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Pre-shading on multicolor cam is useless?
Chewbacca
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Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 01:06 AM UTC
I've been reading through some articles, it seems that most people agree that pre-shading on multi-colour cam is mostly a waste of effort as by the time the final layer is sprayed on, you can't really see the effects any more. Any thoughts on this?

Also, how is post-shading for multi-colour camo done?

I'm reading this article ( here ).

Excerpt :
After the base camo colours are applied I substitute traditional washes with an operation that might be described as "Post-Shading". I spray a very thin mix of XF-64 Red Brown and XF-1 Flat Black (70/30 ratio brown to black, and c.70/30 thinners to paint), in a fine line along edges of panels and camouflage colours, and into all the areas of shadow and shade where a wash would ideally flow. Subtle vertical streaking is also added with this mix. The tracks too are sprayed with this dirty brown shade as a base colour for further weathering.

So, it seems that I just choose a colour which I believe my base colour scheme will fade into, make it very thin, and spray it on? Just like that?

I'm still......not very confident, I suppose. Much thanks for any guidance.
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