What can I do to make colour more natural

Washes and weathering are the things that will tone the paint down a bit. Just doing a simple panel wash will have a big impact.
 
Thanks, I will try weathering it and see if it looks better, I am new to wearpthering but watched loads of tuturiol videos just a bit nervous of doing it
 
carthorse11 said:
Hi I'm sorry for all questions but am new to this, I am making tiger 1 in Sicily colour ral 8202 , I am going to weather it but the colour looks like it has just come off the spru , so any ideas to make it a bit more realistic?

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Have to agree with bear, one or more washes will do the trick. Allow a little while to dry thoroughly before adding a second wash if it's needed. Pantherman
 
As you build more and gain experience, you may learn to modify your base colors, too, by mixing in other colors. You can take a color off the shelf, and lighten it, darken it, to match what your eye sees and your mind expects.
 
carthorse11 said:
Hi I'm sorry for all questions but am new to this, I am making tiger 1 in Sicily colour ral 8202 , I am going to weather it but the colour looks like it has just come off the spru , so any ideas to make it a bit more realistic?
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Fade the paint first, by spraying several highlights of white (90%+) thinner to paint on the model. You can do this with a brush too. Just make sure to get one that is wide enough for the job. I prefer pastry brushes (about an inch and a bit wide) to do this.

Don't make it too uniform. Paint fades as it will, and randomness is part of that "correct" look. Here is an example of my 1/48th-scale US freight car. It takes a while by hand, but I get better results (more randomness) than if I spray. Note, this was an as-bought car, already painted and decalled.
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Starting from scratch, I would do the following:
  • Paint the first layer as a primer (Tamiya Hull Red works well for that).
  • Seal the "primer" layer with dull coat or a dead flat clear compatible with your paint manufacturer.
  • If you want to weather heavily then I'd suggest making lighter-coloured rust coats and applying them (thinned) over the dull coat.
  • Lighten the "sand colour" with white and thin and begin spraying over the rust.
  • Then you can use good old Windex to begin the weathering.
Let me know if you would like a document that provides an overview of the technique. Happy to share it individually but prefer not to post it generally as I have never been able to contact the photographer, despite repeated attempts. Just send me a message on the forum and I'll send it over via email.
 
All model 'colours' are claimed to be the correct ones, but when put up against even new coats of paint on a new vehicle there is a distinct difference.
Watch the YT videos certainly, but that is to just give you some idea of what can be achieved with the modellers skills. But you will develop your own method.
For example I ran out of British CARC Green on one model and turned to Russian 4B0 as an alternative and it came out without any additional colours added to be nearer ????
And so the first wash was with a Flory Models clay wash of Grime and from there I went on to add others detail colours.

Flory Models products may not be available in the US, but I am sure there is an alternative.

So a wash will tone down that brightness for certain and from there you can go forward.
Get a sheet of plasticard and use that to experiment with before you commit to the model.
 

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