The official Airfix Model World magazine is your complete guide to the world of scale modelling, making it essential reading for modellers with all levels of experience. Focusing on model aircraft, Airfix Model World also features ca ships, scifi and space, ‘armour and figures. AVAILABLE FROM: Pe ce) @ iitnes | D App store | > gear er 6.90548 56 Pa ch vi oa 8 fd ital downlod. eo ng etI een ieee ad oe goss cases, were in use only during this last year. The fascination with the ted-oxide primer colored vebicles, or vehicles with parts and components taken from other vehicles r another also aries from this era And Finally the whatf madness that has taken held with so many modelers, making them keen on vehicles that never existed; colossal, unbalanced or just desperate prototypes such asthe Maus, Komet,P-1000, E-100,Natter or the Horten, These are only afew of the fascinating lznacies that convey 0 well the atmo: here of the War's end and have became a source of nspration for modelers who want to imagine a hypothetical end of the conflict. While an imagined outcome might allow us to enjoy our hobby eee with 2 lot more freedom, we shouldn't forget the necessary historical lerents that provide context. Using logical analysis and common sense in important in order to avoid making models bordering Science fiction, ‘models completly devoid of some kind of historical plausibly. Tha’ the reason our collaborators present us with a balanced guide of what was and what could have been, trying to put thei imagination in some cases, but using logic al the time in earch of authenticity. Regarding the subjects, we've ied to show the greatest variety of vehi cles ftom the classic Me109 or Jagdpanzer IV used in 1945, to other alot ‘more exotic and experimental prototypes. But the really important thing is that the content helps you with your ‘models, a sor of painting and weathering guide to make your next pro} ects more attractive and realistic. We ako tried to show different styles and painting techniques, o you could be able to select the ones better adapted to your king or needs Without doubt, this year wil be always present, atleast in the heat ofthe modelers. Welcome to 1945, Rick Lawier Layout Antonio Alonso. ‘THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE by Original idea Article Assistant ‘AMMO of ‘Art director lain Hamilton Mig Jimenez Mig Jimenez Copyright 2015 " Akatsiya Management lead iin = Carlos Cuesta Sling 8 Community mg, , Elizabeth Wiese Pere Valls Cover Barbara A. Antonio Alonso Collaborators ‘Matt MeDougall Oishi Bernard Bassous Jamie Haggo Rubén Torregrosa Juanma Vergara Yang Yu Pei Serglusz Peczek José Luis Lopez Ruiz ISSN 2340-289X March 2015Tm April, 7 pate on O° would be &=* orted vy the Yang Vu Pei ombere C clearing the Seiee ponber Format: cided upon a plan atively simple and A design competition was initiated emergency fighter program Volks- dager, or Peoples Fighter. the paraneter, mere to develop taea’Ble thrust, single-seat Jet fighter. the main strue- em tre was to tse inexpensive parts made from wood and other hon-strategic materials ~ a ind more importantly it could be ‘Sssembled by semi and non-skilled labor, 70 counter this threat, the Lurtwarre de, to develop ana produce large munbers ret, tnexpensive Jet Fighters, > the name given to this 6 / tHe wearnenrnc wacazrve / 1945a‘As ie typicelly the case, the acsembly and painting oF thie model begins with the cockpit. A combination of Tamiya and Vallejo acrylic paints are used to paint the ase and detail colors. che engine was painted gloss black overall and then certain elements were picked-out using & Wariety of sflver colored paints. to nenel ath overall and then T applied striking Grine in full view, T fo ead come sol Gor, wire and small rubber tubinr- since 1 would be 121 of those Little wires and hoses are carefully painted in bright red, yellow and silver colors, To ne, the recult of this extra work is very much mrorth the effort as the engine now looks very busy and "real". next, @ baste Dark Rrown wach is applied overali do bring out the detaile end unify the overall appearance. The wach has the added benefit of pro- viding an overall dirty, griny used appearance. x finiched the engine by applying a lintted anount of Ruct Streaking and Prec Engine fl Rffects to Certain pointe around the engine to help bring out ‘the metallic aspect, but minarul not to overdo st fac this enaine is operational.Keeping in mind the directive to uce "non-strate- Ric" materials, T decided thet 1 would Like to do something special on thie alrerart; that is to rep Tesent the wooden main wing, vertical tall and the Landing gear door, but only the right side of thie He-162. 1 began the wooden sections by fret epray— ing a base of tan colored Tamiya acrylic paints. Over the tan curfaces T brushed a thin layer of Burnt Sienna artist's of1 paint in order to create tenth of color, Next, nearly all of the ofl paint 4s wiped from surfaces using clean tlecue paper, At thie point the model is cet aside unt!l the ofl paint elaze is, fully ary. Once the glaze layer te ary 1 can go about ada- ing the wood grain to the panels. Again, ucing the artist's ofls and a flat brush, the thinned paint 1s Ughtly brushed over the curfaces, Mhen doing this ‘technique you choula elwaye be mindful to etroke ‘the bruch in the came direction for a concistent erain pattern on each individual panel. And here T have the finel reeults you can eee how ‘the panels really do look like they are made from real wood! OF course the undersides of the wings would aleo be constructed fron wooden panel: as well, however, on the undereide 1 want to show the wooden surfacee over-painted with the sirerart's cenoutlage cole ore. 1 begin in the same manner as the upper wing surfaces by applying tan colored acrylic paint, Next T applied a water based mask eol solution onto the underside of the wings using @ sponge and smell stick, The masking solution will be used for the paint peeling erfects that 1 will be doing Later in the process. Thie kind of mack sol te dry fasting and it's very ency to renove,Ej Next 1 apply what will be the firct layer of blue to thetndercide surfaces, this first layer of blue is very Light in tone (with white added to the mix) in order to encure greater color contrast between the subsequent ayers. Once dry, these surfaces receive another limited application of the masking solution. (A the surfaces are then painted in the straight color of OO faint 7é Light Mlue. Once again dote of mesking solution ‘are applied over this layer of colors i > ¥ Finally, I sprayed the top layer of light blue. this final layer being lighter in tone to reprecent highlights. ‘tHE waaTHERMG wacarsne / 1945 The mucking 4s. removed FEE Latine_ onlming ana sottea effect ndereide of the other wing, as eels on ote fetl and vertical etabitigen’ “* "Olt as the to reveal areas of 1 s7plied the green canoutinge colors f ind RLM 6? onto the upper wi; ne ‘uselage in t} orca iignter Sue Tae ee or 5 aking = On the Forward fucelage Ly afrerent chades of clive? peine fo re sent a bare metal fintch, ievais x tye esieer pent 1 en gop veel onee te ay cmchate the AUT of “DrtAer: grey color © Sottern of the panel Lines {ust owing he Peery te antes somerset se ox the coma covtrate nicely eel etallic sheen of the silver. eyntie etrorafte narkings en Pinang, fh iar go eran the fish pete 2 Sookie proce by scent mace aetatle ueing Panel 3619) over the 1 begin he meathering ggnel aanes aS h the Peach GEN) sive Orey (AAT Jigne tue surfaces. Tm a cimflar manner T applied PLW mlue Gray and Black Wight (A.11TG-1612) respectively onto upper sur- fnee RLM 6] and RIM #2 colors. 