Just a quick one to say thanks to Armorama and all members.

I am in the process of building my first diorama and have read through a huge number of posts and articles absorbing as much as I can (I can now do a decent looking wash). I had almost given up with modelling, but now have a renewed interest.

So, my question is this: I am making a Panzer IV Ausf. D on a basic road. I have painted the road and tank grey, weathered the tank as best as I can and have applied a nice wash to the road but where do I go now?

Do I give the tank a light overspray of dark yellow to bind the colours/weathering and then add a light spray of buff for rubble dust ?

OR

Do I ignore the yellow, and go for a wash of red brown and then the rubble dust!?

Any help will be appreciated, I might get a pic or two on here to show what I have done.

Thanks for your help
Chris

Ciao cbuk,
I don't mean to not answer your question, but I think that you are at the point that we have all reached, and it's called "trial and error" or "experimentation." I think that you should go with the second option (modified.) Highlight the yellow, then do the red wash on the running gear, and then give it a general dust.
Ciao for now
Rob

Ciao Rob, I'm here and online from work. I re-upped onto the site. Gino (Alnav101)

Absolutely correct, you can go either way.
The idea now is to unify all the components with even weathering - if its yellow or red or yellow then red.

The color is a bit dictated by the ground work, if it's a gray dirt, then the overall tone should be a bit more gray, if its a red dirt then go toward reds (dark browns), and if it's desert (yellow) go yellow.

One word of advice - go light, you can always add more, it's tough to take away paint. You can always add darker or alternate colors as you go through multiple layers