hi i,ve just made a tamiya 1/35 king tiger ardeness forest 1944 in the three colour camouflage scheme i,ve sealed the model with johnsons klear and have applied the decals and another two coats of klear. i understand and have read about dark washes and dry brushing but they all say dry brush a lighter colour of the base colour but as i,ve explained i have the three colour can any one help as i,ve spent all evening looking on hear for the answer

No matter the camo pattern or color(s) I always apply a wash of Burnt umber and a wash of black to my finished AFV. A light wash will settle in the recesses and will highlight he surrounding area. Once this is done I dry brush with the base coat color… EXAMPLE German Three color camo the base coat or color is the dark yellow. I begin my dry brushing with this color ( as the darker colors wear from daily use, nature and coma abet the underlying coat appears…) after dry brushing I apply another dark wash – black, burnt umber, sometimes Prussian blue and dry brush again… this time with a lighten version of the base coat.

The process continues till I finally like it and then I dry brush again with the “dirt” color of my surrounding base. My finally dry brush is with pure off-white. Very light… then I apply graphite or steel paint to reproduce exposed metal from wear or chipping.

There is not exact formula or science to it…

it is what looks right after you are all done!

Hope that makes sense!?!

Good Luck,

John
www.johnneill.com

My method is when finished my painting, I only use Future on the areas where the decals would go. Once they are applied, I brush on a coat of either Humbrol Flat Varnish or my newly acquired Vallejo Clear Flat (very nice stuff) Then I add a wash of mixed Burnt Umber/Black oil paints all over the subject and let dry for a couple of days.
For drybrushing I pretty much use one color. It is a craft paint from Creamcoat called Sandstone. I just go over the whole vehicle with a fairly wide soft brush and where necessary a small soft brush. Then I break out my chalk pastels and get to work with a stiffer brush...I use black around edges, bolts and places where grime would build up, and then slightly adding white pastels towards the center, where less grime would accumulate. And if necessary, drybrush again over some areas.

thanks guys most informative i will upload some pics of me tiger shortly in my gallery , i had a go please feel free to pass on any comments or suggestions