Quickshade and Tanks

by **NTM** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:25 am

I currently use a wash of diluted acrylic paint for shading and although it works very well for figures I am not so happy with the results on vehicles so I am considering Quickshade for these. Could anyone who uses them for WW2 vehicles please share their experiences particularly which tone they use? Many thanks, Nigel

by **Colonel White** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:56 am

I have also tried on 20mm US Shermans and got mixed results.The problem I see with Army Painter or any other washes for that matter is that they don't work too well when you have large areas of"clean" flat plating to cover. I got better results on my 2nd Sherman when I applied lots of spare stowage and sand bags etc to break up those large areas of flat plate. I am still not totally happy with the results and I will be going back to an old technique suggested by a professional painter of using an acrylic wash with a gel medium applied . The gel medium apparently stops the wash from excessive pooling . I have yet to try this.

by **NTM** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:13 am

Thanks for that may well get some gel medium and give it a try on the base painted Stug currently on the painting table.

by **SgtPerry** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:04 pm

I use the quickshade "Strong" on my Shermans and Cromwells. I like the dirty result. http://perrysheroes.free.fr/sp.....article233 http://perrysheroes.free.fr/sp.....article232 I also used it on my Sdkfz7 and flak gun http://perrysheroes.free.fr/sp.....article302

by **Colonel White** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:56 am

Thanks for your post Sgtperry . I am just wondering how you prevent the dip from pooling which is the problem I have on vehicles along with NTM?

by **Cubster** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:44 am

Can you wipe the excess off your bigger surfaces with a cloth or something? I've not used the stuff thus far, but one of the reasons I got it was to quickly shade 1/72 tanks and vehicles.

by **Colonel White** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:43 am

With a cloth you will just get "fluff" in it.I havn't tried my own solution when using this product and that is of using a brush with thinners on , as I "discovered " this since painting the tanks , however this doesn't help NTM as he is not using the Army Painter Dip so I will be very interested to see how he goes on with the the Acrylic Gel I suggested.

by **NTM** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:01 am

Haven't picked anything up yet but have checked the products out online. Will probably try the one called flow improver which is recommended for 'staining'. Gel mediums seem to be used to give a textured finish and are only available in medium or coarse. Will let you all know how it goes once I've had a try.

by **Big Al** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:19 am

Well I assume you will have looked at this already, but that isn't safe but have you checked this link? http://www.thearmypainter.com/.....readnought I know it isn't a tank but it does have large sides and it looks good in the photos. Maybe this is what you want to know, or at least, try. There is also a video tutorial that may answer some questions, although the second one won't help that much ( I don't see anyone whirling their model vehicle round like the Incredible Hulk Laugh

) http://www.thearmypainter.com/.....?videoid=3 http://www.thearmypainter.com/.....?videoid=2

by **NTM** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:32 am

Al, Yes I had looked at the Army Painter site and the tutorial articles on this site so I am clear on the 'how to' element. Will have a look at the video links later (cannot access at work) I agree that the method seems to work on the terminator but not really the effect I'm after on WWII tanks Surprised

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