Painting Armor Request

[Count Dragula]

Anybody here have any tips on how the armor guys do at least two streaky colors on their tanks,etc?

I need some pointers to eventually build the Swine Hunt and Rommels Rod!

if anyone has a tutorial can you please share it in this thread?

I am an auto model builder. I’ve never built any planes,tanks,or ships. I have admired them on the contest tables,and always wondered how the local IPMS guys did such “crafty” work!

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Todd

[modelcarfan]

There are many styles of painting armor on tanks, and other military vehicles... we model builder have our preference and styles on how it is painted.

You are not alone, I was looking at swine hunt and wanted to find the right style and paint and work with.. and I took a look on you tube

to find how to paint and style up a tank... It came in many types and styles so I cant pick one to fit with a kit I work on unless I take a look

and see what suits well..

So I pulled up in how to on you tube and came out quite many list to look at.. Hope this helps.


www.youtube.com/results?search_query=paint+armor+on+tanks

[donculley]

I built armor and fighter planes kits as a kid , I remember one way was to cut out odd shapes out of cardstock , place the shape over the kit and spray with an airbrush ,turning it in different ways to get different shaped "blotches" . That will give the Fuzzy camo lines . I never had an airbrush so I never got to try it. The Swine Hunt is pretty small too so any marking will be small, but it may be something to try on a junk kit....That's why I painted my Swine Hunt in Afrika Korps Mustard tan ! LOL

[Count Dragula]

Thanks for the tips,guys!!!
I appreciate it!
Todd

[tonyw]

A late reply, but I've only just arrived here,

I built a Rommels Rod kit earlier in the year and the paintjob came out OK. I used flat enamels on it for a base coat. Light/medium tan overall for the vehicle, an army green scrubbed into patches using a nearly dry brush followed by dry brushing an even lighter tan in vertical stroles. The drybrushing tones down the finish and gives a worn effect. Details were brought out by using a thin, diluted and darker version of each colour touched onto bolt heads and track links to flow a bit of shadow into the parts. Gunmetal paint also gets scrubbed over details using a nearly dry brush as well.
I repeat things as often as needed until I'm happy with the result. There's no set method here, just try out different versions of the above until things please the eye.
The seats were done by painting them the same tan as the body, then adding a bit of artists oil paint over that, a raw sienna in this case. A very thin coat of oil paint is all that's needed as you then use a clean dry brush to remove most of it. The result should be a leather looking surface.

Here's Rommel and his driver...