StuG III weathering pt.1 | Washes, Whitewash, and Chipping | Panzermeister36 | 

I just want to make a comment about painting all the tools the same color as the vehicle. Back in the late 1980s I use to drive tour bus in Alaska and the yukon and one of our contracts was with a German company. On one trip I got a flat tire on a Sunday not to far from Tok Alaska. I limped the bus back into town where we were staying over night so J had dinner and then set to work on changing the wheel. About 15 minutes in to the job 2 of my passengers came out and offered to help. As the work continued they started tell stories of having to do repairs in the field on their tanks. One of them was on the western front and the other was fighting on the eastern front. One thing the both had in common was that their company comanders both required the tools of the vehicle be checked every 2 or 3 when days possible . This inclueded removing them from the vehicle and testing any moveable parts like on the jacks and the tools were never to be painted as this could lead to problems when the crew needed to do repairs in a hurry or under fire. A other thing they both had in common was the reporting of lost tools when they were not really lost, this would give them a couple of a certian type of tool and different tanks would report the loss of diferent tools. To me these policies would make sense as it could mean the difference between life and death.

It's nice work. I think oil painting is new way still now. So, there would be many ways from now on. This video is very interesting and easy to understand what you wan to do. Correction. It's excellent work ! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent work! In all honesty I have never tried the Tamiya panel liner but it always looks great. I should pick some up just to try it out. I also loved the oil work to make highlights and shadows on certain panels, and to map in some more winter whitewash. I wouldn't worry too much about the chipping...after you went in with the darker colour, and the rust (and the toothpick!) it toned it back somewhat...plus, it visually blends nicely with your heavily chipped winter camouflage, so to me it looks like much of the 'excess' sponge chipping colour could just be some of the winter white hanging around in small flakes. It looks right to me, at least :) I will look forward to seeing how you did the mud you showed at the end there. From Patreon I know you used real dirt, which is always an excellent technique since you can't get better than the real thing! Take care.

Good update. Keep up the good work mate

Weathering stages are going really well. Keep up the great work

Looks great! I love stubs!

Looks good. Just curious why did you do the white wash before the pin wash and distressing? Not criticizing just wondering about the reasoning. *the initial application