I am trying to get a nice dusty look on the upper hull of my stryker. essentially I have given it a wash of light tan artist oils. I am going to give the lower hull an overspray of dust, so I havent done any of the wash there.
from some angles it looks really convincing from others it looks really over done.
let me know what you guys think

ok I sprayed the dust on the undersides, so it blends in a little better now.

I am trying to get this look


Yes i know its a lavIII but this one is a test build before i tackle my lav.
and if anyone can give some ideas of how to paint the tires that would be most welcome.







I find this really annoying .I took several shots in my super high tech photo tent with all these really cool looking lights a tripod and a remote for my camera. all the shots needed some fixing, and the colour looks a little yellow. then i sit it no my desk under the same type of lamp, handheld and the picture looks better.




opinions good or bad are welcome.

Just my 2cents. The dust on the upper hull looks painted on. The lower hull is great. Apply some of the dust pigment to the tires. I would suggest using an airbrush for this, if you can.

Hello Dylan,

in my opinion the result is already very nice. If you want to archive an even more realistic result you should intensify the dust on the of the upper hull a bit (the operative words are A BIT) because dust logically collects more on horizontal surfaces than on the sides.

thats what i love about the interwebs instant feedback. thanks guys.
I gave the upper hull a light spray of dust and that seems to have toned down the look of the wash.



now on to the tires
the problem with weathering tires is that the real thing is flexible. and the way dirt sticks to them varies infinately with the weather ,and the type of ground it is used on. so I have decided to just spray em with a little bit of dust and move on with my life

A bit of dry-brushing on the tyres will pick out the thread and raised bits on the side better....

Rest of it looks great

Looks good....

Now your Stryker looks like what i was talking about . Don't worry about the wash. It's normal that it get's toned down by dust weathering. Next time just apply a darker, more intense wash for more contrast after the weathering.

On your latest pictures the wash and the contrast are still visible. So you shouldn't try to correct anything. Too much contrast on dusty surfaces looks just unrealistic and toy-like.


So much for the vehicle itself. Let's take a look at the tyres. The dusty look comes very close to the example picture shown by you but what they could use is a SLIGHTLY wash 'cause it's hard to spot details like the Micheling lettering and the structure of the sides.


Please understand it as my opinion and not as hard critics. Your result is really nice so far. I wish i would archive such nice, dusty looks on my models. With pigments i always get the look of small, dried out puddles. It just doesn't look realistic and evenly. Guess i have to do some more practice...

well I'm gonna stick a fork in this one and call it done. I could hang a bunch of stowage on the sides and add a few figures, but this was a practise build for my LAV 3.
Bernd, I gave the tires a slight drybrush but you cant even tell in the photos. next time I will drybrush before I dust em up.
hope you all like it

Well done mate...I like it very much....

Hi have you triide the Mig Pigments he
Painted Wheels with dust light dust PO27
and the end result was verry life like
hope this helps,
yourscyril

nice work dude!!pretty cool