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Chipping overload
🕑 Added 2021-10-07 07:40:59 +0000 UTCMy friends, it wasn't a day, but two days ain't bad either, right?
Light chips were all applied with a sponge. I tried this approach on the BMR, Pz II, and T29 and it works well enough. It's not as pretty as brush-painted chips, but this year has proven to me that steel chipping will tidy it up nicely. This color was mixed from AK 3rd gen Dark Yellow and a few drops of Pale Sand. I used a brush for some of the hard-to-reach parts and due to my laziness, I used only pale sand for those. It doesn't show in the result though :)
Steel chips are 5 drops of Dark Rust (panzer aces) and 3x Flat Brown (Vallejo). This was the slowest part of the process, but there's no fast way around it. Some light chipping on the oxide primer parts was done with Beige Red, but this was done as I moved along with the steel chips.
So now we have the most time-consuming techniques out of the way and the rest should be smooth sailing, right? :) I'll most likely proceed with the exposed steel surfaces where the tool holders were removed and then add a pin wash and rust tones. But first, there's a lot of chipping footage, so it's time to chop, chop, chop!
Comments
Night Shift
It takes patience and a lot of back pain! 😁
Night Shift
I usually don't use historical photos for these purposes, just on a few special occasions. But with chipping, I always go with what feels "right" to me. So the historical accuracy and realisticness goes out the window pretty quickly 😁
Bill KW
That's a LOT of chips. You must be a seriously patient dude. Anyway, it looks great ... as always. It really is a treat watching these go from plastic kits to art work.
Do you find using black and white photos for reference a recipy for over weathering....as when finally you see colour footage of allied armour it does't seem so knackered looking....Or is it me? Anyway the chipping looks superb....my partner would comment "it looks all dirty" of course and want to clean it.
