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Left for Dead M41

At this stage, I apply a wash made with "Streaking Grime' thinned with enamel thinner to all of the recessed areas and panel lines. The next step shows dirt and grime streaks applied with "Streaking Grime" and "Winter Streaking Grime" from A.K. Interactive. Using a brush and clean thinner, the streaks are pulled downward moving from one side to the other, one pass at a time and cleaning the brush before the next pass. This can be repeated until you have a variety of light and intense streaks. A film of dust was applied to the horizontal surfaces using "Dust Effects" as well as rain marks. The rain marks are applied from the bottom of the vehicle’s vertical surfaces towards the top of the vehicle. This step serves to weather the vehicle as well as create a "Filter" for the underlying colors, changing the O.D. Green tones subtly.

An important step on this project was to come back to the underlying rust area and enhance it with enamels and pigments. Rust streaks on the vertical areas have been created with “Streaking Rust” from A.K. Interactive. The streaks are applied with a fine brush, left set up for a few minutes, and then pulled downward with a chisel brush and clean enamel thinner. It is important that the brush be blotted on a towel leaving the brush humid and not soaked with thinner. Using the edge of the brush, the streaks are refined.

Pooled areas of rust on the horizontal areas have been created with “Vietnam Earth”, “Light Rust”, and “Track Brown” pigments from the MIG Productions range. These effects are used to bring the rust tones to life and add more variety and texture to the previous rust tones created with the “Hairspray Technique”. The images show the gun barrel receiving the pigments being applied and fixed in place with small drops of “Pigment Fixer” from MIG Productions.

The final step was to create a little more variety with bright and dark rust spots. Tiny dots of color were applied using a fine brush and the same Tamiya rust colors used in the previous steps. Since the previous application has been altered by the weathering process, we can use these colors again to bring even more life to the rusted areas.