Firstly I needed a suitable victim... Ahh here we go
Opel Blitz, cheapy Zvezda model, not currently used as its the only one of them I have. Very basic colour scheme, sprayed grey, drybrushed shadow grey then a stonewall grey lighter brush over. Weathering is a drybrush of clay emulsion, then a magnolia emulsion, very simple, quick to paint but looks a bit... naff.
Picture taken on an evening, mix of natural and artificial light
Firstly we sort out the paint
Black primer, layered German Grey, then an edge highlight in Dark BlueGrey, tyres in black, varnished, decals and then varnished again.
This is pure artificial lighting hence the somewhat dark look, bit of gentle highlighting on the canvas roof to create a bit of detail thats not on the model.
First bit of weathering, VMA "Light Brown" airbrushed on, and glossed again, natural lighting actually shows some of the greys a bit better and the blue in the glass.
Nest will be some oil washes for water streaks, this will have to wait until a trip to hobbywhatsit to get the paints, this will lighten the model somewhat as well..
ok, moving on, have some weathering powders, the Blitz will get them eventually but impatience caught me, and then I caught a pair of StuG from Open fire that have been lurking in the kitchen for a couple of months. These were airbrush camo test models.
The light brown airbrush coat again, followed by the weathering powders, the earthy colour and a bit of water, then a bit of the yellow ochre mixed in and a second layer added. Nice thick muddy effect, it is like painting with mud as a kid.
Once this has set properly will seal with varnish and go with other colours over the top.
Good fun though, no idea what I'm actually doing with the powders but fun to play with.
We will ignore the American lurking in the bottom corner for now.. mwhahhhahahaa
