This area of the Techniques Bank, Model Weathering and Finishing Techniques, will help you to add character, realism and artistic influence to your painted model. The result will be less like a replica toy and more of a scale representation of the original subject which incorporates artistic features to make it visually compelling. Additionally, the presentational aspects of your finished model will be addressed looking at the design and construction of decorative bases and dioramas.
A Beginners Tutorial – How to Build a 1:35 AFV Kit: Tamiya 1:35 Steyr 1500
- Part 1 Construction – 1 Full Length HD Video Demo Tamiya 1:35 Steyr 1500
- Part 2 Painting, Decals – 1 Full Length HD Video Demo Tamiya 1:35 Steyr 1500
- Part 3 Weathering – 1 Full Length HD Video Demo Tamiya 1:35 Steyr 1500
Applying decals
- Applying decals
- Applying decals with Klear/Future for a painted-on look – 5 HD Video Demos
- Eliminating paint ridges left from masking – HD Video Demo
- ‘Silvering’ getting rid of it
- Why a gloss finish? Materials you’ll need
Chips and scratches
- Adding chips and scratches to your AFVs
- Japanese WWII aircraft paint chipping
- Paint chips and scuffs on aircraft – HD Video Demo
- Armour paint chipping – sponge HD Video Demo
- Armour paint chipping – brush HD Video Demo
- Speckling technique for bombs, shells and stores
- Sponge chipping
- Use Marmite of course! Love it or hate it, it works!
- Winter white wash paint chipping 5 (yes 5!) HD Video Demos
Dirt, Grime and Streaking effects
- Dirt, Grime and Streaking effects 3 HD Video Demos!!
Display bases
- How to make a simple Diorama Base : Normandy 1944 Video Demo
- Flockit Static Grass Applicator – how to use it! 3 HD Video Demos!!
- How to create an aircraft display base in 30 minutes! 12 HD Video Demos!!
- Armour multi-purpose base
- Creating a heavy seas seascape
- Creating a maritime diorama around the Tamiya 1:48 Swordfish Mk.I
- Frosty covered ground for tanks
- Groundwork and seascape tips by Mike Moore
- Leaf Maker Punch Tools for Dioramas and Bases
- Modern jet aircraft base
- Mounting a Leopard on a realistic base
- Ready made options – Coastal Kits bases
- Seascape for waterline ships
Dust and mud
- Adding mud to your AFVs
- Dust and streaking with pigments – how to by Mig Jimenez – HD Video Demo
- Splash dry mud – by Mig Jimenez – HD Video Demo
- Splash wet mud – by Mig Jimenez – HD Video Demo
- Winter camouflage effect – by Mig Jimenez – HD Video Demo
- Weathering oil drums – 9 HD Video Demos!
- Weathering wheels and tyres
- Removing mould seam lines on rubber-vinyl tyres – HD Video Demo
- Finishing off rubber-vinyl tyres – HD Video Demo
Filters and washes
- Applying an oil wash over flat acrylic paint – HD Video Demo
- Armour Filters – HD Video Demo
- Armour Wash – 2 HD Video Demos!
- Filters for washes
- Filters for aircraft
- Panel Line Washing With Lighter Colours
- Panel line washes with AMMO PLWs – 2 HD Video Demos!
- Weathering washes, an introduction
Photography
Weathering aircraft
- SPECIAL: Shuichi Hayashi – stunning examples of weathering – 4 Gallery Videos
- Applying metal pigment with a Rubber Brush – with Mig Jimenez – HD Video DEMO
- Dirt, Grime and Streaking effects 3 HD Video Demos!!
- Dry-brushing – HD Video Demo
- Exhaust stacks (on WW2 aircraft) – 5 HD Video Demos!!
- Extreme weathering on aircraft – salt!
- Finishing off rubber-vinyl tyres – HD Video Demo
- Highlighting panel lines
- How to paint and weather cockpits – 12 HD Video Demos!
- Metallic Effects on Exhaust outlets – HD Video Demo
- Post-shading panel lines with pastels – HD Video Demo
- Removing mould seam lines on rubber-vinyl tyres – HD Video Demo
- Salt Technique for heavy wear and tear
- Undercarriage units
- Weathering wheels and tyres
- Weathering stages on a Luftwaffe WWII subject
Weathering military vehicles
- Applying metal pigment with a Rubber Brush – with Mig Jimenez – HD Video DEMO
- Dirt, Grime and Streaking effects 3 HD Video Demos!!
- KO Sherman rust, burnt effects
- Weathering tracks
- Weathering tracks using Blacken-It – 3 HD Video Demos
- Weathering with hairspray