Thanks again for all the great comments and feedback on the Hetzer, sincerely appreciated! I’ve had many questions on the “how to?” and the best I can do is share a couple of photos I took along the way. It’s not really much of a “technique” so much as really just painting a model with [...]

Needed to do another round with some oil washes and glazes to bring a little more color into the armor which I wanted to be a little more green or brown in places along with some counter color of orange. A light touch with a Citadel Standard Brush loaded with Tamiya Enamel Paint thinner and [...]

Next some more abrasion and light damage painted on with Vallejo Acylics. Light marks with various mixes of VMC Green and VGC Dead Flesh and dark marks with VMC German Camo Black Brown and Panzer Aces Dark Rust.
Then some very light washes and stippling with both light and dark oil paints. I used many colors [...]

Here I’ve wanted to make it a little more 1950’s Army Man Green, so a glaze/filter of Mig Productions “Industrial Earth” oil paint which seems to be a Burnt Umber -Green Shade. The same color with some Winsor Newton Lamp Black added and lightly painted into shadows and detail lines. Reworked with a couple [...]

Next up I’ve applied the decals as per the box instructions straight to the paintwork, as it’s already a semi-gloss finish from the excellent Mr. Color paints. Great quality decals and they go on very nicely. I trim them with fine scissors and a hobby knife to eliminate excess film.
Letting the decals dry over night, I [...]