1 have to say the PLY producte ere very convenient and eacy to use For unking the panel Lines become more distinct as mell as making the camouflage color more harmonious, Highly recommend. Continuing with the came process T use the Black Naht (PLW) color and is used for the panel Lines and eur face detetls in the arear of bare metal eflver. While ctill working in the arese of eflver, 1 used Streaking Grime on certain areas to give the metel an ged or oxidized appearance, ‘THE WEATHERING fe Fs4) Onithie top side of the airplane 1 added small dote of PUN Green Brown onto the surfaces and then pulled the stain backward to indicate the direction OF wind flow. once the stains have set for a few moments ¢ used a clean bruch moictened with thinner to blend end soften the effect. ‘The wheels and tires were sleo treated to the eftects of weathering by first applying a light dusting oF Airfield Dust pigment and then a touch of Dark Bron Wash. Once these effects had dried any excece was vee moved with a clean brush. pmzarmznano wacarmes / 1945 7 tion and weathering neering comp a oh aecentie all of the enairing parte #0 ‘complete the model. tem arops of Preeh Bro cuches include 8 fem arom * 1 ine oul eevocte exound the titer exp and enTT “jane ™ueling techniques The definitive collection of weathering and assembling techniques for aircraft models. 5 Volumes to be released. | More than 700 pages with all of the | necessary information for all levels | of modelers. With photo references and highly detailed step by step instructions, all necessary techniques for assembly and painting any kit are included. More than 3.500 large high quality images in full color, WWI, WWII and jet fighters. Modeling “chniques 168 pages, 32€- Cor = 160 pages, 31 € idee eo A LL)Be tate ane in the German High Connand began to sense that Germany's war fortunes were beginning Eo teke'S turn fox the worse. The allies were in Ttaly, the Ruscian were precsing hard in the cect Han auamuaston upon the French coast seemed only a matter of time. Within the armaments command, Ber respons Programs were initiated in an attenpt regain the advantage - among these beina the new generation of fighting vehicles, the Entwicklung Series - or E Series. sera nes and approvals for the new program were quickly ushered through and by the beginning oF tay Droduction and deployment of E Series weapons began making an inpact on the battlefielda, Highly mobile and armed with the deadly 6.6cm gun, the Waffentrager wrecked havoc amongst onan iy ‘crmored formations. In the east, the Russian advance was stalled in Poland, while in the we Waftentrager hunter groups tore gaping holes in the allied Lines noua BLET began the painting of my model by first preparing the Anterior surfaces using grey priner, and then painting the red primer colors ucing AwIG-S21 and A.UIG-015, ‘The upper hull was secured in place using Tantya tape and the center hole plugged with a sponge in order to prevent overspray from the Dark Yellow priner that T luced to paint the exterior surfaces. T decided to paint the model ucing Color Modulation techniques; adding contrasting highlights and shadows to the curface panels. The characteristic eriep edaes Detmeen colors and along panels were achieved by mask- ing using Tamiya tape. Here are the colors that 1 uced specifically for the “Dolor Modulation (CK) paintwork. The pale yellow color | maz added to the base color to lighten the bace color, “while the shadows were achieved by adding the darker color to the bace green. saonzan / 145 AL T established the overall base color using A.tT¢-004 Recedagrun, a color matched to later war vehicles» The model was airbrushed by applying very thin conts of this paint with just a few drops of A.liTG-2000 thinner added into the mix to ald in the Mo Luckily, smo provides all the paint colore that T will require in thece convenient cetc. For added vioual interect T decided to paint ‘he cannon using the dunkeleeld color of AMTG-O1L highlighted with AamTC-017 and ‘AAmG-020. My story te that the cannon and darrel were to reprecent parts calvaged from another vehicleMy next step was to tint the colors with filters made from dfluted artist's oils. For the green T used 618 Permanent Green, Light and 620 Olive Green from Talens Rembrandt range, 1 thinned the ofle mith an Odorlese thinner. ‘To enrich the red priner tones T used a filter made From 703 Cadmium Red Light from Talens Rembrandt range of artist's ofls. Again, turning to the artict's ofls T created emall chips and scuffs on red primer using this lighter, elnect pink color. 70 create the hardedge camouflage pattern 1 eut narrow stripes from Tamiya tape and then applied thee quick masks onto the model. Irith the macke in place, I then airbruched chipping Pluld over the exposed areas followed by the Light cand color of AANG-O1? Mahtened with AAllTG-O17. Using # ctisf bruch mofstened with water, the Lay- er of Chipping Fluid 4s activated to produce chips scuffs within the canourlage stripe Using 7 aifrerent colors of enamel effects fat the ready, T applied pin washes and overall aches; all. blended using a Tamiya sponge brush fend odorless thinner.T used a variety of articte’ ofl colors from Talens Re brandt range to enrich underlying colore. The colore more applied ac email dote and then blended with bruh moistened with odorleee thinner. \ over the cand colored camo stripes T complete the pro- ‘ores by adding green color to the previously made scratches co as to indicate layers of ernoced paint. Tn fa sinflar manner, superficial scratches are represented fon the green areac ucing a lighter chade of the base green color. In all cases, using a fine tipped brush in Rood condition ts nececcary for bect reculte. In adaition to the cponge technique, another good way | of representing emall chipe and blemichee te by flick “ing enall species of paint onto the eurfacee. Tf, by lent, come of the spots are too big you can always ‘then with a clean druch motetened with thirner. Next step, and one of more important techniques that T like to use in my modeling, 1s the creation of Long scratches. To aid me in the process I apply stripe of tacking tepe horizontally acraee the eurracee and then paint thin lines along the edgee of macking tee. ‘The emallect and moct irregular chine and ccratchee are created by dabbing (using @ sponge) Light amounts of Humbrol matte white tinted with a little green onto ‘the surfaces, Use logic when doing this and only apply to those arene prone to wear and danage. a bac Ite important to renenber that using a variety of col- or tones and products willshelp to achieve depth end ‘vieual interest. Ae you can see here, T uoed quite a wide range of producte when creating the rust end oxidetion on the watfentrager.i ‘The same techniques of sponge and paint flicking ere again used to create rust effects. Ac elways, restraint 1s the key when working these types of efrects. A fine tipped bruch de used to paint dn the defined areas of exposed primer. T used this came Fine brush to create chips, scratch ec on other arene of the vehicles. Darker brown and rey colors give the appearance of exposed metel, while the dark rust colors add a clightly oxidized or rusted tone to the chins. Up to this point all of the chips, ceratchee and scuffs have been applied using acrylic paints. Nom, I turn to ucing artiste! ofle in order to create in- creased depth and extra interect into