Hello Gents,
Alright tonight we jumped back into the fray (Saturday is fast approaching)

Tonight I started off by doing some post shading using a yellow orche. I diluted the acrylic paint about 85% thinner and water mixture to 15% paint. Then lowered the air pressure to my air brush to about 10-12psi. With a super thin paint and low air pressure you have lots of control, and because the paint is so thin you can layer in areas with multiple passes of the air brush to achieve the desired results. I outlined all of the panels and raised detail. Then adding some raw sienna to the diluted yellow ochre already in the air brush, I repeated the process on selected areas that I wanted even more contrast. This post shading is designed to vary the color and add depth to the overall look, yet be subtle as it's done as a tonal layer.

Then I applied to the first two filters, using high quality artists water colors (in the tube). I diluted the paint heavily and started to layer in areas using raw umber. Using a wide flat red sable brush I applied the wash over the entire tank including all of the areas covered in zim. The I mixed a second filter using a mixture of payne's grey and raw umber. With this darker mix I selected certain areas and details I wanted to make stand out, and again using a wide flat brush I added this very diluted wash.

The plan is to add some pin washes to bring out the small detail bits, but first everything has to dry completely or you run the risk of just muddying up the washes.

I couldn't help myself I wanted to get a better idea of what the completed tank is going to look like so I reattached the tracks, and temporarily hung the extra track links on the side of the turret.

Squid