HBG's British supplement set

[cyanight]

I was just about to order some from I-94 until I saw this post from HBG.  Definitely going to make things easier getting the sculpts and decals from one source.

[Johnson73]

Thanks Coach.  This is great news indeed.

[HBG]

Decals are for sale now. If you need a sheet I do not have let me know and I will order some on next order.

[crusaderiv]

Hey coach…
Have you ever think decals for smaller stuff…1/600 or 1/700?

AL

[HBG]

@crusaderiv:

Hey coach…
Have you ever think decals for smaller stuff…1/600 or 1/700?

AL

let me know which ones and we will get them stocked

[jwo1984]

hey guys, just the last two units of the brits airpower the fairey Barracuda’s.  These were fun too paint…wanted too make them look weathered from missions off the flight deck of the Ark royal, so added some silver paint to mimic some paint chipping…

[LHoffman]

Those are insane! Great work!  :-o

[cyanight]

Excellent work. They keep looking better and better.  That weathering effect that you did is awesome. It really makes the planes look like they just came back from a mission.

[Spitfire38]

Great work! They look fantastic. I had never thought about doing that weathering. Can you go into a little more detail on how you applied that silver paint? (i.e. how you decided where to put it, how you brushed it on, etc.)

[John Brown]

Jwo1984, great job on those planes. They looked weathered for sure. :-)

[jwo1984]

thanks again LLhoffman, cyanight, spitefire38 and john brown.  Glad that the planes look to you guys how I wanted them too….battle weary and weathered! Spitefire38 you asked if I could go into some more detail about the silver paint effect and all that so I thought I would put together a few examples of what I’ve done, brushes used, and how I applied…using your thorough painting tutorial thread as my template…sorta

so below are my BIG three! I have tons of brushes but for some reason I only use these three for everything lol…

[jwo1984]

so here are some examples of where I would use my first fine detailing brush…I use the edge of the thin brush for painting the silver on along the front wing tips of aircraft…also for edges I want worn out on tanks as well…

[jwo1984]

heres some weathering on some as “Tall Paul” coined “Seno-RITA’s”  I like too do the edges of the wings and tail wings…aswell as the front of the noses.  Its also good too have a good contrast in color for the weathering, dark greens, blues, browns otherwise the silver paint kinda gets washed out.  I also try and stay away from weathering the heavy camo schemes…otherwise it just gets too busy IMHO

[jwo1984]

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[jwo1984]

for the barracuda’s once I painted in the panel lines on the wings, I painted some silver spots close or on those panel lines, cause I figured realistically paint on a plane would be lifting along the edges of those lines…

[jwo1984]

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[jwo1984]

next I have my medium brush…the middle brush its short and stubby the bristols are all split.  I like too use that one too create big flakes of paint that have come of a wing where a lot of aluminum might be exposed. Japanese Vals are great for this one…

[jwo1984]

and my final brush the last one…the fat boy.  it has its long fan, and can catch ever little detail in the sculpt.  I like to use this one for adding maybe rust to a tank or vehicle.  If I am trying for the rust effect I will just throw a little brown in the silver and a dab of red.  Then I just dry brush over the body, or the tracks if its a tank.

[jwo1984]

hope this can give some ideas! I will say I tend too be more particular with details and extras on the pieces but that’s cause I am only painting 2-4 of the unit types. I have mad admiration to the volume guys who are turning out quality units in variety of colors squadrons and shear numbers! wow guys!

Spitefire38, any chance you could do a few stage shots of your infantry men? I m curious too see your process and how you get your colors and details on the men? if you get a chance of course  :-D

[John Brown]

Thanks for showing these pictures. It helps to know what to use, when seeing a visual reference. :-)