Soapdodger's 8th army
First Valentine
I got everything out this morning to take a look. As ever I am not drawn to painting infantry and went right for a tank!
The steps (more for me than you as I have two) were:
- Prep model and a light wash in mildly soapy water.
- Prime model in black I used AK 178.
- Prime model further and add some tone with AK 177.
- Sprayed rust effect colours AK 551 to make everything rusty for chipping.
- Sprayed Worn effect AK 088.
- Sprayed AK4031 Portland stone.
- Worn with water and a brush.
- Made and applied transfers (will attach PDF).
- Gloss coat over transfers and then satin coat the transfers.
- Brushed black on tracks and road wheels.
- Brushed Grey rubber on roadwheels.
- Brushed Vallejo rust texture on exhaust.
- Dry Brushed rust effects on the tracks and exhaust.
- Added metallic paint to paper towel and rubbed unevenly on edges of tracks.
- Brushed enamel weathering paints, pin wash first.
- Brushed Weathering pigments and fixer.
- Stippled Fuel stains effects.
I now understand why I couldn’t do all of this at the boot camp 🙂
I think I will finish off the Piper to look at the basing and one of the carriers that’s close to completion. More to come at a relaxed pace!
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