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I'm a bit of an amateur at this myself, but as it happens, my 2nd batch is progressing quite well ... ... a hasty prime with grey plastic primer & a quick spray (Humbrol light olive) later: "Dry Brushing" is a bit of a misnomer - the brush shouldn't be entirely dry otherwise no paint will get laid down ... a little Metallic Grey on edges that could have got scraped, if this was a real box, and made out of metal ... ... and a bit of Humbrol "rust" ... A "wash" is simply thinned down paint, brushed on -not only do you get a general layer of "dirt", but surface tension makes the thinned paint form a meniscus at details, so as it dries, more paint gets left there... This is something like 4 drops of NATO green, 2 of Matt black, and 4ml of water, mixed on the plastic lid of a takeaway tray ... ... slapped on ... ... and dabbed off on the larger flat expanses ... ... after drying ... I felt this wasn't quite enough ... ... so repeated the process with a 1 part matt black, 4 parts water mix, carefully brushed on with a fine brush just where I wanted it ... ... this was a little too dark, so I tamed it selectively with a 4-1 mix of NATO green... ... crates to follow when I've done them
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Moving on to the crates, first I dy brushed them with a little NATO Brown, varying the amounts on each crate ...
... also dry brushed Medium Grey in the same proportions ... ... a light colour wash with NATO Green (something like 1 part paint to 9 parts water) just wasn't dense enough... ... so I tried a much heavier wash - 2 parts paint to 3 parts water ... |
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Jonny,
These tutorials are coming on nicely Not to mention the boxes and crates. They look brilliant now, well done! -Lars Signature now gets correct formatting if you edit it in your Profile. Use normal BBcode if you want.
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Jonny,
Great work there keep them coming GING |
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I have another 3 cooler boxes 1/3rd - 1/2 done, but I can't find the motivation to finish them
I did manage to get some interest in another scale "box" that I'd been meaning to do for some time - the toolchests I got around 3 years ago when I got sick of juggling 6 or more toolboxes... They're too buried in junk for me to take a photo of, so I lifted these straight from the Halfords site ... curiously enough, they're on offer now at the same price I paid ... Started off with open boxes of 3mm styrene & lots of filler ... these will be competely non-functional, maybe I'll do a mk.2 with the lid & a couple of drawers open... Bits for the drawer fronts for the smaller chest - 1.5mm square for the handles, 1mm sheet for the drawer fronts, more 3mm sheet to support: |
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Jonny,
Loving the work, You could try the mini-skate board (Tech-Deck) wheels, about the right size i think? BR GING
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Thanks ... but TBH I was thinking more on the lines of buttons |
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Jonny,
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