Weathering practice, look away its not good lol

[BattleshipBob]

Now applied two coats of filters and first bash at oil paint fading

[BattleshipBob]

wrong button arghh




not sure if its under or over done or just cr+p !!!

all new to me

found some hairs on it, from my ginger moggie, swine!!

Would appreciate feedback again please, noted the filter faded the colours toned down some of the scratches and it now has a well worn and tired look, at least that's what I think??

bob

[Guest]

Bob - I think that's a brilliant job. Very realistic and convincingly like chipped steel. Keep doing what you're doing.

[AlanG]

Bloomin 'ell Bob. If that's a bad attempt i'd love to see a good attempt! Looks great to me

[BattleshipBob]

Many thanks Peter and Al

First time i have used filters and oils so not sure if they looked ok, so delighted that i used them correctly! Thank god for that lol. Will leave to dry then add mud

[boatman]

Blimey Bob you are shootin yourself down I admit I don't know much about tanks but to me it looks great an can you tell me what chippin is ? Is it a rough look ? an don't blame the poor old moggie LOL
chris

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That looks very good quite often it is over done. That is a great result.

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Chris

Chipping is surposed to show where paint has been chipped and worn away by the crew

Just put the moggie on ebay, not!

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks again Scottie, need more chipping practice. Will try some grime and rust streaking next

[Si Benson]

Have to agree with the consensus.....I think you are doing just fine mate :smiling4:

[scottie3158]

Thanks again Scottie, need more chipping practice. Will try some grime and rust streaking next

You could try giving depth to some of the chips by first painting on the colour underneath the top colour then in the centre of that putting the metal finish. E.g. if the scratch is on a green area first use dark yellow to simulate the base colour then use the steel or rust to show the scratch. does this make sense?

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Si. Appreciated!!

Good ideal Scottie, will try that on the Marder

Bob

[Steve Jones]

Well done Bob. The filters have tied everything in nicely. Looking goooooood!

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Steve, appreciated

I have left it to dry before adding some streaks etc, added some graphite on edges

Bob

[Guest]

Cannot see anything wrong with that Bob. The problem is you are so close to your own work that you see every little detail.

I have the same problem. You just search out problems which are not there. Sometiems I think well that is not very good. Put it on
the shelf & it looks OK. Not searching the detail.

Chuck your Vallejo Gloss in the bin. Just tried Alclad 11 Laquer Aqua Gloss Clear & it is superb.

Laurie