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Not sure if this is the right forum but I have searched on the site and not found any tips on painting mud on black tanks and large surfaces. I have some black templar tanks that have a few imperfections I would like to hide with mud I was thinking scorched earth to chaos black 50/50 but im not sure how to highlight that. Also for the white parts anything work better than dark grey, lighter grey, then a few watered down layers of white? Annoying to paint.

A grey undercoat works best to get white on black primer. Or prime white and darken the rest of the model.

For mud on black, just do it like any other mud. Start with a tan/medium brown, put it on a worn tank brush, wipe the brush until there is almost no paint coming off, then dab the lower portions of the vehicle, especialy around wheels. Subsequent layers will look like heavier dirt. You can make it look more dusty by doing some layers of khaki, especially around/on wheels and treads. Wash with a dark brown in receses to keep some depth.

dont post requests in the tutorials forum. moving now.

If you want mud to look like it has been drying on the tank for a while, start light and work towards darker browns (as the mud would tend to dry from the ouside of a splatter in towards the middle).

You can also add texture using grit, fine sand, sand, and coarse sand (in order of fine-ness) to make it look more interesting.

Mud is mud. There are different ways to achieve a mud effect on models - drybrushing, pigments, paint and grit goop, etc. - but it's the same deal, regardless of the underlying color (ignoring the different types of mud, which, of course, vary somewhat in their ingredients). Tutorials abound, once you stop looking for something unnecessarily specific.

As for the white, sadly, you're in for the long haul. Honestly, for BT you really will save the most time by priming black, so get used to building up your white in layers.

I'd recommend picking up a pot of Astronomicon Gray if you don't have one. Working up through shades of gray to your final white color works, but Astro. Gray is a very light gray as well as a foundation paint, which will help you get a light and neutral base for your white in less time. Personally, I go right from black spray to Astro. before starting my coats of Skull White. Properly thinned (i.e. as thick as will go on smoothly), it only takes a few coats. I'm usually good to go after only 2 or 3. I use it to basecoat for all of my light, don't-cover-for-crap colors - white, bone, etc.

Once you lay down some basic drybrushing, a layer of weathering powders will help blend everythign together nicely.