these arene. ‘The photo chowe an example of the ruet cil colors that T will be ueing and a pile of clean sponges; let'e get started. artiete! ofle are loaded onto the small bite of sponge and then applied ucing a dabbing motion. Tt'e important that the of1 paints remain thick co that only email bits of print are transferred onto the surfaces. As nentioned, these layers of of] paints fare applied over the small chips and scratches pre- Miouly painted using the acrylic colors. iow, very carefully, T blend the ofle uring @ brush and thinner. only a slight amount of thinner ts uuced, Just enough to moisten the area along with « Light touch with the bruch. The idea 4s to elight- Ly Alecolve the paints in order to produce cubtle stains,[As shown here, using a combination of different: chipping techniques and paint types has resulted in fa very convincing sppesrances TF) The dust effects and rainzarks were crested using AnTG-103 Wachable Dust, applied with an aibruch snd then wached cut with various brushes and cot~ ton ewabe. ks compared to using piamente for thi effect, ducting with machable acrylic paint can be ‘a good alternative ar it te effective and eney to control. 7) OF couree, heavier ducting is acompliched using pigments mixed into duct colored enamels from the AUMO range, The addition of the pigments addr cone texture, aiding with the heavy duct appearance. 1F) Finally, the areac of heavier duet are blended ue- ing odorless thinner. This step te important in order to renove any un-natural brush strokes and helps the duct colore flow into the recesses and tune yeacazmne / 1945aavenc- g behind man aerenaers made in their attempt was in ruins: ous; eat x, per ana stages of HTT . on ree ot ie an Pere ar sg we oe Tet Tre co Te et er yond crecknt i navncng Rt Arn TOT tea enone #8 AFTON ane thet they 3s Dapper. unaware “ ther: ome anventi@atee oa Ghar of 18ST or ent of HEIN vers aenth-tTeP Soe faulen comrade gheir espe a German equad cautiously creeps up the U-Bahn station step, pre- paring for the moment when they will strike at the unsuspecting ‘Russians. ‘his diorama will be one in a se ries of dioramas that T plan will be built based on this concent} the nplevated Diorama” concept. T en~ yistoned this concent so as to Rive the diorama and its surrounding more life. The theme behind it js to make it look as if it has ‘een freshly plucked out of the ground and raised up. This concert will alco enhance the artistic approach to presenting a diora- ma end to highlight its different Levelsex Enjoyrom white base of the dorann by cutting tf Meee ised reancutter. 1 then Rive the ? parte together using white lu. ork sheets were glued onto both ends of the £ nde of the foam to Provide a sanding guide and etiffen the structure, I then carved the shape T want into the foam using ‘2 coarse wood file. th thin cork sheet, T cut eset scape stone shapes for the hunareas of gricks for toe building end She tiie tor She eiderwalk deginning wi ‘The curfaces vetween the bricke and cobbles ctones were filled ucing wall ‘THE edaec of the bricks are conded ‘filler. To eid in the eprend of the fi11- {9 eliminate the “cut” appearence er, the cork eurfaces were prepared by covered with the filler I Siret wetting with tap water. Then, a wet sponge to clean the ex- over the dampened surfaces, T epread cess and emoothen the surface, a wall filler ucing a plactic cord making once Siniched, the work should sure that I pet it into ll of nooks and be set acide for at leact 2 crevices. fe to ary well. © were created i thicknesses of the “cork peeks 1 shapes, & Dut T think the renaite a2 taxes cults are cer=the framework an Popsicle sticks, ALL were glved cing With the building well under way I start with the second part of the @torana; the T-ahn en- trance. Again, the basic structire i conetructed from foam board and then textured cing pre-cut cork and enall plastic Atter completing the beste construction of both parte Of the diorana, T prepared the surfaces ting & wash OF highly atiuted pacter, this placterswash will give the howe soue teature and h nice tare to pene spor: Sh tare Canvaces were done wing Tantya > type Putt, tne pacte antorial needed to do urban rubble, FeSiGus ne ete stun elge stones, malt etze stones an are a ety ania the cand eng then aaéing the NSChgrounded, stones and prevent bricks and Zen Sta = ails from the destroyed roof ani Pena, nad oe coat woe m mixture of meite glue anf Saver to piur everything to place: eerena sa esrorsted wee Ho SAE ie or ‘an hour oF two and imhe entire hie time using ale0 He surface aclime fintched Of Sj white techniaues Gfi uring this stone 1 use Auuo "Blue for Pane purgrey" Wach to color different tones of Brey on the cobtie stones, For the sein erree Tues Mig Ammo "Light dust” Brrects, Goa pive 1¢ an equal coverage all over with fhe oricke peinted using "Streaking Rus Befects diluted @ bite ad te painted using AMMO german Dark Yellow” Wash. After the color tea eet for about 10 minutes T use s brush Qeanened with thinner to renove the exces” qemensine form cobble stones. This tech Siaue of eaaition and renovel will help to midwie more depth end color modulation $n the groundwork. {Ej The cobbte stone ros AG tie ease ingore ore creates wine, thin: Trareparent plactic card. I rub wetted cand faper on the plastic card to achieve the Fezned eppearance, and then used a Rod Tike knize to crente the jagged edges OF he broken glace. Last but not least, T add Piement colore overall and secure then in Place using plement fixer. ve / 1945The SU-T exaust ineulattor ~ sn was created ust dread-wrape rolled over the exhaust ‘The 5-76 Ss from xini-Art, the canvas tarpaulin ts from Sirea gas Zé aust pipe and Royal Model and the aluninum barrel from RB. All of the Wed to place using euper gli other details were scratch built or from old PE sets ‘the weld ceame were re-created using Vallejo thin-head putty. (Pithe Panther tank was cout down to the desired size to Tit the scene enter Were fand then detailed ue- ¥ Fath the 0-76 and Pantes Tip ve-chndl ing P3, brass pipes and primed and pre-ah vaeryite aluninun pepe. Kano. viack an primers: The SU-76 was painted using Mig Animo Russian green, allowing the pre-chade of the black’ and white to influence the tones. The rateed details were hand-painted in Lighter colors of green. Fintching included an application of green toned fitere end overall weathering us {ing AMMO enen- el erfecte and _. Pignents Be ther tank was painted in a cinilar manner as that of the SU-76 ueing AMMO acrylie colors for the base and cano colors and then weathered using AIO enamel effects and pigments, ¢ > tone camouflage echene of the Pane non on Totem ina! aaa ee he fe orm ton aCO Rous Peete Se Mts info@tankmodelshop.com LZ Models Resin wheels Coming in March: the producer of 1/35 accurate and highly eet ehantoires 1/35 US Army LeTorneau fe nw8Y detailed models and accessories BE sets for Mirror Models kits CarryAll SP Scraper rocket Visit our online shop at WWW.LZModels.com —Rallway and Military resin models 1/35 D7 Crew Figures B fAlllyounneed|foruroceliing latiyoumhands . available = ~~ maa ree] aU fiictienr Gasciock page am] e0sy iktieoed on exetaling ose ascot eta, oes RRC esol EPL ec IEE Te Con PICA SLCY- LES worldwide for orders >200€ (onty with DHL).uring the final days of April, 1945, Soviet troops had puched to within a few hundred yards of ‘the Reich Chancellery as fierce fighting continues street bY street, building by building fas the last defenders of the Reich make a final stand. the shelling intensifies, the Pihrer’s concrete bunker, once & raven, is becoming increasingly threatened with collapse. Wa- ter seeps through the cracks in the crumbling walls, emergency Lights flicker and fade; chaos and fear are the order of the @ay as the Bunker is quickly de- scending into chaos. It is here that @ devastated and gaunt ‘Adolf Hitler decides to put an end to his turbulent life. eee: : iia Daint this Andrea intatees 3 mm figure portraying s Ur mitten airing he aes a ‘ointilliem, a great te sh Free ee can be used to perce. ‘gy ure ~especially in the 1, ‘a " scales, A1though it can ea Bes es perhaps boring prc = lure, is @ str | = ne imple technique _ = us e sae this article et a really 41 corer? Se ee rae ee how to paint the face, -| 1 pegin painting by giving Herr Hitler an overall paint layer ucing Tamiya ray epray primer. 