Dragon Nr: 6252 Tiger I Initial Production 3 in 1

It's the paint. I used Vallejo Air Black without any thinners and that was the result.

I spent almost 3 hours playing around with other Vallejo colors and I saw that I didn't have the same problem with them, just black.

Something to note for the future!

Yesterday I took the curage and started painting the tank and it quickly became apparent that preshade is not my cup of tea!
I tried to break up the monotony of the tank by spraying a lighter gray on the bigger and more exposed areas, on the sides of the turret and on the sides of the tank.
I don't know if this is the right approach, please feel free to come with suggestions and critisim! (It's the only way I can improve!)
The thought is that I will try to break up the monotone color with filters/washes and the likes.

Here are some crappy pictures, I will replace them when I get the time tonight

you are getting there joe now try and use an even lighter grey on smaller areas, and if you want an even more lighter grey. with filters and washes they will blend in together and darken a bit.

alexbb wrote:you are getting there joe now try and use an even lighter grey on smaller areas, and if you want an even more lighter grey. with filters and washes they will blend in together and darken a bit.

Thanks Alex, and coming from you gives me curage to continue

Don't give up, preshade harldy ever worked for me either so i postshade. Try that out. Spary a darker version of your grey wherever you want to darken, then the lighter grey as Alex told you and in the end you can overspray everything with a very dilute (80/20) coat of the original grey to blend in all the colours. You can work on this slowly till you are satisfied with the result. Try it out, there is nothing to loose, if you don;t like it overspray again and start over but i am sure you can do it.

Thanks brian! I won't give up!

I'll do that, do postshade. And follow up with better pictures.

/Tiny

more contrast joe dont worry it will tone down with filters and washes

I did spray (read: I tried) a lighter gray colour on the upper hull but it looks terrible!
The lighter gray is too gray so it looks horrendus!

I can't seem to get that fading effect that you guys can achive!

jojjemannen wrote:I did spray (read: I tried) a lighter gray colour on the upper hull but it looks terrible!
The lighter gray is too gray so it looks horrendus!

I can't seem to get that fading effect that you guys can achive!

The last AFV I sprayed I used the AK Grey Modulation set and it really helped. There you have the correct shades of grey to work with.

jojjemannen wrote:I did spray (read: I tried) a lighter gray colour on the upper hull but it looks terrible!
The lighter gray is too gray so it looks horrendus!

I can't seem to get that fading effect that you guys can achive!

always use the base colour, lightening or darkening it with white or black gradually, make sure the paint is quite thinned otherwise you will only be respraying and not highlighting/lowlighting

alexbb wrote:

always use the base colour, lightening or darkening it with white or black gradually, make sure the paint is quite thinned otherwise you will only be respraying and not highlighting/lowlighting

Ah, I did two wrongs here. I used a different gray that I thought would make a nice fading effect and I didn't thin it enough!

Back to the drawingboard!

alexbb wrote:
The last AFV I sprayed I used the AK Grey Modulation set and it really helped. There you have the correct shades of grey to work with.

Thanks masters for the insight! I will check the AK set..

/Tiny!

Dont be afraid to overdo it at this stage. Make sure that if you are darkening then darken a lot and if you are putting in highlights they have to really be obvious. Your work is nearly lost because there is no contrast at all between the grey you had and the colours you used to post shade and highlight. That is why i told you to first post shade and highlight and then go over it again with the original colour. You will overdo the post shading and highlighting and then get the right amount of contrast you need when you respray with the original colour. That is why it has to be really thinned down so that you don;t get a coat but will blend in the colours gradually and you will have full control till you get the effect you need. Try it out it is quite easy.

bcauchi wrote:Dont be afraid to overdo it at this stage. Make sure that if you are darkening then darken a lot and if you are putting in highlights they have to really be obvious. Your work is nearly lost because there is no contrast at all between the grey you had and the colours you used to post shade and highlight. That is why i told you to first post shade and highlight and then go over it again with the original colour. You will overdo the post shading and highlighting and then get the right amount of contrast you need when you respray with the original colour. That is why it has to be really thinned down so that you don;t get a coat but will blend in the colours gradually and you will have full control till you get the effect you need.  Try it out it is quite easy.

Brian.. You can say "Told you so!"

Here is where it at this stage.
I should perhaps try to blend the basecolor with the brightest part of the tank as you guys informed me to do!
Or could I leave it be and try to blend it with washes/filters?

Do note that I want to be at the stage where I can say "OK, this is finished. Let's move on to the other gazilion models I have planned"

Added a few layers of extremley thinned panzergray, decals and a layer of a clear coat.







/Tiny

I think the problem you've been having with preshading comes from the fact that the Vallejo paints are very opaque, so they don't leave enough of the preshade showing. I usually use Tamiya paints and dilute 60-70% with thinner so I can build up the intensity of the colour gradually to a shade that I am comfortable with. Also remember that the model will always darken after filters and washes so you actually WANT a pale shade of the colour you desire at the end.

Still it's looking quite good, just go ahead with the other techniques and get a finished model under your belt...

Looking forward to more!

Dottore

That is probably the case and you need to thin them down more.

Dottore wrote:I think the problem you've been having with preshading comes from the fact that the Vallejo paints are very opaque, so they don't leave enough of the preshade showing. I usually use Tamiya paints and dilute 60-70% with thinner so I can build up the intensity of the colour gradually to a shade that I am comfortable with. Also remember that the model will always darken after filters and washes so you actually WANT a pale shade of the colour you desire at the end.

Still it's looking quite good, just go ahead with the other techniques and get a finished model under your belt...

Looking forward to more!

Dottore

Yes, that's the case. I need to dilute them!

Here's where I'm at. I need to clean up the washing some and then start with the chipping.

Hey,

I've cleaned it up a bit and took the drop into the deep end of the pool and gave my it my first shot at chiping.

Please come with constructive criticism! Since I can't share a beer with you guys every Wednesday I'm counting on the forum for feedback!

now this is just my opinion re chipped areas. i would prefer the light coloured chipping be much less than the dark. i would use the light colour to enhance the dark chipping

this might give you an idea

http://migjimenez.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

alexbb wrote:now this is just my opinion re chipped areas. i would prefer the light coloured chipping be much less than the dark. i would use the light colour to enhance the dark chipping

this might give you an idea

http://migjimenez.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

And not the way I've done it by having the dark colour to enhance the light chipping?

jojjemannen wrote:

alexbb wrote:now this is just my opinion re chipped areas. i would prefer the light coloured chipping be much less than the dark. i would use the light colour to enhance the dark chipping

this might give you an idea

http://migjimenez.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

And not the way I've done it by having the dark colour to enhance the light chipping?

we all make mistake JOE beleive me i know, i am mr mistakes lol

alexbb wrote:

jojjemannen wrote:

alexbb wrote:now this is just my opinion re chipped areas. i would prefer the light coloured chipping be much less than the dark. i would use the light colour to enhance the dark chipping

this might give you an idea

http://migjimenez.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

And not the way I've done it by having the dark colour to enhance the light chipping?

we all make mistake JOE beleive me i know, i am mr mistakes lol

And I'm trying to listen and not to do the mistakes you are warning me about!

I'll go over the model again and this time add more dark chippings on the already lighter areas!

On a different note, I'm a memeber of the local IPMS club here in the south of Sweden and on their forum all the comment are "Oh, that's nice" or "How lovley" and so on, even if the model looks like crap!
That's why I miss the wednesday meetings, were the truth were told!

/Tiny

no its not crap all it needs is some more tlc. you just flush down crap but this is not crap you have the canvas on which to work now do your magic and have no fear lol