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simulating cloth and leather?
godfather
Joined: June 26, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 01:59 PM UTC
I have once again picked up this hobby having left it in high school. I now have the money and patience to do it justice. I was wondering how people paint/simiulate cloth seats or leather seats. I am building the tamiya Horch 4x4 my first model to experiment with. It has a folded canvas (cloth) top which I would like to make look as realistic as possible any suggestions?
Eagle
Joined: May 22, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 03:01 PM UTC
Welcome Back to the Hobby Padrino. You came to the best site in the business.
You posted a good question over there. I'm wondering about the same thing.
Have a good time over here !
You posted a good question over there. I'm wondering about the same thing.
Have a good time over here !
Maki
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Joined: February 13, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 05:28 PM UTC
Welcome Padrino. Most people use oil colors for stimulating leather; oils have a slight sheen that reproduce the best looking leather I have seen so far. I haven't tried oils so far and use Humbrol enamels instead (I thinks it is Brown Bess). I wash the brown couple of times, each time with a slight darker shade of brown, and finally with straight black. Washing the browns over and over again will give sheen to the color and make it look worn... If you want more sheen add a drop of semi-gloss clear cote to the mix.
Anyone else?
Mario M.
Anyone else?
Mario M.
penpen
Joined: April 11, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 07:58 PM UTC
What's often used for fabric is replacing the plastic part by paper tissue soaked in a mix of
water and white glue. Afterwards, when you paint it, you must be carefull not to soak it
too much or it'll loose it's shape.
water and white glue. Afterwards, when you paint it, you must be carefull not to soak it
too much or it'll loose it's shape.
slodder
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 08:35 PM UTC
Padrino
penpen's got it - to simulate soft skin the 'tissue paper' method is used a lot. Experiment with different papers and 'grains' to get the scale and texture the way you want it.
penpen's got it - to simulate soft skin the 'tissue paper' method is used a lot. Experiment with different papers and 'grains' to get the scale and texture the way you want it.
screamingeagle
Joined: January 08, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 12:54 AM UTC
Welcome back to the hobby & ArmoramA !
What ever color you intend to use you can also
make a nice illusion of cloth & leather, by using
again, the right color, a wash, and the key -
" a good drybrush technique with oil's ".
Drybrushing gives excellent results for simulating
cloth texture & leather to any fabric of uniform, seats. etc
associated with a model.
You have some good advice & a variety of mehtods in this thread
to go by.
GOOD LUCK !
- ralph
What ever color you intend to use you can also
make a nice illusion of cloth & leather, by using
again, the right color, a wash, and the key -
" a good drybrush technique with oil's ".
Drybrushing gives excellent results for simulating
cloth texture & leather to any fabric of uniform, seats. etc
associated with a model.
You have some good advice & a variety of mehtods in this thread
to go by.
GOOD LUCK !
- ralph
Eagle
Joined: May 22, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 04:13 PM UTC
Nice posts. Is there anyone willing and able to throw in some pics that can visualise the methods ?
GeneralFailure
Joined: February 15, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 06:35 PM UTC
Padrino,
to illustrate penpen's suggestion, look into the "scratchbuilding" forum on this site. There's several posts about making tarp, rolled tents, etc... Certainly worthwile. It would look great on a Horsch !
Welcome to Armorama family
Jan
to illustrate penpen's suggestion, look into the "scratchbuilding" forum on this site. There's several posts about making tarp, rolled tents, etc... Certainly worthwile. It would look great on a Horsch !
Welcome to Armorama family
Jan
screamingeagle
Joined: January 08, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 11:09 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Nice posts. Is there anyone willing and able to throw in some pics that can visualise the methods ?
Hi Danny - i wish I could post some pic's of some of the techniques I use,
but unfortunately I have no digital camera or not even a scanner - sorry !
It really suck's, especially when you want to enter an article or model for
a "model forum contest ". Beside I really need a new PC system with up to
date technonogy - MY PC IS ANCIENT & LACKS A GOOD PROCESSOR & MEMORY !
So that's my situation at present.
- ralph
YodaMan
Joined: February 21, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 11:25 PM UTC
Howdy Padrino! Welcome to the best modelbuilding site on the web!
Here's a link to a discussion on Making Tarps: How to Make Tarps Hope this helps you some! :-)
Ralph, check this out: FujiFilm Finepix 2800 This is a very nice camera that I purchased recently. You can see a few pictures from it in the 'NASA Spacecraft Reccomendations" thread.
YodaMan
Here's a link to a discussion on Making Tarps: How to Make Tarps Hope this helps you some! :-)
Ralph, check this out: FujiFilm Finepix 2800 This is a very nice camera that I purchased recently. You can see a few pictures from it in the 'NASA Spacecraft Reccomendations" thread.
YodaMan
210cav
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2002 - 02:01 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Howdy Padrino! Welcome to the best modelbuilding site on the web!
Here's a link to a discussion on Making Tarps: How to Make Tarps Hope this helps you some! :-)
Ralph, check this out: FujiFilm Finepix 2800 This is a very nice camera that I purchased recently. You can see a few pictures from it in the 'NASA Spacecraft Reccomendations" thread.
YodaMan
Yoda--well done as always. Nice sites.
thanks
DJ
screamingeagle
Joined: January 08, 2002
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2002 - 11:25 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Ralph, check this out: FujiFilm Finepix 2800 This is a very nice camera that I purchased recently. You can see a few pictures from it in the 'NASA Spacecraft Reccomendations" thread.
YodaMan
Hey Yoda - Thanks my friend, that really is a super camera.
Unfortuantely, like I said my PC is ancient and I only have a 75MHz Pentium Processor
and 40MB of RAM ( boy am I embarrassed ! ).
If you know of a digital ( not many, I know ) that will hook up to these limited
spec's - I'M ALL EARS ( LOL !!!!!!!!!! ).
THAKS AGAIN YODAMAN !
- ralph
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