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Armor Weathering Demo Organized by Brad Butkovitch This Demo has concluded and was a great success!! Thanks again to Brad Butkovitch for his talent and patience in teaching we newbies and vets alike.
I am going to run a month long armor weathering demo during the month of March 2008 for those who wish to learn the newest techniques for armor weathering.
What it is: It’s a month long demo going through the process of weathering a military vehicle step by step. Meetings will be once a week for the month of March, but only for those interested in the demo.
What it isn’t: It is not a club contest. While I encourage anyone to build a new model out of the box to use for the demo, it is not required. If you already have a model ready to go that’s fine. Also, if you are not interested in weathering armor models or the demo, the regular bi-weekly meetings will still be there.
Schedule
The Demo is what will be shown and worked on during the meeting. The Homework will also be “demo-ed” during the meeting, but is expected to be worked on and completed during the week between meetings.
March 5th
Demo: Filters
Homework: Washes
March 12th
Demo: Oil fading
Homework: Chipping & Drybrushing
March 19th
Demo: Predusting w/ airbrush
Homework: Dusting & fixing with Turpenoid
March 26th
Demo: Tracks
Materials Needed
Filters (can use mine but may want to get your own for additional coats)
Oil paints: Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Black, Cobalt Blue, White
Pigments (Mig or similar) Most commonly used are Mig Pigments are: European Dust and Light Dust
Tamiya Buff and Tamiya Flat Earth
Airbrush
Turpenoid
A base. You will need a base on which to attach to completed model.
The Model
You will need one completed model with decals fixed, and a clear coat that has dried for at least a week.
If you do not have a model in progress or at the stage where it is ready for weathering, I strongly suggest finding a very, very easy kit to build out-of-the-box. Ideally, the model will have lots of flat vertical and horizontal surfaces. Good examples of easy kits to build would be:
Tamiya, AFV Club, or Academy Stuart Light tanks.
Trumpeter KV tanks
Tamiya M4A3 Shermans
Early war German Pz 2, 3 or 4s. Even 1942 Tiger tanks in Panzer Grey and no zimmerit.
Tanks with zimmerit and camo aren’t good candidates for a beginning demo, especially for learning oil fading and dusting. Also, the best AFV colors to use are those with the darker base coats such as Olive Drab, Panzer Grey, Soviet 4B0 Green.
The only aftermarket item truly needed will be tracks. Vinyl tracks really just won’t work. The individual track links from the kit will work, if the kit offers them. Just have them assembled and ready to put on the tank. Or, get a good set of Fruilmodel, AFV Club, or ModelKasten tracks for the model and have the tracks assembled. They will need to be pre-painted the “dust” color you choose for your tank, but we will be discussing that during the month. However, you should have the aftermarket tracks completed and assembled before March 5th just to be on the safe side.
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