King Tiger Weathering

[Tooeleflyboy]

I did not like the strong looking camo scheme on the tank so decided to tone it down a bit to give it an overall more solid look.

[Tooeleflyboy]

Again several thin coats of color washes, panel line details, weathering powders, basically working it down slowly to get the desired effects.

[Tooeleflyboy]

Very happy with it at this point and maybe should have stopped but got daring and started adding some mud effects.

[Tooeleflyboy]

In these photos I used Vallejo crushed grass, thick mud and splash mud. Should have experimented on something else first because I was not very happy with the effect. Mostly because of my inexperience in applying it and applying it in the right locations for a tank.

[Tooeleflyboy]

These Vallejo mud effects are PERMANANT ! Dang sticks like epoxy once it is dry. Since I was not happy with the look all I could do is color wash it down until it was a bit more subdued.

[Sappo]

I tend to do what ever painting I think the tank requires and then find mud, dust and nature do the rest. Tends to look more natural than paint

[Sappo]

A few pics of the Abrams after several months of running in the dust, mud and water of my favorite tank test ground. You just have to do a bit of cleaning on the running gear

[GregH]

tooeleflyboy - you have done an outstanding weathering job on the King Tiger. I like your idea for painting the tracks with the texture paint, i will try it on mine.
thank you for posting the pics.

[scott5870]

What color washes did you use to tone it down?

[Tooeleflyboy]

I used this thinner and some artist oil color in Raw Umber.