by spottier60 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:51 am
Well, let's go then for weathering, here only on the main tower to start with !
I'm quite familiar with the techniques on 1/35 armour models I'm building alongside for years, I was just a bit fearing the size of the task ahead for a 1/72 HMS Rodney.
I'm keeping it light though, the aim being just to make the surface detail stand out, and avoid the unrealistic bland "new" look.
Technique is dead simple : artist oil colours heavily diluted with "White Spirit", as we call it here in France. General "wash" to break the visually surfaces, and of course natural accumulation in corners and along stripes, as in reality.
Two successive coats (allow a bit of time to dry between both), the first one in black, the second and lighter one with orange for rust.
Application of the "rust" is not the same, and will be only applied on corners, and bits like in reality naturally attract rust.
A general rule is to apply large vertical strokes with an almost dry wide brush, again duplicating reality.
All these techniques are very widely described everywhere for 1/35 armour weathering, with incredible levels of realism, plus of course added mud and the like, that not apply here.
It's really essential to avoid the "heavy hand" effect at that stage as it can really ruin the whole thing.
I'm satisfied with the result so far, and won't go any further : a coat of Tamiya matt varnish will smooth and protect the whole finish.
The challenge will now be to keep the weathering finish reasonably even and consistent all along the three meters model, hull included !
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Well, let's go then for weathering, here only on the main tower to start with !
I'm quite familiar with the techniques on 1/35 armour models I'm building alongside for years, I was just a bit fearing the size of the task ahead for a 1/72 HMS Rodney.
I'm keeping it light though, the aim being just to make the surface detail stand out, and avoid the unrealistic bland "new" look.
Technique is dead simple : artist oil colours heavily diluted with "White Spirit", as we call it here in France. General "wash" to break the visually surfaces, and of course natural accumulation in corners and along stripes, as in reality.
Two successive coats (allow a bit of time to dry between both), the first one in black, the second and lighter one with orange for rust.
Application of the "rust" is not the same, and will be only applied on corners, and bits like in reality naturally attract rust.
A general rule is to apply large vertical strokes with an almost dry wide brush, again duplicating reality.
All these techniques are very widely described everywhere for 1/35 armour weathering, with incredible levels of realism, plus of course added mud and the like, that not apply here.
It's really essential to avoid the "heavy hand" effect at that stage as it can really ruin the whole thing.
I'm satisfied with the result so far, and won't go any further : a coat of Tamiya matt varnish will smooth and protect the whole finish.
The challenge will now be to keep the weathering finish reasonably even and consistent all along the three meters model, hull included !