Here's some pics of my Tamiya Wespe in work I used Testors acrylic dark yellow and Vallejo 50/50 mix of red leather and brown leather It's my first time uploading pics here If it doesn't work,please go to http://photos.yahoo.com/m4a376whvss

Chad,

The Wespe's looking good. Is it OOB or have you added some AM things?

Here you go:

Adam--are you going to tone down the mottle pattern?

thanks Adam It's OOB so far Only AM stuff I'm using is some dry transfers for the crosses Not sure if I'll add any vehicle #'s Anyone have any ideas to tone the paint job down? Maybe adding something to the wash

DJ--I think you are confused. This is Chad's model not mine, I just posted his pics since he was having problems doing it.

Chad--To tone down the mottle pattern, I would try using artist pastel chalks. In the past to help blend camo I have used a brown color (can't remember the name burnt sienna, ochre, ?) and rubbed it all over the vehicle and it works wonders. You may want to try this on the underside of the vehicle or on a piece of scrap first.

DJ it's mine Adam was kind enough to post them here for me I would like to tone the paint job down,but I'm not sure how too I usually work in either O.D. or panzer gray So this'll be a challange for me

Chad--Actually, you may want to try 2 different colors. Try yellow ochre if you want to lighten the vehicle up overall and try the darker brown color if you want to darken the vehicle overall.

HTH

That is one neat looking SPG! Here is an idea on how to tone down the camo. Overspray the whole model with very thin layers of a very thinned base color, in this case Dunkelgelb. Just build up the layers until the camo looks faded to your taste. Practice first on a spare piece of plastic to get the technique down to a science, you wouldn't want to ruin the great work you have done so far.

Good job and keep us posted!

Cheers,

CDT Reimund Manneck
U.S. Army ROTC

It may also look a lot more subdued If or after he uses a light tan or very light color to drybrush the details.

Looking good so far, are you going to do a shadow wash ? Then drybrush?

Selrach,I'm gonna do the wash first using a water based artist paint Raw umber is the one I think I'll use

Hi Generalzod.
I think you should take a look at this article by james Blackwell at missing links;

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/german/jbpaint/jbpaint.htm .

This article more or less deals with your topic and is explained clearly and should help.