Having only recently ruined the below waterline finish with various grades of sandpaper, grit and files, it was time to remedy the mess caused! I used Blackboard paint again, this time, however, I intended to start adding the weathering. Yesterday was stage one.
I dont like Dry Brushing as an effect, I will use it but prefer not to where I can come up with an alternative. On this model I am trying to blend two colours together at once. In the tradition of 'modern' weathering techniques, we will christen it Wet Blending. ( check out any scale mag involved in either plastic kit aircraft or military modelling, weathering is now broken down into, drybrushing, pre-shading, post shading, modulation, washes, spanish technique, blah blah blah! Its all weathering and was developed by the old masters hundreds of years ago for two dimensional painting on canvas. Now hijacked in the 21st century and labelled! Rant over...)
Wet Blending is a technique developed by myself, yesterday, which involves laying down more than one colour at a time, then blending or streaking it in in the general direction of the wear and tear on the vessel or vehicle. In this case, I was mixing Blackboard Paint and two shades of Tamiya acylics on the model, as well as mixing an intermediate colour on scrap card to help blend in the effect. It must not be one uniform colour as that defeats the purpose of the effect, more a streaky effect drawn across the model from the top to the bottom. The good news is that as it dried it actually worked!