Attempts at painting a Tallarn armour scheme

[narcolepticltd]

Howdy gang!

Pretty boring start here... Just posting up some photos of some chimera armor panels to get some feedback. After screwing around and testing different combinations of tans and desert yellows as well as coming up with a rust color I was happy with, I think I'm finally satisfied enough with the results to get a WIP going here.

I've probably painted and stripped these panels 4 different times trying to get a match on the color scheme in my brain, as well as get a read on how to chip paint using the hairspray technique. Definitely no expert yet, but I'm starting to get passable results.

I settled on Badger Stynylrez for the primer (black) and am using Mission Models paints for the rust layer and the base camo.

Mission Models 'dark rust' color was a tad bit too light and too brown for what I had in mind, so I ended up making my own mix using their basic colors - 1 black: 3 red: 8 brown. Here's the result of that mix (shown here after 2 thin coats of hairspray were applied, hence the satin sheen). I also used their polyurethane mix additive on this layer as it helps the paint spray better and set up more smoothly.

For some stupid reason I just couldn't be happy using a color out of the bottle, so I came up with the following for the base sand color - 1 dunkelgelb: 2 RAF middle stone (no poly as it will be chipped)

The second tone in the camo I wanted to be subtle with a hard line, but still noticeable... settled on a mix of 1 field green: 8 RAF Middle stone, and taped off a 'charlie brown' style jagged pattern similar to the medusa in the FW master class vol. 1 (which I've not seen in close to a decade... miss that book!)

I then chipped the camo back in places to the rust color using a damp brush... Although I have the basics down on the technique, it's still way too easy to over do it... this is probably the first result I didn't completely hate and took a good bit of restraint

Still a bit over done, as I'll be weathering over this...

Stayed up way too late finishing this up tonight... gonna get some sleep and go eat some turkey :)

[Dosjetka]

Looks fantastic! :tu: The restraint you showed with the wear and tear is worth it, in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing your infantry, too.

[narcolepticltd]

Thanks! Although it isn't impossible, at the moment I'm just planning for armor - but my ADD may purchase a squad or 2 of storm troopers ;) 

 

No painting today, but currently trying to decide on a unit marker and insignia - we'll see if I can get it to chip out properly with what I already have in place so far...

[Major_Gilbear]

A very good start - I do like the subtle camo striping too. :)

 

Aaaages ago, I member seeing GW photographer Anthony Bath's Tallarn (link), and I subsequently felt that the various middle eastern countries' tanks would provide some really good examples of desert camo schemes and also weathering. Another very good source of inspiration is the colours and schemes used during WW2 in north Africa.

 

Perhaps fading the colour to a more sun-bleached look at the upper surfaces and adding some careful heavier weathering will give you the look you're after?

[narcolepticltd]

A very good start - I do like the subtle camo striping too.

 

Aaaages ago, I member seeing GW photographer Anthony Bath's Tallarn (link), and I subsequently felt that the various middle eastern countries' tanks would provide some really good examples of desert camo schemes and also weathering. Another very good source of inspiration is the colours and schemes used during WW2 in north Africa.

 

Perhaps fading the colour to a more sun-bleached look at the upper surfaces and adding some careful heavier weathering will give you the look you're after?

 

Yes! I've actually just put in my order for several different oil paints to attempt exactly that... I ordered about 14 different abteilung 102 to try my hand at some Oil Paint Rendering (which will hopefully cover the fading) and will be using them for most of the weathering as well. I was a bit annoyed with the prices of decent oil paints at the local art shops, so I was waiting for a sale... Matt over at hobbyworld-usa.com is doing the black friday/cyber monday weekend thing, so everything there (outside of model kits) is 20% off. All those tubes of oil are only $5 each instead of the usual $7-$8. 

 

I'm thinking I may be able to shift the contrast a bit between the 2 colors in places as well with the oils. It's been a long time since I messed with any of this stuff, and I used the old heavy handed techniques in the past... looking forward to attempting things from the Michael Rinaldi school of thought. 

 

Thanks Major!

[narcolepticltd]

So I ended up stripping one of them back to bare plastic... annoyed at the moment but going to try a different scheme tomorrow. I was messing around with trying to get the stripes up front and didn't really plan it out... wasn't happy with the results. Keeping one in this scheme till my oils show up so I can see what kind of difference a full weathering will do. 

 

I'll post a compare between the 2 chipped but unweathered schemes hopefully tomorrow. 

[narcolepticltd]

Didn't bust out the airbrush today, but (some) of the oil paints I ordered showed up, so figured I'd give some OPR and weathering a try.

I really only worked this one section on the exhaust port just trying to get a read on the technique... but so far I'm happy with the results. I couldn't do much else as half the colors ordered were actually out of stock and currently back ordered... waiting on the yellows and off whites still, so can't do much with the filtering on the camo.