Tone Down Stark Camo Patterns

Jibber,

Your paint job is superb!

Chris I was having trouble with my PhotoBucket but here is a good example pre and post oil wash on this Tiger.

I hope these photos help Chris. 

On 3 color German pattern I will mist it over with Dunkelgelb to pull the whole thing together.

jibber, I love the worn paint effects on front!  Very cool...

Gary

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Sorry I couldn't show the Tiger but the same technique was applied to this Brummbar,

I use a product called Doctor Ben's Weathered Driftwood weathering solution. It's alcohol based and seems to airbrush just fine, with a light tan color. Depending on how many coats and how heavy you spray, you can make something look slightly dusty or like it just emerged from a sandstorm. If I'm unhappy with the result, a light rub with Iso removes it.

I do it one of  two ways, depending on the model.  Both ways use my airbrush backed off to a very fine spray.  One is to pick the lightest of the colors and do a very light, translucent overall spray.  The second is to use a white overcoat.  This simulates paint chalking.  For the chalking I use it heavier on top (horizontal) surfaces, less on sides, and none on bottom surfaces.  For the lightest camouflage color I put on the same thin coating over all surfaces, cuts down on contrast.

Take my word for it I can't get out of this copy……….Ill work on it

Wow not sure whats happening here???

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Sorry heres the correct pics.

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Chris on this Tiger, I used a thinned dark oil wash to pickup recesses and thinner lines.  Then after that dried I misted a very thinned Buff over the entire model, I think it turned out fine.

Compressorman

I have done that on a recent aircraft build and was happy with the result.

Man, that looks just right!   Very well done, great worn effect there.

Gary

I have done that on a recent aircraft build and was happy with the result.

You can also add a little of the buff/tan/white/etc. to the color you are spraying.  Makes the color softer.  I also try to be less "hard" on the edges and that takes some of the hardness out of the color also.

John

Yes, thinning a lighter color works great. Buff or tan would do the job very well. Think of surfaces that would be more heavily faded and hit those a little harder. Be careful, though. It's easy to get carried away and fade too much.

I guess because I'm not a big fan of a heavily weathered look, I'm not in love with the result of full oil washes.  I just want a slightly dusty look.  I'll first experiment with a guinea pig model.  

The F-100 looks great.  That kind of look is what I'm after.

Chris, I used that technique to "wash out" the SEA camo on this Monogram F-100D.  I used Floquil Dust if my memory serves me well. 

Gary

I've done that, fairly happy with the results. Also tried mixing in a SLIGHT bit of an appropriate color in the desired clear finish, ( flat or satin,) I liked that even better. A bit of experimenting determined what and how much.

Patrick