What color do you paint your weaponery? Mk-19's etc? Any pictures would be appreciated, Thanks

I am still developing various techniques myself, but I usually use base color of black. I will mix a black and a metal color about 60/40-70/30 respectively. After a black wash (to fill in crevices, I then use a silver drybrush and/or a highlight of silver colored pencil.

It sounds like a lot, but given the size, one can't do much. Given its proliferation on US vehicles, I usually use this on .50 cals, but I do this on the barrels and receiver groups of small arms.









Jeff

I usually base coat with Humbrol Gunmetal. Followed by a thin black wash. Finished off with drybrushing with Humbrol Polished Steel (although Polished Aluminium will also work).

p.s. then I rub the Polished Steel with a soft cloth or an ear bud (Q-tip) to bring up the shine.

Wow! thanks guys. Those weapons look so darn real. I gotta learn! I gotta learn!

I usaully use color called gun metal but I always have to tun it down and for some reason it doesn't quite look the part. But after a lot of brushing on pastel to get it to look dull it looks better but the guns you guys have posted are way better.

Mental note. Must copy your style :-)

I havea tin of old humbrol paint called Field blue I usually coat the whole weapon with it then a black was then I grind up some pencil lead and rub that all over the weapon .I like the end result

Do you have a pic of the end rsult, John?

I'm with John. I paint mine with cheap acrylic craft paint out of the bottle, matte black. After that dries well I grind up a pile of graphite from a pencil and rub it on with my finger tip.

Suits me.

Maybe some pics tomoorw, if it quits snowing long enough for me to get the camera out of my car....

Shaun

The pencil grinding technique is another one I tried. The effect is seen somewhat on the .50 in the second image. It doesn't always give me the "dark glow" I want on an already dark color(can't find a better description of the effect pencil lead give). That is where the silver pencil comes in, but the effect is about the same.

This is readily available to me as my dad has a set of drafting pencils and a grinder and about 20 years of excess ground up lead. Interestingly, I used half of it in less than 4 months!

By the way, as mentioned by others, cheap bottle acrylic is the way to go. All the weapons you see in the above images are cheap ModelMaster paints hand painted. These weapons are just not big enough for fancy airbrushing.

Jeff

Okay thanks guys. one thing though. What color do you paint ammunition? Shell casings etc?

ModelMaster has a brass color that I use. Mine came a little thin so I have to use multiple coats. The color is seen on the 3in ammo in the second image. Depending on the size of the piece and visibility I will also add the red tips for tracer ammo.

Jeff

Thanks a lot for the info.