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Subject:

[Chapter 16] Weathering - The Wash

Date:

Feb 26, 2006

From:

James Wechsler

Weathering – The Wash

The photos of the Pakistani Shermans in action show them to be rather well weathered. Most of the weathering seems to be dirt and dust accumulation but there also seems to be notable fading and streaking. The Indo-Pakistani border area is a desert and mountainous area so the conditions tend to really wear on vehicles. Also, this model represents a Sherman in use around 1965 so the tank itself was over 20 years old.

I started the weathering process by giving the whole model a wash with raw umber oil paint. I’m not sure if by today’s terminology this would be called a wash or a filter. By covering the whole model, I get both the paint change effect of a filter and the wash effect of accumulation in the corners and edges. I usually will put the wash on and then remove some of it with a clean paint brush. By doing this over a flat finish (versus a gloss finish) the base paint colors will change too. The change to the paint is usually uneven which is the desired effect to match the fading and wearing encountered in the real world.

When that was dry, I went back and added some streaking and local fading by putting small dots of oil paint directly on the model. I use white, yellow ocre, raw umber, and tan. Then I dipped my brush in oil thinner (much weaker than paint thinner) and mixed the paint dots. For the streaks I went vertically from top to bottom and for the flat surfaces I used a circular motion. After drying, I did a little bit of specific local washing. This included streaks off some of the handles and mounts, and some fuel streaks where the gas caps are located.

With the washing done, I did a very limited amount of paint chipping using Burnt Umber enamels. I kept this to only the areas most likely to be affected such as around the hatches and parts of the tank where people might walk or place things. It’s almost impossible to see in the photos.

Finally, I did a slight amount of dry brushing with flat black. This was done in areas where rubbing would occur and the paint gets dirt embedded into it. A word of caution, when using a strong color like black, subtly is essential.

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