KV-1 from Trumpeter, built straight out of the box. This is my first tank in a white wash ever, hope it dosn't look too bad! My plan is to add one or several german soldiers standing on the tank.



I started by painting the model black and then adding several layers of green to get a nice pre-shade effect. I did not post shade it since I was going to do a white wash.


The worn white wash effect was acieved by scrubbing the semi dy white paint with several different brushes. Next upp is a coat of clear varnish and then move on to washes. The pictures are kinda crappy since I don't have anywhere good to take pictures.

Your off to a good start, a nice worn white wash. Looking foward to seeing more of your KV. Keep us updated.

Rob

Henrik,

So far so good my freind.
Could use one more lite coat of white, try and soften the green out of it. It may be the lighting in the photos that is throwing me off.
White wash camo is very tricky, one of the most difficult effects to try and pull off in my opinion.
Your on the way to a very good paint job.

Now that I'm looking at the pictures I think I might start over actually. More pictures tomorrow!

Don't do it!!!! You'll hate yourself in the morning!!!!

Henrik I don't know what painting method you used exactly but it would replicate mildew perfectly, I know you have added some text ref the method used but I don't think it covers it well enough for someone else to copy. Take another look at your pics and think about wood and vehicles that have been sat for years in damp conditions. excellent work.

Wow Henrik that KV looks fantastic i've got most of the Trumpeter kits myself ,although i've only managed to build two of them up so far that they're ready for the painting stage but i doubt mine will look as good as yours i'm somewhat of a learner with regards to my painting but maybe i can learn a few things from the guys here

Hello again Armorama!
Since I decided to strip the paint and start all over I will show all steps of the painting. Here it is in a base coat of black.




This last picture is just to show how I go about when I start painting the green color (Humbrol 117). I start by just painting the center of the of each pannel, kind of a pre-shading. I think this give some life to the green color, which otherwise can seem kinda boring.


Hope you like it so far, please comment, say hello or anything!

I think tou was on to a winner before you stripped her, but its your model. Hope it works out. Sometimes its better bto develope the model more before you turn back. hope you don't take this wrong LOL Geraint

henrik that KV's coming on nicely, i'm currently building the big turret version by trumpeter, the forerunner to the KV-2. keep up the good work.

I agree with Geraint the paint job looked ok before you stripped it but likewise it's your kit so you got do to it what you feel works best for you keep up the good work post more pics soon we gotta see the finished product

So, here I am again. Alot have happened since last time. The tank is now in the weathering stage and I think it looks good so far. I forgot to take some pictres when I was painting the white wash, but the effect was acieved by painting on the white paint with a brush (not an air brush like last time) and right after go over the pait with a damp brush, gently rubbing the paint. I wanted a really worn white wash. After that I seald the whole thing with a layer of clear varnish.

I wanted to do something different on the back plate, so I used my artistik license and did a sick sack pattern with the white wash


After the varnish had dryed I started to do some washes with oil. I mixed black and raw umber to get a dirty look. I think it worked fine.


The rust streaks and scrateshes was made with burnt umber.


I wanted to give it a really worn feeling so I did alot of rust. Here are some marks from the torn away fender


A close up of the engine deck.



Next up is a coat of flat varnish and then it's time to get dirty!
I hope you like it so far! Please comment!!

Henrik-- beautiful job! I really like the effect, rust stains are outstanding. What base color green did you apply to her?
thanks
DJ

Thank you so much! I used Humbrol #117.

WOW! This is really good! I am glad that you stripped the paint before, it looks much better now!
AWESOME!
M4A2Sherman

Very good result on your first winter camo attempt! I always like weathered and dirty tanks, especially russian ones.

Keep it coming