GB. Tiger I. Part VII. Dust

Another step ... but sorry .... not the last!!!!

Why not to try a new product? In this case, I used AK Interactive´s enamel Africa´s dust (AK22) instead Tamiya´s enamel because I felt that the yellowish dust of this product will suit perfectly to the Kitty. If you have not this product, you can also use Tamiya´s enamel paint to do it using buff, white and a little bit of desert yellow.

This technique is used by many modellers and the results are really awesome for me. But you must be strong and have faith on your hands, as the intermediate steps of this technique are . how to say this . difficult to assimilate if you have not clear the final look of the tank finished.

I directly airbrushed the product from the bottle without problems.

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Now, using AK´s thinner, I started to remove the applied dust to my taste. I just waited 15 minutes and then, using a brush, I cleaned the kit in the desired areas. Even next day I was able to do this because the enamel´s nature of the AK´s product. I must say that I´m happy this the product, easy to apply and easy to remove with a tasty colour for me. What else?

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Once the base dust colour shapes are OK for me, I applied a nice coat of matt varnish (Marabu) to seal the dust and to avoid any damage from further steps.

Once dry, a pair of days, be patience, I add some dirt details here and there using acrylic paints. I always use the same colours for this: black, dark mud and buff. Mixing them I got a nice dirt colour series. I added water a lot of water to the mix to ensure that the desired effects are subtle and if I want a more intense effect, I have just to pass with the brush more times, that ´s all!

So, using these colours, I made different contrast in the dust for a more attractive look. Important in this step. The dust on a kit makes it looks how to say diffuse, smashed potatoes . undefined . Excuse me for my lack of English!. The dust makes all the details to disappear. So, we have to help the kit with some washes here and there. For me, a kit without depth in the details is a fool! I made the washes using the darkest mixes of the acrylic paint.

So, finally, I think that I managed to return to a highly contrasted Kitty even with dust

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I PROMISE that the next post ... will be the last!!!!!

Thanks for looking!!!!