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  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Indiana
Posted by hkshooter on Sunday, March 1, 2009 10:14 PM

1) Base coat/color coats

2) gloss

3) Decals

4) gloss

5) washes

6) flat coat

7) Shading

8) Pastel/pigment weather.

This is typically what I do but sometimes eliminate #4. Depends on my mood and decal thickness. Washing over gloss offers better control of the wash. Pastels/pigments over flat make them stick better.

  • Member since
    June 2004
To seal or not to seal
Posted by jsfman on Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:07 PM

I've been experimenting with both armor and aircraft on the order in which I wash and weather my kits.  I've been using mostly acrylic paints for base coats, so my question to the forumi is: 

 What is the best order for laying down washes and weathering?

 The way I currently do it is:  acrylic base coat, oil wash with turpinoil or mineral spirits, gloss/future for decals and then weather with ground chalk followed by dull cote.

 Would it be better if I gloss/dull cote before washing? or is that unnecessary? Should I dullcote before weathering with chalks for better grip? What are some of the forums order of applying washes and weathering.  Would like to see if others methods/order work better. 

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