I was just curious? As you no doubt can tell I am very new to modeling, Does anyone know a site the gives good weathering tecniques? The work some of you guys do on this forum is simply amazing, keep up the good work!

hi hi,

some tips from other forums for your reference!

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/001-100/TnT087_Drybrushing_Bamford/TnT087vsm.htm


Cheers!

I think I might have a site for you

www.armorama.com :-) :-)

seriously though, we have a lot of good tips here, go to the "General Modeling" forum and look there, theres TONS of info. Read up, if you have questions, ask!

-Shain

I learnt alot from reading this article:

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Apart from armorama, IPMS Stockholm.org is a fantastic site.

hey sorry this is late dry brushing is exactly what it sounds liek. you need a big brush paint oviouslt something to wipe the brush on and the model. ok take some paint on you brush get as much axcess paint back into the pot them wipe som off the brush onto the rag once this is done you should be albe to go over detail and rais it to make it stand out more. ill pm you now i would like to know more from you.

i am fairly new aswell.
Graeme

I found my dry brushing was alot better when I was using Model Master enamels rather than the tamiya paints I prefer. Anyone else noticed this? I can only assume its got to do with the drying time being slower. If that is the case are there any easy ways to retard the drying time of acrylics? Or am I am way off base on why it doesn't seem to work as well?

It's exactly that, drying time. I once tried a few tamiya paints. They're almost unsuitable for brush painting. They dry way too quickly. They can be brushed on for a primer etc, anything more complex is pretty much out of question. Drybrushing for example. When you get the right amount of paint on the brush, it's already too dry. Non-alcohol based acrylics, like citadell and vallejo work much better for drybrushing. But enamels are the best paint for drybrushing, IMO. Their slow drying time makes it easier to experiment and try different techniques.