Saturday 15 September 2012

In A Distressed State!

Last night I attacked the 254 with water and a couple of stiff brushes to start adding wear and chipping to the model via the AK interactive worn effects fluid underneath the desert yellow top coat. I worked around areas of obvious wear as well as adding some random areas too.



As you can see the process has also worn the overall colour and given it a more faded look. You will also see that in some places I have worn the paint layers down to the primer layer. No biggie as the next stage will be going back over the model with a fine brush and sponge to add some finer wear using panzer grey and various rust tones as well as a lighter sand colour for contrast around some of the bigger wear areas.




Luckily the base for the model arrived yesterday so I am now just waiting for some nice Alpine figures for the scene I am contemplating to arrive.

3 comments:

  1. Hey Pete,

    I have just read an article about AK Interactive Worn effect. Do you recommand using this product instead of hairspray? The article says it is more reliable than hairspray....

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  2. Hi Thierry,

    Yes I would recommend it. Much more easy to work with than hairspray. I have also used the heavy chipping fluid and that's excellent too.

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  3. THX for the tip!

    By the way.... great painting on this Sdkfz 254!

    Thierry

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