Well I've finally been able to get back to work on this project here.
When I last sat down with it, I was just starting basic weathering. Now I've continued, and started by adding some tinting to the Dark Yellow. I used some 502 Abt. "Buff", adding some tonal variation to the patches remaining...
...and then using a second, dry brush to blend in the color...
I also used the Buff for some streaking, drawing it down from dots, down the sides of the model, and on the upper hull edges. Here's where I am so far;
Next, I added some chipping. I used a combination of acrylic MM Raw Umber, Black, Steel, and Rust, and used a small piece of sponge to add it...
Here's the sponge I used--this is just padding material from some resin AM parts--I just rip it from the square.
Adding it to the muffler. I tried not to do the "usual" full-rust-out, but to rather apply patches of rust around some dents.
Next, I used some of Adam Wilder's new pigment and products line to add some dirt and dust to the suspension and wheels. For those of you who may not know Adam, he's one of modeling's most talented and prolific modelers and author in some of the world's most respected armor magazines, He was with MIG Productions in the early days, and was an administrator on the MIG website for a long while. He now has his own product line coming out, with the first batch being some great pigments in bigger, and less-expensive bottles than what's currently available. Here's his bottle next to two other competitors.
And some of the "flavors" offered:
Adam will be debuting them at AMPS this year in Atlanta, and I'll be using them in quite a few future builds. Here, I'm using a combination of Brown Russian Earth with Dry European Mud, mixed with a bit of pigment fixer into a slurry, and applied to the suspension using an old brush.
I then added some of the Dry Mud to add a lighter top layer.
A nice, dusty appearance for sure...
I thought the pigments covered up the camo a bit too much---still getting used to these new pigments---so I scrubbed some of them off the hull with a wetted brush.
This seems to have given me more of what I wanted--a darker layer of still-wet mud under a dried, and drying layer.
And that's where I am so far...more to come as add some more detail painting and more pigment work.
Thanks for looking in, guys! Whatcha think? 