1 have been ueing Tamiya gray spray primer for years with Concietentiy good results. For the ekin base color T use fay usual nix consfeting in 70% Brown Sand, 13% Enalish Tisporm, 10% Vermiiiion and of Violet (all Vallejo Lod EL color). T always add a dab of Tamiya X-?1 Fiat Base to the mix to be certain of flat sheen. + apply the Mahlights in the following manner: 1 add Feige Red to the bace mix for the three first highliahtsy the fourth hehlight is pure Beige Red. Throughout the procecs, ny paints are diluted with water and the Sruchetrokes are always in the direction of the high- Light areas: cheekbones, tip of the nose, chin, etc. For next highlights T add Medium Flech in increasing ‘uounts until T apply the pure color. with the right Ghiution and airection of the brushstroke T try to get ‘the color gradation as encoth as possible. However, $f ‘the color transitions remain too stark T prepare (high- Ty thinned) mediun tones, adding then in a stippling Puenion to help tone down any stark traneitions. het continue in the highlighting process, I increacina- Jy reduce the areas where the Mahlighte are applied, be painting « enall ares at a tine. ith the face rintshea 1 ctart to paint the cont with the wool texture. The rationale for faving 211 Mablight, shadow and plaze tones mixes at hand 4s that for the pointillem 722 and eivaye try to atrect the asd Beet Sanbeetean ‘the bruchstroke tow the or final highlights T Flesh ~ Fisch, ‘gein noving toward the pure dolor te tiene | sisthon tae tact hgmaient are tpliel ety small areas in the shall arear in the lightest areas following an overhead. darter colere «Ut mora te ae Sep mix them from the ace color exten pthc Sey ea a E'S with te ighughteT lop ene fucheg clon and snetend 7 tee Chive probes Ter wepeee shadow color. Again T ce fhadon coler. Agsin T use nediun tones to soften any When highlights and shadows is é oe es re are done it’s time to Liy- 5 rs T use glazes -extreme! luted : cota tr Safa al ec Pion ea es folet in neck, tem; nd sides 0 tote ‘base and Old Rose highlights. ae the firet tine 1 used this particular technique T started 4n The usual Techtor, applying highlights firct, then the shad= it, to Finteh with the medium tones followed by the elazecy Sue with time T've modiriea my approach, making it Less or pantved and chaotic, but within sone Linite, Bighlight colors Boa chadows ere now placed in the proper locations on the Stece, but fust not in the usual sequence, Now, 1 start by adds Phe the chadow and then apply the extrene highlight followed. dye mid-tone and then again with the shadows. But in the end ‘the results will be coberent and naturel, tas wearmentng xacazms / 1945 / 32 3u For the uniform 1 tried to depict the character istic pele pastel green of one of Hitler's conte, T’ve used AMMO ~ NAPPEN SS - POLT?ET ORD ec the Dace color, T add allio Desert Sand for the high. Lights and AliNO Black for the shadows. use other palettes with more or less the same highlight and shadow tones, but highly diluted and adding Violet to the mixes. In this manner we'll have diferent shades available for the painting process. For this technique T use a well-kept brush, although ien’t necessary to have a new one as the stippling ie hard on brushes and tt won't be in a good condi ton when T am finished. with well-thinned paint and unloading the brush inn kitchen towel T cart etippling dark and ght tones depending on the ‘area: ght tones for the highlights and the dark fonts for the chadow areas. It de becauce this technique takes some tine that T refer to paint only one enall aren at a tine. Por example, first T paint the cheet area, secondly the Back, then one arn at a tine, followed by the Front ‘part of the coat, to Finish painting the back area, weatasamic uacazms / 1945 To finish the procecs and add color variation to ‘the coat T return to using glazes - hMahly diluted fand applied in a stippling motion, The uniform de- tatle such as the buttons and eagle on the lePt arn T used printere’ inke and artiste’ efle. As T mentioned before, this type of painting pro- cess may become tediotc, £0 st's advienble £0 paint only one small aren at'a tine thus avoiding long painting sessions. So far I have been working the upper sections of the overcoat to completion: now I use the same process to bring the lower portions ‘to completion. It's also Smportant to remember that thts process takes time, so don't give up hope with the reculte half-way during the process as it will look quite bad until St’ almost Finished. As we saw with the face there will be cone zones (cuch as this fold at the bottom of the coat) that MALL not look natural - the color gradation re- mains too harsh. To cofter, T will simply work sone mid-tones to the area, letting it ary between brushstrokes to avoid an unwanted sheen,co that might take eway 1 from the feure, vely complex After priming, T paint the Se brown and tiack colo sth a mix of ANNO aeryl= ary bru : apply some highlights. by with a litte Des Ly, the groundwork fs un Fresh Mud to provide a wet a1 he dreary mood of the dy appl; nd dirty appear:ait eg Uy oneal Pree Ca José Luis Lopez Ruiz me year 1943 was the year fOr the winners. Tt mas the year of anger toward the Germans and & jpunger, by many, for Teg german coldier was wend and as the wer drew oles not for strateric objectives but ins romiiies and vilieRes. Bech BBE Tonged toa friend, 2 rele Ye this gach day that they ree! ‘the refugee: nee FOr cated to th ena, covered by & makeshiFt shelter Men and wonen who Sourht and just for saving wae their ted wos another aay of HOPS #00 qhie work is dedi- aied to the ‘the life of Grmocent civilians Tererdless ‘of nationality and creed: men The Weathering Agave T automatically Ghaudio Fernandez end the * guide. In particular 7 es Gan Technique For this tacks an easy way. 50, this 34 / te weaTHERING Kacazinz / 1945 jogazine’s team contacted me to take part in decided thet my arching anepired by en ET) which achieve is the story of this ork had to be Anepired by the artwork of "yoam of the 1949 book German colors: camouriare Profile treiyded at page 61 of the BOOK YI use BY jee genithal and modulations ects on our kits in ithe way T painted this last defender of the homeland.