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Post by orcidas on Oct 18, 2011 3:43:10 GMT -5
has anyone got any hints on an easy to paint tank camo scheme
i know what colours i'm using i just need some suggestions for a scheme that is easily reproducable across the 20 odd tanks i need to paint in the next few months...
have looked at the page on the GW site and thats a start but if anyone has a foolproof way to get a nice finish relatively quickly i'm interested!!!
any pictures of stuff you done also appreciated for insperation!!!
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 18, 2011 5:09:11 GMT -5
If you want to paint tanks fast and lots at a time I say use an airbrush... give the tanks a good coat of the primary colour then spray random diagonal wavey camouflage using the secondary camo colour... then once all the tanks are sprayed, add highlights and them other details... I can't provide pictures atm, but I can in the next few days when I paint my demolisher...
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 18, 2011 7:05:08 GMT -5
then spray random diagonal wavey camouflage using the secondary camo colour... Naaaaaaaaaaaaaah. That sounds like a silly idea. Unless you want your tank to look like it was painted by a 5 year old graffiti writer  Get yourself an airbrush (as suggested  ), and if you can't be bothered with masking tape (which I supose you can't  ) get yourself some blu-tack/silly putty/squidgy stuff. mask off the areas with the putty and spray. When dry, remove putty. If you want a few colours, leave the first lot of putty on, add another layer of putty, spray, then repeat/remove. This will give you an 'organic' (IE wavey) style camo with a hard edge. If you want blocky and hard edged, im afraid masking tape is the way to go..... Its worth mentioning that its a hell of a lot easier to work from a light base coat and spray on sucessively darker colours, as adding two coats of a light colour will defeat the point of doing it 'quickly', and uses more paint. |
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Post by orcidas on Oct 18, 2011 8:34:43 GMT -5
hmm airbrush
is the one GW make any good? or am i better looking for something else?
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Oct 18, 2011 9:39:26 GMT -5
hmm airbrush is the one GW make any good? or am i better looking for something else? My advice would be to avoid the GW hand flamer "paint sprayer". Look towards investing in a decent dual-action airbrush, and--if you're serious about using it--get a compressor with a water trap to run it. With some practice, using a dual-action airbrush you can apply quite stunning freehand camo schemes without having to use putty to mask off areas. I find that GW paints need to be thinned 50-70% with water to work well with an airbrush... |
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Post by BG. Foster on Oct 18, 2011 16:22:13 GMT -5
i would do the air brush as others have reccommended but i would get a small piece of card with random shapes cut out and then hold it in various places whilst you spray, then change colour and spray somewhere else
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 19, 2011 2:28:36 GMT -5
My advice would be to avoid the GW hand flamer "paint sprayer". Look towards investing in a decent dual-action airbrush, and--if you're serious about using it--get a compressor with a water trap to run it. With some practice, using a dual-action airbrush you can apply quite stunning freehand camo schemes without having to use putty to mask off areas. I find that GW paints need to be thinned 50-70% with water to work well with an airbrush... This is true, and an a pretty good airbrush and compressor will set you back ~£150. Its quite a bit as a lump, although when you think that you can also use it for basecoating and washing infantry as well as painting armour, then it's a great investment. @brigadier General Foster: I wasn't aware of these 'shapey things', where abouts could someone purchase some? They could be good fun |
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), and if you can't be bothered with masking tape (which I supose you can't 
) get yourself some blu-tack/silly putty/squidgy stuff.
