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Painting late WW2 German Camo by hand & Brush

chris1

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Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 05:21 PM UTC

Hi Guys
Yesterday I purchased Dragons 1/72 German Panzer Crew "Achtung-Jabo" + Panther G Early Production w/Zimmerit (France 1944)

I'm looking for tips to painting the Panther without owning an airbrush.
An tips,secrets advice greatly accepted.

Cheers

Chris

Arizonakid

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Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 08:05 PM UTC

My suggestion is that in that scale, an airbrush is really not only not needed, but probably not what you want.

I would suggest what I have found to be the best paints for brush painting. And that would be Humbrol paints.

Gary

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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12:32 AM UTC

Thin the paints down and build the colors up in layers. This will give you a nice smooth finish, while avoiding brush marks.

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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12:35 AM UTC

Vallejo Model Color are fantastic for hand brushing

DaGreatQueeg

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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12:44 PM UTC

Hey Chris,

I brush paint all my stuff (some lateish Panthers below). I put on an enamel primer/base coat first, usually rattlecan Tamiya Yellow for German stuff, then everything else is GW acrylics. Have a shifty at my blog and drop me a line if you have any questions .....

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Brent

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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 01:19 PM UTC

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Hey Chris,

I brush paint all my stuff (some lateish Panthers below). I put on an enamel primer/base coat first, usually rattlecan Tamiya Yellow for German stuff, then everything else is GW acrylics. Have a shifty at my blog and drop me a line if you have any questions .....

cheers
Brent

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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 01:36 PM UTC

Nope, but I'm curious about your technique for getting the feathered edges of your camo using a brush.

DaGreatQueeg

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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:59 PM UTC

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Nope, but I'm curious about your technique for getting the feathered edges of your camo using a brush.

Hi,

the camo is stippled on (it's hard on brushes and I have a collection of ones I use just for this). On the first pass the camo colour is cut a little with the base colour then the solid colour neat.

Once all the camo is on it gets blended by a light drybrushing. The pin washes and weathering then ties everything together.

cheers
Brent