‘THE WEATHERING MAGA? tee 2 = = Ta Sr e. =.sgantye’s 3540 Kit te Just a gem $n my opinion. ALsnOVgh seer eeg anny available kits Srom this vehicle (DraR” Reert alert), Tanlya makes it again with e really cacy oe eoable Kit, nicely and cleverly enmineered and Sth mice, erisp details everywhere. ‘the Kit 1s butlt neasly OO7S excepting the Little Pan. The Fit gund the casemate and the wire for the Bosch Goes (Tights T eleo purchased @ metal barrel, changed The Singl racks from the Kit for 8 set from Priuin- baet and added a Karaya towing cables orten overlooked or neglected, T feel thet i€ te very, Srten ant to clean your kite beFore painting. Dust ant Sorere on your fingers creates areas where the pasne Breese primers do not grab to the surface, Just sone and She ter with cone soap, Tub Lightly with a clot ram at tne soap. Let st ary and ret ready to paint! / me weaaenrnc wacazrns / 1945 ‘the next step An ayer. Not onty 45 are to start painting, @etect any Slams ‘tive of the materi eine the white prime dein the painting process fechrique. To begin, I apply dark areas of the vebicl applied to create Stbaow to the mediua grey of our primer: Mert, using a light @: ‘the upper eurfaces an Finel objective ts to cing different shades Like tf our kit was un it Important to Mi ‘put the primer ey" ore the paint arip irrespec- fale used in conctruction. ‘le and into all of sof arey, white ter a vertical zenithal Light. 4e of course the primer rave @ nice colored jer aso helps vr as my overall base color, T now mm my "black and white” prey to the lower ‘the nooks, erest= xy ie then rey and pure white T airbrushed fa the more prominent areas. The fartificielly bighlight the Kit fe and pure blackover the BAN base T airbrushed ny red brown Orie. For this tack, do not forret to dilute Sour paint oo that it does completely obvcure Your Jy pace, 1 reconmend at least 60:70 thinner ae puint retlo, clowly building the color usin thin layers. ‘once the paint ie ary the red brown areas are masked off ueing tape. ‘the arene of red brown overspray are touched-up 47 Pee ration of the eecond camouflage color (ate reparek yellow). Tn this picture you cte just the ST (ctep with the darker grey color being FSP" SATea along the ednee to help to hide the red brown once the dark yellow camouflage stripes have dried: cree ity was enain used to create the hard e6ees Bttern. “I strongly recommend varrishing the ese cae er with a clear coat before aacking to protect against ary tape dances park green, the final color, te applied ell over the care secr of the tank. Once Gry, Fenove all the mack seg youll rind the applied base colors with nice Color effects thanks to the BAM Base. the prominent details of the vehicle axe highlighted The Pronrine brush, ‘Thee details include the raise’ using © eatures along with the hinges, clasps and eurffiee Hort of the details are on the rear deck, 20 peaid epecial attention in these areas, ‘THE WEATHERING 2[G uetng auto acrylic colors that bare been sLiaROy. Tightened, T made superficial soratcher and chTe Lighter the tank. Remember, the shape of sch Shipping depends on the nature of the agrression qeree curtace, 60 make them with common sence, Sear er then mey be caused by abrasion, others STOR Ynocking, soratches, shrapnel 1 Ae you oan eve ait the accesroriee haye been paltt” As yon cain. Take your tine to paint then in the wet rey poeetbie as the final result of your kite pee te net only on the general painting but the aetaile! once the chips and details have Deen completed t cre ncn Tamiya clear all over the Kit follored Sirbrwmanerel wech ali over the vehicles zor, this Be Picea AalTG-1008 wach for NATO camouflaged tank cles this color 4s nearly black colored enamel iS very culted to my general preen base color: / ows weareentn uacazne / 1945 qm ny opinion, artiste’ ofls are the best weapon 57 Jour arsenal to accentuate the zenithed effects oF ZOUr pase color, with the added benefit of achieving Jour rictic Faded 100k. As you can eee in the picture, Sue Manter colors (white, Naples yellow, buff, 14ane tre and orange) are in the upper, part of the plates Bree tye darker (row umber, black, dark red end septe) fn the lowers the weathering of the lower hulls begins with a cub Tee rect cf mnno Washable Dust Paint. T used to 49 fhie Gith Tamiya’s Enamel paints, but with this prod this achieve the came effect ucing an acrylic pain’, ust Jathak neceesary to ceel. each step with varnish {Ri protect each paint layer as T used to dow ext, sone of the paint is removed using @ flat brash Wereined with water. DO not let the paint dry. too mel Go minutes) or &¢ will become too difsicult to Fe. Buch Conte i the only disadvantage of using acry2i¢ aeinte vere enanel paints, as enanele cam stit be Penowed even days after being applied.cae yor vertical effects 1ike rain marks, drained Toran airt etrokes, 1 always use acrylic paints Rigniy diluted. The desired effects are achieved Tyrnnpiying several, nearly transparent Layers. 1 ated planents only in very specific fend logical areas euch alone the e8— sof horizontal surfaces and smaller, Sotected corners. Once spplied, pir Prats tend to hide every painting and Teathering effect used underneath, 5° use Troe with moderation. Remember, @ dusted ye~ ieee te a rekicle fust with dust over loeicel, mee not everywhere. I fix the plaments using 4 ‘Taniye’s X20 thinner. in wil the rusted effects over on the exhaust pipes are woe 'in the cane way, mixing eeveral shades Of Tuck colored pigments and fixing the pigment with thinner. must and greace effects are Rede ueing Anmo Heht rust wach and frech eneine oil Gsiuted with Anmo’s thinners Remove the excese using pure Thinner and do mot be exceselve with these types of effects. ‘por the base, T created a small scene using Fer cene's products. ‘The features include a wally weririestiy dectanea for the piece, alone with Eo tperd pavement, hydrant and paving stone road cet ‘the aevris and ground textures were nade from sae te brickworks, eand and broken pieces of Slaster.A lack and White techniques painted base? Why Mott ithe came technique of using black end white Toereeate chadows and highlights as used on the te sgole ie a helpful method to achieving the came Gynamie resulte within our scene. pane to paint the bese detatis using a fine brush wis, ceone, debric and brick 1s painted and weath- vet ina singular way to achieve a maximum of Girrerent shades and textures. vegetation te added to the base and adhered us Yeeretues The type of greenery woed is a nix of Sie for and tiniature brand products, alone with sesing come naturel materials fron the back yard ste gana and small branches. Always strive to sie aot of variety into the veretation as thie Pr whet will pive it the look of reality.ras wektmentnG wacaaine / 1945 7o47— Matt McDougall (better than the wag fin fo cr an ; p ae i ome Put An othern Tt luge vohion Yeaterng ttn ith pang Mel Be eat piney bace of rn Surfecer 1 i Wi for tn on og vaover thw prin Pizatlon. reunmenmse wacacrns / 15ETE aa AMY wh In the closing months of the war, air defense over the Reich has become a deadly occupation of air survival for the pilots of the Luftwaffe. From the west, allied { Pombers round German cities and industry day and night, while from the cast the Russian Air Force enjoys superiority over the battlefields as the Red Army pushes every closer to Berlin. Tre been itching to build one of Trumpeter's 1/32 BF 10% for a while now, to see how they stack up against the Revell and Hasegawa competition. When T learned the theme of this issue, leapt at the chance to build Trumpeter's newly-releaced G-10 variant ‘8s BF 109G-10/04/R2 "Black 12". This particular aircraft sports a scheme that T've had = ny eye on for some tine; along with many distinctive elements and very heavy exhaust staining. Overall, I found this kit better than its competitors in come regards, but jacking in other aspects, but still a good platform for painting and weathering. ent mn were used to represt Zo zepresent the putty Lines