Can you “whiten” a model after it’s painted.

[crimsondave]

I tried to go cheap and buy a  3d printed LR Crusader and LR Redeemer and it was a total waste.  So I bought a Deathwing painted Crusader and Redeemer on EBay for a good price.  The issue is I’m old school and do my Deathwing more white than the modern version.  I paint them Wraithbone and wash with 1:1 mix of sepia and medium not letting any pool at all.  It’s definitely darker than pure wraithbone but pretty white.  It basically turns out the color of screaming skull with a light recess shade.

 

One LR is definitely whiter than the other and isn’t too far off.  I could call it dirty and let it pass.  It has mud effects on the bottom so that makes it even more passable.  However, the other is flat out tan like most modern DW.  It has some really nice designs on it and just generally well painted.  Is it worth taping and trying a Wraithbone or screaming skull drybrush or is the answer tape it off and paint over with a thin coat of thinned out wraithbone?

 

I guess the other option is say one is dirty and the other one is really dirty and add mud to the bottom like the other. 

[LameBeard]

I feel like although there may be many good in-universe reasons why the Land Raiders are different colours, the whole force is going to look more cohesive on the table if they are the same colour. Care to show pictures? I guess you feel like there is enough worth saving not to strip and start again?

[Bryan Blaire]

The only thing I can think of to brighten a color after it’s painted on would be to do some sort of all over white-ish filter with a white/off white oil. That probably isn’t going to give you the results you want if you are attempting to color match though and involves painting over the entire model anyway, so you are likely better off just painting over what is already there (unless it is super-thick, in which case, strip it off first if you know details are already clogged).

 

If you decide to go the “it’s just seen a lot of in-theatre action” route, all over mud streaking will help sell the “it’s just darker because of heavy use” - cake it on there like it’s been pulling donuts in the trenches to widen them or some such…

[crimsondave]

It’s not thick.  I think I’ll try painting over the white with a thin Wraithbone and see.  It looks pretty good so I don’t want to start from scratch.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Interesting question - I honestly have no idea! I wonder if gently stippling some of the lighter paint over the areas may work? Or a white ink or Wraithbone glaze sprayed through an airbrush?

Edited November 17 by Firedrake Cordova

[Bung]

The only Idea i would have would be using white/ off white oil colours but that would end in a sun bleached look like colours fading in the sun.

[crimsondave]

Ok, stupidly I had not put them next to my Deathwing.  They look more different apart than they do together.  Even the tan one isn’t too bad.  I don’t think I’m even gonna touch the lighter one.  The reason the tan one is apart is it’s magnetized. What do you think?  Go with it or try to lighten the tan one?  It definitely doesn’t totally match but idk if it’s bad enough to worry with.  I’m torn.

 

 

 

 

[Bryan Blaire]

I would just mud up the second one and roll with it being a slightly different paint mixture coming off the AdMech line that hasn’t been repainted yet by the Chapter serfs - it doesn’t look badly enough different to make a lot of issue on the table, and you could weather that pretty easily.

 

It already looks like a subtly more weathered one anyway.  Add some scuffs, dirt, maybe some streaks, and you are done.

[Tyriks]

I wouldn't repaint it. It looks a bit darker but not to the point that I think anyone would wonder why.  I am not entirely sure I would have noticed if I saw these out of this context.

[Xenith]

Drybrushing of your deathwing colour on the edges will make it look brighter! 

Edited November 26 by Xenith

[LameBeard]

Maybe sponge on the lighter colour so it adds to the weathered feel but ends up a little lighter?

[crimsondave]

I’ll add a screaming skull edge highlight and a light edge highlight of Wraithbone.