Painting and Weathering the Hovertruck and Stowage

06.21.2007 » Primed Interior

Here's some shots of the primed interior of the hovertruck. When the primer is cured I'll be painting this in Tamiya Deck Tan and weathering it up. I'm using the light deck tan so that once it's all closed up you'll have a better view since it'll be a lighter color. That's the hope anyway! Plus a lot of real armor have very light colored interiors. Here's the pics:

06.25.2007 » Such a SHAME!

What a shame... what a shame. The interior of my Hovertruck is all painted and weathered. It looks great! The shame is that now I'll be closing it up and you'll only be able to view it through some little windows. I airbrushed the entire interior with Tamiya Deck Tan. Then I hand-painted all of the little details, consoles and such with various colors. After a gloss coat of FFA, decals and a satin coat of Future, I applied the paint chips and then gave it all a light earth colored wash. Then I gave it a flat coat and added some stowage, water bottles, maps, modeling mags, and the Mig FAQ. Here's a bunch of pics.

I also painted and weathered all of the stowage since I needed to add some inside before closing it up. I think all of my recasted gas cylinders, barrels, and ammo boxes turned out great. The large wooden box was scratchbuilt, while the others were from a Tamiya set. Those were also fun to paint and weather. Overall I'm very happy with the results. The various colors and tones of the stowage will add a nice bit of visual interest to the piece.

07.02.2007 » Fish and Chips

The hovertruck has been painted using Tamiya Khaki Drab as a base then lightening the panels with a lighter mixture of the khaki drab + khaki + white. After that was done, a gloss coat and decals were applied. Then a light green filter followed by the paint chips. I still have some paint chips to do yet then onto the fading/discoloration. Since this is a truck/utility type vehicle I want it to look somewhat "broken in" and worn.

07.03.2007 » More Chips

The chips are all done. The scraping on the front part of the HT was done first with a brush, then with a sponge. The longer thinner scrapes are done by drybrushing with the same sponge.

07.03.2007 » More Chips

The fading and wash is done for the hovertruck. The first pic shows just the fading. The second two show the hull after the wash. The wash is a dirt color and not real heavy. The dusting effects with pigments will show off the dirt and dust later.

07.07.2007 » Weathering with pigments

Now that the wash has cured, a final flat coat has been applied and weathering with mud and pigments has begun. First I did a pre-dusting using a mixture of Tamiya Flat Earth and Buff. Then I mixed some my my sifted dirt that I used for the base with some water and used a thick old brush to spatter it all over the underside andwhere else that the turbines might blow mud and water. And finally I'm in the process of adding dusting here and there with pigment powders. To do the crew footprints I made a mold of one of the Hovertruck crew's feet which have treads molded in. I then poured more silicone in that mold and made a "foot stamp". What's cool is that it "erases" or places pigments depending on where you use it. It erased from the bed and the collected pigments from that it released when placed on the roof.

07.08.2007 » Pretty Much Done

The truck is pretty muc done except for a few minor things like painting the rest of the lesnes and applying the mirrors. I think I'm going to use some chrome window tint for the mirrors. It's thin sheets and thinner once the film is peeled from the clear backing. The stowage is all added and the weathering is all done. The stowage adds a fantastic and much needed splash of color and visual interests to the monochromatic scheme. Here's pics:

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