on the bare metal wings; T samtye Hull Red and NATO Brow used a liquid fricket to mask off the pane the red oxide in the panel Lines. aT 5 , ex wing a 6t ent the orn shades of eck $9 qppiy a fine Blenting layer sing Rl tent he Tottnk puts conte ar lid down inde of EGE SP apply F208) en eo A randen "ARPS eee Tian ingore of feed evident Senitone aater or in , the pos 4s Telos will be added over this "pre-chade", the roel, ‘to achieve underiying variation. Taga 8etn grisery conpuriagn pattern painting consisted ‘\ 2” technique was used for &] en The Tela etn cine ent tote. variations to The overell eppearanc iy wottling was done ith an Twa- ‘ta Clt-B airbrush and e mixture of appropriate mottled colors, land then over-sprayed with & heavtly-thinned Layer REM 6% isa —— ‘The Landing gear and Rarracu- da wheels (recin attermarket) fare painted in Gunge RLY 02. Although black was the stan~ Gard color for, the most AT103 wheel | hubs, thie particular 6-20 sportea RUN OP colored ' i = ETE oe [i) Maketar macke were used for all of the princtpal inet- nias. Tn this scale, painted markings just look’ better. x fonce the markings ere painted it's tine to step back Bnd lock at my ProRresss 0 far, £0 008. pr To-give cone initial depth to the par- racuda wheels, T used ANNO Trteriore Wash to accentuate the RLM 0% and AMMO WAPO Frown Wash to dirty up ‘the AMMO Rubber & Tires coler on the tires. Wheel weathering continues as T sprayed a thinned mix of Tamiya Flat Earth and Wlediun Gray as a foundation for additions) enanel effecte, Anmo Earth provided the next layer of sthering on the Rarracuda wheels. Thie wae etippled onto the surfaces with an old, round brush.The particular G-10 chows streaking beneath ‘the exhaust etacks and on the ofl cooler. Thece ere reprecented with Dark Streaking Grine. ‘The ctreaking grime wac cleaned up and refined } with a flat bruh lightly dampened with thin- v ner. T found using the bruch edge-on, as a blade of corte, really helped me to hone the chape of ‘the stress. [] Lhate stencil decals, so 1 Jumped at the chance to try HaW's Wet trancfer stencils with this Dulld. Once dry, the carrier peels away, leaving Jurt the number "12" ac if painted, sed tO pantering "OS et ee a the the cam ve together” ost aot eae sn ‘paint colo ive become a big fan of ANNO” Panel Tine ashe It’s nice, subtle and concletent. Application couldn't te easier - just brush ton. Renoving excess panel. Line wash 4s easy, Just wipe ft off. T prefer to use a cut up old trehirty ut cotton bude, makeup Fenoval sponges andiste-)) | |) far werk ji bela 11) ‘THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE21 The variety of AMN10 Panel Line Mash colors Teelly| cones in handy one heavily varied camouflage scheme. = Irae arr pret 2 nine wy inderside bare meta” RUM 76 anata G4, na on the Bf 2080- ) the 300 267 oreo an past 10 ves wade fron ae to be tafe 12 angers coTten, bo 1 vend Taaiya De Set gah heme et niceties E\an shown) here, be. panel. 2ine ashes doe great, dob bringing Sat the tivoe otett tn the rant peter rit. Ye a particular fen of Mie-orjeae Brora wash Ter yol- Tow tefteses us 1t pope witioct plea he te selma tess the Fite pune with brace WO De Fran Alcetor furtohed wing, Iron Polishing Yowder Pron Techt Tan Eee aes FE Bescarteaes" pelt reac erin and erie Seeing So) eine eS Fee esc ww Veried finish 2E ‘The exhaust stubs were treated with Uschi Yan der Rosten Tron Polishing Pow- der and AMMO Track Wash.aie pert ihe, enpestay om vaserfon the heey a ned mix of Tamiya Smok pan wpeend-tm i fang nce a iy thior eprayed amount. ot cuter 108 showed extremely To cimulate foot traffic, exhaust partie~ ulate, and general grime, T etippled ANNO Dark Brown Wach onto the Snner wing sur fnees. cary exhauct “one starboard sid fein was laid with ee, Back, & in Fastion, Finellyy rents was applied to 8° fentuate the appearance:Mei cariy 1965, and after intensive fighting the German Army is 8b) to halt the approaching Russians at the Vistule River. With the Sovict cavance stalled and the German arny firmly entrenched on the river's western shore the Reich tekes full advantage of the reprieve. Albert Speer's armaments industry 1s able to put into production the next gen” ceation of Entwicklung, or E series vehicles. Chief among these was the Sogdpazer E-100, weighing 130 tons and sporting al50em aun as its main armament, the #-100 would be an immediate influence on the as the war continued into late 1945 and into 1946? For those who may be familiar with my work, my usual subjects tend to focus upon Mech War- rors, Gundams and Sci-fi, and so when the theme of Endkampf was presented to me I immediately f Bae aerate hatcit" or Wehrmacht 104 aubjectes 1 pereonelay Like he tuntlog tanks en 50 my choice was clearly drawn to the 46 / tem wsarmeninG wacarrnn / 1945mms wearnsnine wacazins / 1945 / 49OF inting E100, I decide to the use Tee Motu ang mnie techie barioeny coed vcnsay in te Mec el SEY ato ‘After application of the first eee rome to cstme eho sn A ry attonl acy colon Do ene lg reece of the vehicle. fnitatas etioertise sites é ‘The highlighte to the upper curfacee and slong. panel line are carefully re-ectabliched with a light spray of white. Widetones (ratio of lack 70% + white 50%) are applied next to sort fen the trancttion between the chad ow and Light, The fine detaile euch as bolts, clasps and hinges are painted white using a fine tipped bruch.rovringe Tech i applied inatty, Nato camo « opine ela works and pane Deen tot anstonal fea- fo add definition to the dimer ‘turese iow tt Tor it tine to aad color to the © gee Wan roe cose The ro- fs to gradually” ufld the ray the sna se an Boeravenes to te j pattern F ‘me wearmentnc wacacrns / 1945 / 52 :Camouflage colors of dark green and red brown are ap- plied to the model. Again, these colors are applied in thin layers in order to maintain the influence of the pre-chade highlights and chedore. With "real" scratches and chips created by use of the Chippina Pluld, T can now enhance the appearance by ‘adding small touches of primer or rust colors into the 2 / ome rearunina waoarrns / 1945 ‘The chipping Fluid is activated by scrubbing with a stiff bruch dampened with water, In this manner, small chips and scratches are created within the can ouflage pattern. ee OTL Yow that the paint colors have been established, 7 once again apply ® dark wash around the raised de- tafle and panel lines to help define their shapes and. ‘add depth to the finteh.eS Type mua sixture Se tt eerie one ve ora ee the proper DubléuPe 7 Oe sick aryine ror their av a until T 9 ander 1 ower bul ‘Ye uae seeyic pests af $e time ond YersetLSey- variations end moisture ef cole: a cinflar manners Deuts E J arm acon / 1845 Pe cone nue mixture ond © aa aud to the tracksme wearmentns wacazins / 1945 / 55.Jamie Haggo ‘By 1943, the Luftwaffe was running out of pi- lots and fuel; the shrinking Reich staved from the vital life blood as, one by one, the ofl. fields were re-taken by the allies. Five and half years of war had bled the Fatherland dry of men, the vast majority of pilots were 411 trained youngsters thrown into battle with Little chance of survival, let alone success against the enemy, Those few veterans that remained heroically threw themselves at the Allies, steadily their kills grew, but over- whelmed by swarms of Allied fighters, and so did their casualties. One thing they mere not short of was material, despite the factories and supply chain being bombed on a daily ba~ sls, German industry was churning out fighters, ‘thousands per