5.5 ) Painting Technique
Insightful paint job can compensate for models lacking extensive surface details by projecting real-world environmental and historical conditions.
Hard Edge Sample : 1.35th German Hetzer tank destroyer painted by brush, created sharp forest green - dark brown - medium tan paint boundaries.
Soft Edge Sample : 1.35th German Jadgpanzer IV tank destroyer painted by airbrush, created soft blurred red brown - forest green paint boundaries.
Hazed Effect Sample : 1.48th US Navy F4U Corsair fighter, black streaks created by rubbing black chalk powder from a cotton cloth on its surfaces.
Line Tracing Sample : 1.48th Messerschmidt Me-163 rocket fighter, crevices traced by mechanical pencil and ink markers.
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Multi-color pastel chalks used for variety of weathering conditions.
Sample chalk usage being brushed onto model plane panels.
Mechanical pencils used for model surface details, including panel lines, protruding objects, crevices.
Sample pencil usage onto sci-fi model.
Ink liners with various nozzle sizes can also be used for model surface details.
Sample ink liner usage on model jet.
Sample soft-edge technique with camouflage moth effect on model tanks.
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