GazzaS Posted November 17, 2018 Author Posted November 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Lovely work my friend ! Cheers M. Thank you, Martin! Gaz 1
Bomber_County Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 Gaz, looking good, really tempted to break open the Tristar kit...... 3
kahunaminor Posted November 18, 2018 Posted November 18, 2018 19 hours ago, GazzaS said: Thanks Kent, I'm using this to do the Zimmerit: You can find it at Crazy Clarks or other stores of that ilk. It responds well to raking and slicing, but not to pushing like you might try with the tip of a screw driver. It doesn't from a skin, and in this application becomes chippable after 20 minutes. It doesn't bite into the plastic and doesn't from a skin. Gaz Thanks buddy, As luck would have it, Aldi has a big arts and crafts sale this week. I saw a few pots of it down there. Regards, 2
Peterpools Posted November 18, 2018 Posted November 18, 2018 Gaz Some mighty nice progress - completely agree about diving into the unknown for charging up the mojo Keep 'em comin Peter 2
GazzaS Posted November 22, 2018 Author Posted November 22, 2018 Hi everyone, Some work with oils. The oils do a bang-up job of bringing the Zimmerit into 3d. You can see the dot's added for a dot filter. However, the Zimmerit complicated matters. Imagine pouring water down a flight of steps. As the water hits each steps, it spreads sideways before running down to the next step. So, in this small space, the dot's spread to a width of almost 7mm with more paint on the edges than down the middle. I'll try again once the oils have dried a bit. Thanks for looking! Gaz 5
Peterpools Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 Gaz Excellent point and example. I would have never thought of that Keep 'em comin Peter 3
DocRob Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 Before the oil treatment the Zim looked a bit shallow to me, but the oils did their job and now it looks great and uneven in a positive way. Cheers Rob 3
Martinnfb Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 Zimmerit looks spot on, only one question, why do the tracks have different orientation? 2
GazzaS Posted November 23, 2018 Author Posted November 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: Zimmerit looks spot on, only one question, why do the tracks have different orientation? Cuz some dum-dum was so intent on getting everything else perfect that he didn't realize it until all 100+ glue points were set firmly. Gaz 4
GazzaS Posted November 24, 2018 Author Posted November 24, 2018 HI Everyone, Time for another update. Bear in mind that everything I've done since the last update took less than 3 hours... This is immediately after putting a matte coat over everything. Sometimes, this is a great place to stop. With the matte coat on the tracks, you can see the muted earth tones applied with the oils. I use a cheap food container lid as a palette for my dust colors. The blue blob in the center is window cleaner. The color mixing will happen in the center. I mix in small batches to create different shades of pastel mud and dust. A wet, muddy look. I googled to see what my local mud should look like. But what I want is the dry look... The pastels are dry and ready for brushing. I have various brushes for this. Dust is the great obliterator of detail. I can see why a lot of ppl won't use it in favor of having the details show. Choose your poison... What do you see? Dust? Dried mud? It's up to the imagination, really. You can always brush off more, or add more. Finally, the dried mud/dust effect in the tracks. Soon begins the most arduous task: Painting all of the parts which have the paint and dirt worn off during travel with a white-metal paint. Sprocket teeth... guide horns... portions of the exteriors of the tracks where metal is exposed by the scrubbing motion of dirt. Gonna take a lot of work... Thanks for looking! Gaz 3
Grunhertz Posted November 24, 2018 Posted November 24, 2018 Looks great I really do have to have a go with pastels 2
GazzaS Posted November 24, 2018 Author Posted November 24, 2018 Thank you! Pastels open up a lot of weathering options. A note of caution, though: Clear-coating after pastels changes how they look. White effectively disappears after a clearcoat.
Peterpools Posted November 24, 2018 Posted November 24, 2018 Gaz Looking good and favor the pastels as well Keep 'em comin Peter 1
Bomber_County Posted November 24, 2018 Posted November 24, 2018 Gaz, absolutely stupendous........love it........I’m going have to re read the weathering bit, for my next PZ III..... 1
kahunaminor Posted November 24, 2018 Posted November 24, 2018 You have that well in hand Gaz, Great result with the pastels, a medium I have not previously used but now I am considering. Regards,
GazzaS Posted November 24, 2018 Author Posted November 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Peterpools said: Gaz Looking good and favor the pastels as well Keep 'em comin Peter Thank you Peter. I've begun using them more on aircraft, too. 3 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Gaz, absolutely stupendous........love it........I’m going have to re read the weathering bit, for my next PZ III..... Thank you, Phil!
GazzaS Posted November 24, 2018 Author Posted November 24, 2018 1 minute ago, kahunaminor said: You have that well in hand Gaz, Great result with the pastels, a medium I have not previously used but now I am considering. Regards, Thank you, Kent! The best thing about pastels is that they often give a random-ness that is hard to create with human hands. I used them a lot on my Me-410 build to add another dimension to the paint. Gaz
GazzaS Posted November 25, 2018 Author Posted November 25, 2018 Time to consider the tracks done: Thanks for looking! Gaz 3
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