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Dealing with Panzer grey

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Dealing with Panzer grey
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 8, 2006 3:17 PM
I am coming to the final painting stage of Dragons "3 in 1" Tiger Early Production and applied the first coat of Panzer grey.
Naturally the coat looks much to unform and i was wondering what techniques you prefer to achieve that faded look that usually occupies the middle of flat surfaces.
Shading with a lightened base color (airbrush)?
Dry brushing the panel ?
Dullcoat and a drybrush of alcohol ?

I also noticed that Mig has fading german grey pigments - did anybody try these ?

Phil
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Friday, September 8, 2006 5:27 PM

I use a mix of techniques. Start by painting a "primer" coat of Flat Black. Next basecoat at varied thin coats of ModelMaster enamel "Panzer Schwarzgrau". Mix up 50-50 lightened basecoat using Flat Light Gray (sorry, I'm at work and don't recall the FS #) and spray that very lightly to the areas I want to highlight. Come back and drybrush the original basecoat to blend/vary color, then weather with washes and other normal techniques, followed be a drybrush of the lightened color. I've never tried Mig's weathered gray although I do have it on hand.

Here's an example of what that finish achieves:

HTH.

 

 

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 8, 2006 8:27 PM
Thanks for the advice.
I take it the subtle dry brushing wont leave visible brush marks on the panel ?
Your Panzer looks amazing - if mine turns out half as good i am happy.
  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World
Posted by SteveM on Saturday, September 9, 2006 11:37 AM
Bill, that tank looks fantastic. That's it... I QUIT!!

Steve

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

 

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