Hello,

Well, I'm trying to make my Marder look like this example, but...something really different came.



These were the steps:
- first gave a coat of German Grey.
- putted some Maskol.
- painted with Dark Yellow.
- Took off the maskol and...scary result.
- tried to make the colors more soft, washing with some yellow and grey paints.

The result was a little better, but had nothing to do with this picture.

Any help would be wonderful. Thank you.

Do you have some pictures of how your own Marder went? Then it´s a lot easier to tell you what you could have done better!
Cheers Andreas

Hello Andreas,

Well...here it is...you better sit down first



Thanks a lot for the help.

First Rui, I have to say that your Marder doesn´t look that bad on the picture! What I think you could change is your way of painting the chipped paint. First paint the yellow, and the paint the chipped paint with a paint brush. Try to make it as irregular as possible, and concentrate on the areas that gets most weared(sp?) as you seemed to already have done.

I saw somone (can´t remember who ) who said that he used a piece of foam rubber to do the first chippings to make it look irregular. Looking at the pictures it went very nice.

I think the most important thing is to have paitence, a very small brush, but most of all patience
Cheers Andreas

Hello Andreas,

Thanks a lot for the tip. Looks to be a nice way of solving the problem

Well, I'll be busy this weekend

Once again, thanks a lot for the time spent on me.

Cheers!

Hello Rodders,

Well, I did use a brush, your idea is really nice too.

But I think that on this example, the artist used the Andreas tip. The contrast is very soft between Dark Yellow and German Grey. ok, ok, I'm a bit ignorant

Thanks a lot for the tip!

Cheers

Rui,

Welcome aboard.

You may also try applying the masking liquid with a scour pad, those you use for washing up dishes. The idea is to produce an uneven, spotty appearance. After a few trials with different application methods, you should be able to find a way to produce better weathering effect.

Donald Chan,

That's also a great idea!

I'll try that one too, eh, eh, it's gonna be a busy weekend.

Thanks a lot for the tip!