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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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ambush camo painting tips?
sk0l
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: May 16, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 11:35 AM UTC
Anyone have any techique tips on how to achieve ambush camo on say, a panther g late? I know what colors to use and what it looks like, but I not sure how exactly to make it look good. I just bought an airbrush, and while learning and doing testing i think I need a finer tip to do it with, but .. should I use some kind of stencil with the airbrush, or without? or brush it on?

heh.. thanks.
blaster76
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Joined: September 15, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 11:46 AM UTC
Airbrush your main three part cammo on. Get an old brush somewhere near a ZERO and cut off bristles near mounted part leaving just a small stubble. Use this to dab in your speckles. Remember, a little bit goes a long way. Yellow looks good on the green and brown and put some brown and green on the yellow. Of course if you are real good and have a top notch fine tip airbrush... use it.
SS-74
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Joined: May 13, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:03 PM UTC
I airbrush ambush patterns on, I have a Gunze Sangyo 0.2 mm airbrush, and I can control airflow really well with that baby.
hworth18
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Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:04 PM UTC
The first couple of times I tried the 3-toned German scheme, I actually took a pencil and lightly drew the camo pattern on the model before I painted the pattern.. After you get used to using the airbrush, you can do the patterns freehand.. If you want a "hard-edge" camo pattern, you might use a homemade stencil or silly putty works well also.
Hope this helps..
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