Hello Gentlemen and Lady's,
I'm looking for advice on my drybrushing, Should I stop where I'm at and let the pastels do the rest or hit it with more brushes then go on? This is turning out to be one of my best efforts and I do'nt want to take a chance on ruining it. TIA for your comments they are always welcome




Anything else you notice ..please let me know

It is looking good so far. I would go ahead withe the weathering. I found that after I weather and I loose some of the depth I can dry brush a little more and use the pastels after to finish. You have a very good example here.

Hi all...Please dont be shy, let me know what needs fixin. Animal can't be the only one with an opinion! I need this ........not this

Private

I would push the weathering/drybrushing a little bit more.

For your consideration, (and this goes beyond your dry brush question - so I hope you don't mind).

Try taking a diluted black wash, and apply it to the corners, indentations in the hood, around brackets etc. Apply with a small fine pointed brush, and let the capillary action of the wash pull itself through and around the creases, brackets, indentations, etc.

You have yet to work on your tires, so weather those as you see fit.

You could also consider drybrushing some rust around certain areas of the rail framework and brackets, and some spill areas on the fuel tank.

For pure drybrushing, I would take your base coat color, mix in white, (approximately 50-50 base to white), and try drybrushing a bracket, or some part "out of the way" and see what kind of contrast it gives you. If you like it, continue on, drybrushing all your high points, i.e. handles, brackets, hinges, edges, etc, and see what you think.

Private, this is a good looking vehicle now, and only you can decide how far you want to go with additional weathering/dry brushing. Personally, I've always felt if you think you should quit where you are with a model, you probably should. There is always the next model to experiment with.

Good luck and please keep us posted.

Steve
ps: As an experiment, if you have some dunklegelb, try drybrushing a part, maybe under neath on the frame and see how this looks. If you like it, hit a few spots topside with it. I have found dunklegelb, when dry brushed lightly to many different base coat colors, gives a dusted weathered appearance that contrasts nicely with the rest of the model. Again, good luck.

She looks fine with me. Go on with the weathering. But first cover it with a gloss coat so whenever the pastels go wrong, a tap of water can undo all of it.

I would drybrush the rims a bit more, get the edge a bit more nicked up and then also the nuts and bolts connecting the wheels. Not much but some.
Then let pastels do the rest.

I have to agree - this is a fine piece of work.

Mmmm... being of the Shep Paine school ("Too little weathering is always, prefferably, too much")
I would be inclined to say hit the tires & stop there. However, I can see the wisdom in combining suggestions in several of the above posts for a very light enhancement of your otherwise gorgeous finish. A touch of rust & paint chipping around the frame and 'contact areas' would take the model out of the museum and into the field. Add to that some very suble dark recess washes and slight highlighting on hinges, handles etc., and I believe you will have a "trompe l'oile" masterpiece.
Just my .02 USD...

Thanks so much all! These are the type of replies I was looking for! Great Help!

I think the truck itself looks good. Some brown and light grey tones need to be added to the tires and wheels. Otherwise, I'd give the DB'ing a rest. It already looks faded and blotchy, and it has a feeling of depth. I wouldn't go further.