Thanks!
Well, painting begins with a primer - especially when using photoetch a doing a lot of conversions. After that I preshade all panellines, weld seams and shadows in general. I use a dark gray as I find black too harsh.
The the base coat - a little more light than i want it - as the work afterwards tends to darken it. Then I postshade with a even lighter grad in the middel of the panels. At this stage i have a model that basically have 3 diffent colors gradually mixed.
This is how it looks like at this stage (naturally the darker part of hull should be painted allso)
Then i coat it with future to prepare it for working with oils.
What I want now is to give these big areas a bit more expression, thay are even after this a bit dull.
I do that with adding dots of different oilcolors and wiping it off with a damp brush - keep on wiping untill you get the desired result:
Now its time for a more detailed wash in all recesses and after a dullcoat i drybrush it with oils again.
Even if its in Japanese this is a good inspiration:
part one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWqfbxHQCjc&feature=channel_pageand two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA9Gv58HYZ0&feature=relatedHope it helped.
Cheers/Jan