A long time ago at a Hobby Weekend far far away…

After seeing the Mig Oil Brusher system on a FB group, I decided to order a set to try out on my vehicles. With the Spring Clean Challenge back, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to dust off this project from a few years ago and finally get my At-St’s finished.

What interested me about Oil Brusher was partly the colours – which have been chosen to add weathering effects to vehicles – but also that they come in a really handy bottle with its own applicator. The paint is also much thinner than oil paint from a tube, which is exactly what is needed for pin washing.

Just like when I began this project, I opted to try the technique on the downed Walker first, less risky if I messed it up! As I was planning on using the airbrush for part of this process, I protected the base as best I could with cling film and masking tape.

Since the Weekender I have invested in a decent airbrush and got a lot more confident in using it.
I alwayse felt that I had left the walkers a little dark so now seemed like a good time to bring the grey up a shade before beginning the pin wash.

For this I used Vallejo Model Air – light Grey. I also worked back in to some of the darker areas with what little of the original Corvus Black I had left in the bottle. Once I was happy with the highlights I used Vallejo Gloss Varnish (thinned 1-1 with water), to prepare the model for the pin wash. This was applied using an older airbrush I had acquired and like to keep handy for close encounters.

The gloss varnish doesn’t look great at this stage, but is a necessary step to protect the model and allow the thinned oil paint wash to flow.