Military Illustrated Modeller - August 2019
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Here we can see the difference the raw
umber oil paint colour-wash makes to
the hull in comparison to the turret,
that has yet to receive the 'wash.
Once the colour-wash had been allowed to dry fully, the next step was to mask off
individual sections such as the filler caps, engine grilles and flotation screen, before
airbrushing some heavily thinned Lifecolor acrylics around these masked-off areas
The shades of dust
used are all based
around Lifecolor’s
Dark Sand Stone 1703
It’s clear to see in this photo just how much
the weathering process changes the look of the
base colour and the overall look of the vehicle
This little selection of oil paints are needed to mix up a colour to match Lifecolor’s Dark Sand Stone,
which was used to apply the initial layer of dust build-up
With the oil paints mixed to match the Dark Sand Stone colour that had been airbrushed on previously, it could
now be thinned with white-spirit and flowed around raised details and into panel lines etc., to add that extra
dimension to the dust effect