month, more than at any point of the war. Unfortunately, without fuel or pi- lots many were abandoned during the fighting withdrawal, a satchel charge thrown into the cockpit to deny the aeroplanes to the enemy. ‘The cubject of this model is the Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 in 1:32, Despite now being a relatively old Kit, it sti21 stands out as a kit of excep~ tionally quality. I wanted to depict an air- craft which had been cabotaged to the enemy by the retreating ground crem, and the found by the advancing allied soldiers who have taken a few liberties with the abandoned craft. ‘The right hand ewactika has been cut out and taken for a trophy, while the fuselage cross has been uced for target practice! Various pan- ele were opened up as the curious soldiers took 8 peek inside of the once fearsome Tighter. | 56 / cme wearmearna uacacrne / 1945 Some scratch buflding as ‘the Verlinden resin wae used to detail the tail, however T mend you use the Aires kit ac ferlinden cet is getting on a bit fand is baced on the ancient orig= inal tooling. For scale effect ‘the plastic had been thinned with — fa motor tool, knives and eanding sticks.a tad Data ed Dan erent ag, a "cao A mood primer 19 necessary and A ised Anne's rey scryiic Tte great stuff, T find 1t best te ict on a very Hight cont and then apply propreceively i i A > nn 1945/97UD of paint, ‘the othe her were done atter the base contre fares found ruthentics ct Se 30 te fit Tie te Tne fen Rete repen to ak? Here is the Pintshea eamou- Flege, you can see the dis- tressed paint work well, the rivets really bring it to lite, | J ke Yhte wae an abendoned machine it have boon cet out tn the open ott of the elenente._ A very (wery worn eanding sponge wae Aistress the paints $ on de Grin eS Tian tte sever atta on ee re i ee peste: ernie meee Cima hie a carina Caaanngy Naa nerve wracking but well worth 1% in the coal(ithe excess wach was removed mith a clean brush and cone ‘Anno thinner. —_ Vallejo paints were applied very sparingly {fj Now for the ofl dot weathering. Various tones mere ded with Ammo Acrylic thinner to add 1a} ‘put on card to leach the of1 and Uschi van der Ros- depth to the burnt areas. Remenber, this fe ‘en's of1 paint accelerator was used to speed drying jun, s0 think corroded, not rust. tines. at's important to be subtie with j/ The olls are then blended with _[JFinelly, the ofls are bene Urle effect, the aeroplane wae a danp brush. Ae they are very further with a fan trish. more dusty ‘than filthy co the smell only @ tiny amount of as Olle are there fust to aad depth Ehinner fe needed oF you'll wash to the camouflage. st all avay! ‘THE WEATHERINGJ])the tools and products used to make the cpeckling }.Ueing an old bruch, the gunge 4e flicked onto the gunge! Tt takes trial and error ta get a consistency model and then clightly blended were required. you sre happy with. ype j Lite aeroplane has been ext on an airfield for meny They axe then fixed with Ano Digsent Finer T onthe over the epring and cunser of 290 <0 will be applied anther Layer of lament over She top, the quite dusty. Pigments are applied sparingly. fixer was then misted over using an eirbrush. fTe ie =— = es ee DTINL NS Dee ce ee Lees =™M08/109 SP ERC. =e steomtomrerene RENE TTL funn esm2s era Slipainunarest rut ‘ABRAMS SQUAD THEME LRG ‘AK ARBRUSH ESSENTIAL MOTELS GE ara TREVECHE WSLINE WER TANG ae ‘cea sm’ HEB Me Damas = ar st ee aca* Rubén Torregrosa Berlin, 1965: The final battle. After cix years of war, the end ic near. But like a cornered animal, the last of the German forces are entrenched in the rubble of the magnificent former capital of the Third Reich. In the absence of an effective fighting force, young, old and qualified staff is forced to teke up arms in desperate protection of the capital. Unfortunately, only Panzer- faust anti-tank weapons and the cuff-title praying "Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht" arrive in cuffictent quantity to equip these new units, These {11- equipped and un-treined "troops" are the last hope of the Reich! From the point of view of warga- mere, the Berlin Reichetag with ite epicenter is one of the scenes most represented. Rubble-stremn streets, barricades created by forced marches with street furniture, Soviet tanks de- stroyed left and right by Panzerfaust fired from the skylights . In short, urban com- vat. But how can we represent this urban combat in our figures? On thece pages we'll chow how quickly and effec- tively. T begin by painting the tank ae ueusl, ueing acryMe 1 add a variety of earth colored enauel effects to the paints applied with slight modulation to the panels model. Applied Lightly, as a glaze, these effects soften for added vieual impact. chine end scratches show the and unity the bright baee colors. reculte of heavy use and help to define the vehicles edges and chape Rees ecient geccacrn= / 1945To intensity the effect of dirt we can aflute the enamel effects with thinner and then apply pin wraches into the corners and recesses. Tn other areas, the diluted wash can de applied as « filter to alter the color tones on the curfaces. The more Layers applied, the sore intense the colorization. Pigments are added to the curfaces. 1 cotton smab Se used to blend the colors and soften the effects, well ae renoving any excess To avoid a monotonous and unresl appearance T eplach a few fine droplets of darker toned mud effects onto certain curfacee. The contract between tthe pigment and the ctained aren is subtle, but at ‘the cane tine 1t adde ancther level of dirt and visual interest. 1 Like how the plosey sheen of of and grease etande out nicely on the matte pigmente. 1 use varioue Aslutions of these effects we can create different ‘types of etains. Since this te going to be an abandoned vehicle T enphacize the ducty appearance by fixing heavier concentrations of pigments onto the JSIT.. A little care choula be taken with this step beceuce at this scale this effect becomes quite cubstantial very, quickty. To complete the vignette I prepare a segment of a. ruined city with foamed PVC and cone putty. Poaned PYC ts very cheap and can be sculpted simply using a kite. ‘THE WEATHERING AacArTE 104 galproadly speaking, same philocophy we vEe tic, meke the Tia! are usually 2 mel ‘they will not call are overdoing Liabts color, mark the different elements of the figure)+ Ree Hasan dy acazrrs, / 1945 when we paint 1omm in vehicles! some Tre stand out more, When we PLAY ‘ter of our eyes: T our attention. TWO fs and a profile dep’ effects, althourl game, thumbnails ‘etand out in some WAY; if we do that te that we exploit of the effec oh (with a dark should exploit in our vignet ere Tem Poking out itsridunt pricks Sol evblestones in Tce a variety of of enamed washes and effect duce shading an duct erecta The darter ‘aches the ie a efinition and chedows, while Sobre Reta ee SS one oven erent risrerent shades Birforent shades oF pignants (the sane that wo wad an See Teale) Gre vext\to convey the aitaplan ys ‘of a elty Teduced to the eroundl infantry we must apply the wh unrealis-Our Volecturn figure, uniformed in basic field grey, te begun by painting a base color of a dark prey overall, I look for the areas of Laht and shadow and then berin adding a clightly lighter color of grey to the brighter area. The shadow areas will remain painted the darkest grey color. The number of highlight trencitione that T apply depends on the effect T want to achieve. In gener fl, the grester the muster of layers the smoother the transitions between the