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Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf H

Paint & Weathering

The model is painted with Model Master Enamels. The dark yellow is mixed with about 30% white and a little bit of Italian Sand. The panzer green was lightening a little with white and red brown is a mix of Leather and Military Brown, also lightened. After the camouflage I applied a filter of the base color about 90/10 thinner to pint to pull it all together. I made a dirty brown sludge wash with artist acrylics that was thinned with alcohol. This dries really fast after which I took a stiff brush damped with alcohol to wipe away or blend the color. An alcohol swab was used if I needed to remove more then the brush would pick up. In the photo of the top of the turret, the front has been brushed/wiped and the storage bin lid has not. This was followed by a couple more coats of the base color filter. A burnt sienna pin wash was used to pick out the small details.

Tool handles are painted with enamel Wood and after that dries, a thin coat of Tamiya hull red. While that was still tacky I wiped it with a Scotch Brite scouring pad to streak the red to look like wood grain. The jack block was texture to look more like a piece of wood that regularly has 25 tons on it. The mud is real dirt “glued” on with brown paint. I let it sit for a minute or two to adhere then the dirt is tapped with the bristles of a stiff 1” flat brush. This pushes it into the paint to stick better while at the same time removes the loose dirt to let detail show threw. This is done in layers then a fan brush damp with thinner is used to pulled the dirt down and streak it as if wet mud slid down. I got a little carried away on the outside of the shurtzen so some was removed in the photos with the figure. A little dry brushing, some chipping applied with sponge dipped into a mix of black, steel and rust then finished off with a couple of coats of Testor’s Dullcoat.