nightshiftmodeller

Well, here's the French camouflage

Added 2021-07-22 20:27:14 +0000 UTC

Ma frens, I managed to up my game and finish more work today! All that's left are decals and a final coat of satin varnish. The model will be then ready for oil paints and other kinds of washes 😁

Trying this multi-layered hairspray chipping effect is certainly interesting, but I think it's not really my cup of tea. I feel like brush painting the chips gives you much more control over the result and, surprisingly, would end up in a much sharper looking effect. In other words, I'm not 100% satisfied with the chipping results, but I'll roll with it and see what oil paints and weathering can do on this type of surface.

One observation from my chipping endeavors is the layer thickness. I sprayed the green camouflage in a very thin layer, which resulted in the paint coming off very easily and often in large patches which I then had to overspray and try again. Brown was sprayed much more opaque, to a point where I could barely see the steel chips underneath, and chipped much better (btw, it was mixed from Flat Brown, Flat Yellow and a little bit of Flat Red).

Spraying the sharp camouflage on the turret was very easy. Hairspray allows you to nicely tidy up the soft transitions and make the patches look as if they were brush-painted. The black outlines were painted with Vallejo Dark Grey and the remnants of chipping fluid made it possible to chip with tap water as well.

Again, spraying the entire camouflage without this approach would've been MUCH faster, and that includes hand-painting the two-layer chipping with sponges and brushes! But hey, at least I tried it, right? 😁