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I will want to make it look like my soldiers have been marching through a battlefield of ash and sot but im unsure how best to do this? My first thought was simply to use my airbrush to "dust" with black from a distance. And from low angle so it looks like it been stirred up from the ground as theyve been walking.

Before I potentially ruin a model trying this approach, if anyone has any advice or tips to this then ill be happy to hear them!

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I personally wouldn't use black soot on infantry models other than gun barrels imitating soot, on boots and dirty fatigue, use light/dark brown. On vehicle vents- use orange, then black.

The ash and sand dry powder are hard to use to show, I only do it on last steps on tank tracks and backpacks.
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It didnt make me confident in my plans but at least youve probably saved me a lot of hassle!

Ive never used a powder of any sort before, my painting experience is very limited. Would you advice against the whole ash/sot idea or just using black for it?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/747628/9764345.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/747628/9764345.page GMT