23.04.2012, 14:02
Hi Ted 
,
I'll share my secret techniques with you - practice them wisely! :mrgreen: LOL
First of all, since I use to paint by hand brush only, fading is hardly an option, so I almost never make a pre-shading.
In order to highlight panel lines, I use to complete the "clean" painstscheme first, then I trace the paneling with a dark eyeliner pencil. Its soft point "fills" the engraved lines and, incidentally, the excess is usually enough to dirty the surrounding surfaces by wiping it with soft paper. It's easy but, unfortunately, it doesn't work with raised lines.
When I need to weather interiors (i.e. cockpits or gear bays) and the pencil proves unpractical, I use a very diluted mixture of water and paint (actually, it's little more than dirty water).
In order to get dirty tyres, rather than painting them, i paint a strip with such thin paint and actually roll the tyres on it, then immediately on paper to dry them.
Then, I draw "smoke" trails behind exhausts and shells ejectors with a charcoal pencil, and fade them a bit by wiping with soft paper.
As for my next job... it's going to be a representative of the most produced warplane of all time! :wink:
,I'll share my secret techniques with you - practice them wisely! :mrgreen: LOL
First of all, since I use to paint by hand brush only, fading is hardly an option, so I almost never make a pre-shading.
In order to highlight panel lines, I use to complete the "clean" painstscheme first, then I trace the paneling with a dark eyeliner pencil. Its soft point "fills" the engraved lines and, incidentally, the excess is usually enough to dirty the surrounding surfaces by wiping it with soft paper. It's easy but, unfortunately, it doesn't work with raised lines.
When I need to weather interiors (i.e. cockpits or gear bays) and the pencil proves unpractical, I use a very diluted mixture of water and paint (actually, it's little more than dirty water).
In order to get dirty tyres, rather than painting them, i paint a strip with such thin paint and actually roll the tyres on it, then immediately on paper to dry them.
Then, I draw "smoke" trails behind exhausts and shells ejectors with a charcoal pencil, and fade them a bit by wiping with soft paper.
As for my next job... it's going to be a representative of the most produced warplane of all time! :wink: