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Blaze24
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 - 02:14 PM UTC
Well I just finished painting with MM Sand airbrushed over some pre-shadeing and applied a acrylic clear over these hummers. the avenger is left without wheathering for further advice on what i should do to it next.





This one has the clear acrylic with a brown pastel wash applied. Does it look alright?? Or should I apply a filter before I add the pigments dust??





HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:12 PM UTC
They look pretty good. The brown wash on the 4-door looks good. You should do the same w/the Avenger. Alos, you should really do washes and weathering after you apply decals. The rear side reflectors should be red too. All rear reflectors are red, all front refkectors are amber. Good start. Keep us updated.
marsiascout
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:48 PM UTC
It looks good. Try to do the same on your Avenger. Always start with filters and then with pigments. A filter will make the pigments wet again and then you wipe them out. This could ruin your model.

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Blaze24
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:23 AM UTC
Well guys I added some wear and tear to the supply hummer and went in to add the decals and then a wash over them. I did the same wash to the avenger, and this time i added the decals to it before i did it.. Next update is going to be the dust and some rust spots to the supply hummer. Heres a few updated pics.








newfish
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:26 AM UTC
you might wan2 add some pigments to represent sand they did get dousty and clogged with sand

Blaze24
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:56 AM UTC

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Next update is going to be the dust and some rust spots to the supply hummer.


Plus the avenger
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:03 PM UTC
Chris you are really coming on leaps and bounds, keep up the good work.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 04:31 PM UTC

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Next update is going to be the dust and some rust spots to the supply hummer.


Plus the avenger


Don't put very much rust. The whole body is made out of aluminum and doesn't rust. I would just focus on dirtying them up.
redleg12
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 02:16 AM UTC
First, very nice work, coming along nicely.

Next, heed the advice of my "brother", Heavy Arty. There seems to be this great desire in armor to chip and rust everything. Maybe in WWII vehicles. But in modern vehicles no, no, no. There are so many composites, alloys and other metals used, except for tracks, you don't see any rust.

Chips....if these vehicles chipped their sand paint, you would see the NATO green under it.

Rounds Complete!!
Blaze24
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 07:11 AM UTC
ok they are in a sense done , the constructive feedback section.
newfish
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 07:15 AM UTC

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First, very nice work, coming along nicely.

Next, heed the advice of my "brother", Heavy Arty. There seems to be this great desire in armor to chip and rust everything. Maybe in WWII vehicles. But in modern vehicles no, no, no. There are so many composites, alloys and other metals used, except for tracks, you don't see any rust.

Chips....if these vehicles chipped their sand paint, you would see the NATO green under it.

Rounds Complete!!


you still do get the odd bit of rust ive seen modernafv's in service with rust spots

GnrSebs2414
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 09:37 AM UTC
Yes your absoluty right,you will still get rust and chips on modern vehicles.
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