WW 2 helmet and bone color ?

[samson]

Can someone tell me how or the colors used to make bone color also how to go about ageing the helmet. ? I made a bullet hole in the other side and a rust color just doesn't seem right thanks

sorry for the bad pic something I will learn to do better.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Samson,
Rather than a base colour, possibly look at building up from the 'White Primer', using 'Off-Whites' of darker yellow and brown tint's (of varying degree's) of thinned paint. Almost washes. Deeper recesses will require the darker almost 'Umber', aspect. But I would suggest keeping it thin.. E.G. .. Study this, and formulate an approach method.

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Mark

 

[samson]

Great pic and good info thanks for the reply well let you know how it is going I have oil paint in alot of browns and tans

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Samson!

Now you are talking. ... I was under the assumption that you preferred 'Acrylics'. Oils on the other hand may well make this job easier. How comfortable are you with them, that's the question?



Mark

 

[m@rp]

Hi,
look at this link
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/worn-metal-with-masking-fluid.42090/

If you paint with acrylics, first place your base coat and after you can start painting the weather damages on it.
For that, you have to put some different colour ( green, brown, tan,....) as spot on the helmet previously moisturised with water.
So dab your brush on it (like fine adjacents spots of differents colours) let dry (some minutes) and look at the result you can also increase the dabs or decrease as you want.
Hope that will help you
Regards
Pascal
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[kagemusha]

With oils try this approach.....undercoat in white (matt).....brush on a good heavy layer of raw umber.....leave for ten minutes.....
Thin the paint back with a clean, dry, flat brush....you do this by brushing across the surface....keep wiping the brush on paper towel to get rid of the surplus paint.....
This should leave you with some nice shaded detail.......and some off white hi-lites....this may give you a better idea....http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/my-way-with-oils.52194/

For rust on metal you can't beat 'Modelmates' rust effect paint

 

[housecarl]

I'd paint the helmet a rust colour then use the hairspray technique with field grey.
More on it here.

 

[samson]

Wow guys thanks for all the info I was planning ( hoping ) that since it is already under coated with acrylic I would take the oil approach . Not sure what I want to do with the helmet look .? Hey tubby nuts 2 I use acrylic on most all of my plastic kits because they are all 1_6 scale I think but would really like to get into the oil game . It seems to me that it is easier to blend with oils rather than acrylic . But really don't know what I am doing yet Lol so what the hell might as well jump in with the oils

 

[samson]

Hey guys thanks again for taking the time to post all the links I will let you know how all is going . Hard to get anything done during the week so I hope to get back at it maybe Fri night . Also I hope to post some of the pieces I finished about 3 years ago and would like some feedback on those as well. The skeleton bust from above will be the first piece I have done since then. So don't hope for much lol
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