04-02-2009, 09:56 PM
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And here's the last shot from this week's work. Here I have added a dirty tan wash to the sideframes, the lower body of the car and the spatter zones on the ends. It's very thin, and only enough to begin to show up just barely. I like to add thin washes and let them build up gradually. Finally, I added a dirty gray wash, probably three drops black to one drop gray. Again, this isn't much but compare this shot to an earlier shot and you may begin to see the difference. The grime wash tones down the white streaks.
Next will be to add perhaps a few more washes, whatever I do to the interior, and a good dusting of grime & rust as appropriate. JA's original Varney cars as well as later ore cars similar in body style to this one, show his usual heavy weathering. I'm not sure I want to go that far, but we'll see. I may get a wild hare and go pretty far. However I want this car to be used in service still, so it should look as if it has seen many miles but has many more to go.
Galen
And here's the last shot from this week's work. Here I have added a dirty tan wash to the sideframes, the lower body of the car and the spatter zones on the ends. It's very thin, and only enough to begin to show up just barely. I like to add thin washes and let them build up gradually. Finally, I added a dirty gray wash, probably three drops black to one drop gray. Again, this isn't much but compare this shot to an earlier shot and you may begin to see the difference. The grime wash tones down the white streaks.
Next will be to add perhaps a few more washes, whatever I do to the interior, and a good dusting of grime & rust as appropriate. JA's original Varney cars as well as later ore cars similar in body style to this one, show his usual heavy weathering. I'm not sure I want to go that far, but we'll see. I may get a wild hare and go pretty far. However I want this car to be used in service still, so it should look as if it has seen many miles but has many more to go.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!