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Hi,

More or less finished with my latest Chimera. New techniques for this project was stippling, OSL and powders, please let me know if you think it can be improved before I seal it or if you have any other suggestions for upcoming projects. More of this, less of that, that was great, stop doing this, etc.

I was going for an irregular ash-like type of camo and then I brought out the powders, and feth, those things really mess up a tank in a flash if you're not careful. I didn't quite get what they meant when they said 'mix with white spirits' but I used vodka and it worked out pretty well.

Thanks.

Edit: Clarified subject line

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That sure looks heavily used

White spirit is a hydrocarbon based solvent normally used for cleaning brushes. Its somewhat purer than Vodka, but essentially the same stuff

Thanks for the tip.

Personally, I'm leaning slightly towards 'too heavily used' but that might just be because I know there's a camo underneath all the weathering that's almost invisible right now.

As you said maybe a little too used. The guy in the turret looks like he has a brand new jumpsuit. Its like hes a mechanic working on a museum restoration project.

OSL is great. The guy, as Depraved said, is a bit too clean to be riding in that dirty tank. The weathering is pretty awesome but perhaps a touch too much. I would recommend trying to build up more of a gradient. As in more weathering at the bottom of the model and along the treads and then decreasing as you go up.

Right now it looks like it was just in a massive dust storm.

Driver = too clean.
Tank = (in frank west's voice) FANTASTIC!

A Black Ram, couldn't the driver just have popped his head up? So wouldn't be that bad...


Looks really nice though, you could say almost overdone, but i think it looks great

Thanks for taking the time.

There is (was) supposed to be more weathering further down, but I can see how that isn't readily apparent.

I think I'm gonna go over it once more with a dark earth colored powder just along the lower part of the tank. My original plan for the weathering blew away pretty soon after i brought out the powders.

One of the problems I had was that the powder kept being applied in 'streaks' so I had to go back over and dilute/remove. That process contributed to the overall dustiness of the tank. At first I had only planned for a little, along the bottom/tracks. (Real success, there, sport.) I think it was in part because I used a very light powder on a very dark background. Darker powders doesn't seem to 'streak' like that, but I believe the opposite is true for them.

I'll also see if I can get the commander a little love in the form of some dusting. Had forgotten about him. After having painted 150+ models in that uniform it pretty much goes on auto pilot.

Again, thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.