Tanks in the works

[Brother Lorien]

It has been a while since i could paint for a longer period of time, the last few weeks i have had some opportunities though.

 

 

As you can see i'm not finished yet , but it hought i'd show the progress.

I have been doing salt weathering with these and once the normal painting is finished i'll be doing some oil weathering after a purity seal coat.

 

I'll update this thread with progress over time

 

Hope you like them

[clanfield]

yum yum nice you can never have too many leman russ that's what I think and I like the stipling very good

[WarriorFish]

Excellent, more tanks for His Guard! :D I like the camouflage scheme, it looks good - it'll look even better when the tanks are all completed and set in a battle line! :)

 

What colours are you using for the scheme? I'm keen to see your weathering methods too as I'm planning on giving my tanks some weathering in the near future.

[Brother Lorien]

The colours i'm using are gunship green and US grey light from the vallejo model air line.

 

The weathering actually starts with the base coat, which for all has been an orangy brown

You then get water or hairspray and make spots where rust may appear or basicly where you want it with salt: First apply the water or hairspray with a brush and then sprinkle salt on it.

Then when you think your tank is seasoned enough , you get your airbrush out and spray the lightest colour, in my case the US grey light with a highlight on some places with duck egg green.

After that you paint on the screen camo how you want it: if you want it sharp edged use bluetac if you want it a bit misty , dont.

 

When this has dried enough, go to a tap and let water run lightly over the tank to wash of the salt.

[Beachymike123]

thanks for the tip Brother Lorien, think i'll be trying this out on some vehicles in the near future. nice to see your tanks too, the camo scheme is pretty sweet and very realistic too. you mention using blutac for getting sharper edges - does this need replacing after every use or does it depend on how much paint gets on the blutac? again, very nice tanks fella. 

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Thanks for the tips -- I've frequently wondered how this "salt weathering" technique works. I finally understand.

 

Tanks are looking good so far. I still use a paint brush on mine, but airbrushing does give it a more realistic look.

[Brother Lorien]

thanks for the tip Brother Lorien, think i'll be trying this out on some vehicles in the near future. nice to see your tanks too, the camo scheme is pretty sweet and very realistic too. you mention using blutac for getting sharper edges - does this need replacing after every use or does it depend on how much paint gets on the blutac? again, very nice tanks fella.

Let me show you the difference Leinmann:

First without masking off with bluetac (or basicly any general sticky putty to hang up posters)

And now with bluetac masking:

As you can see the lines are very much sharper then with the tank

You need to be carefull though when using both the salt weathering and the bluetac masking method as the bluetac with most likely remove the salt aswell when you remove it, also i dont know what happens when some of the bluetac stuff gets salt in it.

And as for your question Leinmann: Yes you can re-use the blue tac as it works a bit like greenstuff, just masicly mix the color back into the stuff by kneading it.

Oh and one more tip: when using the bluetac, some will allways stick somewhere when you remove the stuff, use the bluetac to remove that by pressing on it.