Not airbrushing the Tiger IE

After trying out a non-airbrush method on an old metal SDD SdKfz 251 and been happy with the end result, I decided that I would start to paint my German big cats using a similar method.

Having given the model a basecoat of Warpaint German Armour the next stage was to add the disruptive camouflage. What I did was take an old paintbrush and cut off the bristles leaving a quarter inch. This brush is then used to stipple on the camouflage pattern. I used initially Chocolate Brown (872) and will use Reflective Green (890) later.

I was quite pleased with the initial effect on my SdKfz 251, however I think I may have made the pattern too wide on the Tiger. What I will do is tidy up the camo pattern with some Middlestone (882).

Though the official German manual during the war told how the camo pattern was to be applied, it said the raw paint mixture was to be mixed with petrol and sprayed onto the vehicles. Reality and short supplies of petrol meant that more often the camo pattern was “painted” onto the vehicles, sometimes with brushes and sometimes with rags.

2 thoughts on “Not airbrushing the Tiger IE”

  1. I don’t think the bands are too wide – there is enormous variation between units and vehicles when you look at the photographs. I do think it looks a little dark though, and you need more than one band on the right-hand side (personal opinions obviously – feel free to ignore…)

    1. Still a work in progress, and you’re right it does need more on the right hand side. The brown is the recommend brown, like you I think it is a little too dark, and needs to be more red.

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