, glossy car. Instead of the flood shown in that demo, use a very small amount of paint and allow capilary action to carry it along the panel line. If one application is not distinct enough, add more after the first (and subsequent ones) dries.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Weathering.html

this is a technique applied on an aircraft, but its the smae thing for cars. just remember that if you are depicting a brand-new car, you may want to just get the color of the body and then add black, so the panels arent too heavy. the base color + black is pix's method.

will do AFD , I'm still in the stage of building cars at the moment.. still beginner..
thanks for the tips.
please put up the picture of yours...

Probably the best way Butek isto do it yourself, maybe on an old model or a wing of a plane model, you can do it with any thinned paint or water color. take a picture of the wing with say a base color on it, then do a wash and compare the two, it well give ya a good idea of the difference one makes. O yea you can use Rust-All which ya can buy at yer hobby store if ya aint got any already, it comes with a thinned wash, and i found that the rust looks cool on german winter camo for panels and such...maybe i should get pictures of that model up some time....

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf thats called a wash, and as AFD said, super thinned paint is let intot he panel lines so that they are somewhat more obvious, and thus realistic. i must say it wasnt a very good how-to, im surprised that tamiya in all its meticulousness didnt include more explicit instructions. strange.

Can you give me a more reliable source then ?

thats called a wash, and as AFD said, super thinned paint is let intot he panel lines so that they are somewhat more obvious, and thus realistic.
i must say it wasnt a very good how-to, im surprised that tamiya in all its meticulousness didnt include more explicit instructions. strange.

I see.. after seeing what they done to the motorcycle one I can get a clearer picture.
thanks

That is what they call a wash.

Where really thinned paint is used so that you can get a little bit o paint in those really really fine recessed lines on cars, planes or tanks. It adds depth like dry-bushing.