This has probably been posted before, I want to mildly muddy my 1/35 King Tiger. I have a bottle of Polly S mud paint, but I know there must be more than that, Any direction or links would help me.

In one of the Osprey modeling books, on the 251, there is a "recipe" for mud. Mix up Tamiya putty and liquid cement in a container and add a suitable mud colored paint. In another container he had some Verlinden static grass. Dip a brush in the mud, then the grass and apply with a stipling motion to the model. Looked realistic once dry.

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Johnny,
I use a product called= "Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Filler" It's a water soluble wood filler, I use the walnut color.
I put some in an old cleaned out paint bottle, and I add a drop or two of white glue to help with the stickem's, and a little sand, gravel, static grass etc. and apply this with either old paint brushes, or an artist pallet knife. After it dries, the nice part is it does not shrink, you can put on a wash, do some dry brushing, etc, and either flat coat for a build up of dried mud/dirt buildup, or gloss coat for a wet mud/dirt buildup look. (if it is too thick for your liking, or for what you are using it for, a drop or two of water will thin it out. Pretty cheap to buy, and easy to use, and easy soap and water clean up.

Hers a link to an article I wrote on my KT - detailed mud technique - if you like it its yours

http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/articlepub/ktarticlebb/article.html

Great info!, This is why I like armorama. You can always get the info you need in a timely manner, with many optional methods posted..Thanks

More on Mud here: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/27618&page=1

On one of the models I just finished, I mixed some of the Polly S Mud colored paint with baking soda and brushed that on the model. It seemed to have a realistic texture and looked good when it dried.

I'm not sure if anybody already mentioned it in the links, but one of the best mud formula is the real thing...Mud + PVA and brush. After its dry you can color it too.

Cheers

Wow guys, there is some nice looking mud here. I'll have to try some of these techniques. Cheers Kevin

I alsosearched, here is IPMS stockholm link to subject

[link]http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2001/05/stuff_eng_tech_dirt.htm[/link]

I had problems with banking soda on some of my models. I used it to do rust texture mixed with rust enamal paint and a couple years later it started to leach out and generally was pretty ugly.