arene of ght and shadow. Due to the anal elze of the Sgures (15mm) T ree- ommend exaggerating the contraste between Mahts and chadone. Although tt appears unrealictic hen viewed at clove range, the added contrast Tooke good when viewed at normal playing tances on our gaming tables. I first painted the Volkesturm armband by adding fa black stripe around his arm, end then added a couple of white Lines in the center to represent the clogan and finally a red line along the top and bottom edges. Remember, at thie ecale it only needs to be reprecentative. Tt te very important to outLine the different enente of the Taure, ac this helpe the model gain volume, Pay attention to the Panzerfauct as well. Contract fs crucial at this comle! rut important to 0 Sie face. KoeveTs ‘proving the far, eine any st ts cava Shoe the tarde end Tiocetor we ust FOF e10r TT pot, be oo day SATE face shows" i inaicate the Mines M coke and outh. rs lower on the jene Tt te hands Fingers. ‘The Yolkecurm was by neceseity a collection of diverce coldtere and untforne - bacteally whatever could be found. In thie example I will chow a figure wearing a Fichenlubmucter (cunmer/autunn) camouflage emock. T beain by painting the base cont color. Remember, you should stert by applying ® darker shadow coler ~in hie cace T used m chocolate browns Although in the end most of the Jacket will covered with the caouvlage pattern, T still paint the lights faithfully following the pattern of figure, The high- Lights painted using beige and then with a Little white. [i) T begin by painting the amoebotd spots and smaller dots using a diluted chocelate brown color and a fine bruch. T then $411 the larger epote and come (WoT all) the smaller dots with a center of an orange-brown color. Highlights are added Hghte to large spote with come white, Finally, I added the enaller dote inelde orange brown stains - again ue- ing chocolate brown color. The final effect ie very oversized and not a true representation of the actual pattern, bit at this scale it Se not fenaible to paint any enelier.While there are many {deas for cresting @ enell scenic dace, here is a cinple, fact method to create an urban platform for our figures. Defore starting it 4e import fant to think about the tactical composition of the bases Talways try to find a balance between the Pigures 0 that all Tguree on the base have the eane role, T paint the base an overall gray color, tut tt = ia- portent to add mall contrasts of red (bricks) and brown (wood) for example. sruch, T apply various ary pie~ act and dirt. sing a large © nnente to repreeent the 4: nd then ow we can stick figures onto the base and Woy sini any gape. Re can Also add cone height to {he rubble, but thie should be one with care 60 a Bet To bury the figures ina heap of debris. SENSE Sage eam: ) Detrie Daint with bite of plastic, foam or other emai pains 2 2 fr ‘ther emall bite oF can be represented early by mixing textured sass ark enemel washes to ue, ‘eo the rubble. provide depth The same pigment colors are used to reprecent dust land dirt on the lower clothing of the Figures. ‘Pinelly, we follow the cane Ztepe to paint the new Layer of debrie and can even add cone elements from model rellroading to add an in- teresting detail.© BoB AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR a Vy) re | ws | ‘Scale Models Tool & Supplies Publications www.bnamodelworld.com 2°" yy GpSCALE ORELSHOP DISCOUNT MODELS & ACCESSORIES pea +44(0)1422 40 50 40 “Auia6e Escadron is the ultimate model shop In Brussels, the centre of Europe. Visit our | Website fo evertnin the modeler needs SEBle Models of ercratt, miltary vehicles, ship cos taurine, We offer a huge range of paints, weathering Products, glue, equipments, decals, update-sets, ‘accessoires, referenice works. ‘Au s6e Escadron also offers many hard-to-find | Brands! Over 30.000 references ! .16escadron.com nr Eye LASTCAV - lasteavairy.comae ec) Pa eee ie UI CICA | IGHT eee fo J ra PATTI MAS CUA Ls == QUESSPAIN EUROPE | ye NGtip 34 38 Ale World wide shipping cost included THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION “Contact info@migjimenez.com ‘THE WEATHERINGIN THE NEXT ISSU By Mig Jimenez STYLES ‘The 80's and 905 of the past century brought something ese to the word besides Rubik's Cube, PacMan shoulder pads, hair coloring and hairspray, or The Cure syle eye shadow. ‘While some of us were suffering the effects of some of the most horific and bizare fashion trends, a Belgian man Burst into the madeling scene to bring light and hope ito our hobby. He was Franco Verlinden, an earthquake that shook the ‘madeling world from Asia tothe US and would become the father ofthe first modeling style, 3 pioneer for others to follow. What this man made was eal fashion, and not what was shown in the catwalks in Pari and Milan. Vetinden cated his ‘own very personal style, a style that connected with modelers all around the world. His painting style was so unmistakable ‘that it could be considered the fst recognizable painting style in modeling "The Verlinden style". From this pont fora) rothing would be the same, Mast modelers rushed to imitate his model, tying to achieve a mare realist fnsh, For the fist time painting itself was important and fun It opened new roads to experiment new painting techniques twas poss- be to do more things than just dy brushing, (ne place where this quest for realism was especialy remarkable was in Spain. twas here that developed another style, the first regional defined style ~"The Spanish Schoo!” - which encampassed every madeling field from figures, to planes and dioramas. Quickly, a multitude of new regional painting styles began to develop from around the world — these Included the Belgian, Nordic o italian schools for instance, These stylistic movements have generated some of best ‘modelers inthe world, and our hobby as a whole has evolved a great deal thanks to them: And then, after enjoying some years ofthese general or regional styles, new approaches and personal ine luences began to find their way onto the modeling landscape. Experiments and advanced finishing tech niques created on workbenches around the world have brought more freedom and an artistic touches tothe hobby. From the hairspray technique, through calor modulation or overhead lighting, Up to the Black and White technique. Some ofthese techniques and styles have generated heated debates and sparking confrontations be ‘tween the supporters ofthe new styes to the advocates of a more conservative approach. People can Still be found arguing over these questions and techniques nearly tothe point of insult on the diferent internet forums, or hearin thinly veiled criticisms atthe local modeling show. And, while this sad scene takes place allover the world, we here at TWM, can't hep but smile when we see these intolerant views. To ust just seems so sly that people would have these reactions it must ‘mean thatthe just lost touch with the actual meaning of ourhobby’ that isdoing wihatever we fellike, to simpy enjoy itand have a good time with In thenext sue well explain the diferent panting styles: <0, youlike ‘criticize any painting style other than yours, dott buy it’s only for madelers who just want to have fun painting.ee eee acetone COB lone hater a) ee ee ee eC ees Cn eee terry tary ‘AWIGOS1 LIGHT GREEN KHV.553M Meer ere eae nacith maaue Metre UNE} Ricans Hy : Ss A.MIG 7126 — COLORS 3 PROTECTIVE NC 1200 4 SIGNAL GREEN YELLOW GREY PKHV 4 um Cot Cer ESIC es rr)3M aL). 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