Back to Basics - Painting and weathering tracks
This is one of the most debated subjects, for the AFV fans community. Here we see how the guys at Andy's Hobby Headquarters face it.
This is one of the most debated subjects, for the AFV fans community. Here we see how the guys at Andy's Hobby Headquarters face it.
Do you need to reproduce peeling paint and aren't sure how to do? Khaty Millat comes in help with this tutorial.
A video summarizing the different features of the various paint types for brush painting scale models.
Wood is a common element of many dioramas, but often we build it using plastic. Our friend Kathy shows ushow to turn the plastic into wood in a convincing way.
A useful video for cars fans, focused on how to make a template for painting the black edge on the windows
If someone thinks that concrete can be painted just with a layer of gray... well Kathy Millatt will proove him wrong!
Safety shoul be a primary concern, when using the airbrush, over all if using enamels or laquers. Here some tips about face mask and extractor.
Chrome parts can be a pain, in the kits, because we need to strip out the chrome layer to paint them at the best. Here one of the many way to remove it.
Painting the road wheels of the tanks is a pain, we all know it. But with this tool, things can go much faster...
This is a series of the great video-tutorial focusing in all the aspects of painting and weathering WWII Japanese aircrafts.
Quiet often we have to paint uniforms made with leather. But how to paint in a relistic way the leather?
Do you have a die cast model and wanna to repaint it in a more realistic way? First you need to strip the paint.
A small HOW TO video on How easy it is to mimic those Nice Reflective (mirror like) Optics and Periscopes on Model Tanks
Old biplanes (and not just them) have most of the times wooden propellers, and this video shows how to reproduce their Laminated Wood effect.
Painting the rubber black part of the wheels can be a boring job, but using a Circle Template and the airbrush leads to a perfect result.
Color Modulation applied on a Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E Sd.Kfz. 181, AFV-Club 1/48th scale kit.
Comparing the preshading vs Black Basing technique for the average aircraft modeller. Does it take longer to black base, is it easier to just preshade instead and more importantly, what looks more realistic?
This is a great idea! Discover in just 59 seconds how to paint a convincing mottling with no airbrush!
A great video tutorial, summarizing all the most useful tips to smoothly paint with your airbrush.
Some black is not enough to paint convincing wheels... Here the foundations to paint and weather convincing wheels and tracks.
Yea, i know... painting very fine lines can be hard. But there are some tricks to do it easier!
Very well done video-tutorial, presenting in 14 minutes all the steps to detail and paint a pro-looking cockpit (no aftermarkets here!)
Color Modulation is getting more and more popular, not only for the normal camo, but also to reproduce the tank before the painted camo.
Panzer Putty apperead some years ago, and it is a specific product to make "saussages" for masking models for panting, but with some peculiar properties.
Carlos Mendes presents his way to work the Color Modulation on the gray color of the panzers.
They guys of Scale War Machines give us some very useful suggestions about how to keep in good shape our expensive sables brushes.
Winter washes (or winter camo) as well as the the weathering for the winter time, requires a specific approach. Carlos Costa and José Moral show us their way.
A very useful tutorial about painting and weathering tanks tracks with only a light weathering effect.
Wanna make your own mask for the USN WWII marks? Here a easy application: type your text, choose the size, and print it...
Pre-shading is the way to highlight the panel lines and have a realistic model, so can be useful to summarize this method with an experienced modeller.
There are tons and tons of video-tutorials about scale models, dispersed on the Net. But only a few are truly worth to watch. We select the best and only the best video-tutorials: building, detailing, painting, weathering, dioramas and more. We just finished to tag all the videos in our archives, and the first results is here: a selection of tutorials about the weathering in scale models: all what you need to know to give to your models the perfect dirty or dusty or rusty look! |