After days of procrastinating, finally masked and laid the first coat of the winter wash and rather than going for the typical highly faded one with hairspray I wanted a more "fresh" one but still needs to be visually interesting.
I want to try something I saw on plamo tsukuro (or whatever that jap modeling series is called) of painting with lacquer and then "dry brushing" with lacquer thinner to do scratches and fading. Also something I read that plane modelers do of using sanding as a mean of fading/surface chipping.
Both methods sounded pretty mad but honestly you can't say until you try, so far I tried the sanding and works pretty well on the small tests, the lacquer one I'm a bit wary tho. After this comes a more "common" layer of chipping fluid winter wash for muh finish richness if all works out.
>>7279888If I had to start again form zero and wanted to keep it /lean&tight/ to add to what other anons said:
>research kits and only buy those you have in the back of your head and a clear goal for a few weeks rather than impulse buying(This might vary from person to person tho)
>OILS are your best friend and almost foolproof. Both for weathering and color modulation are a great tool and last forever so the roi is the second highest after and airbrush>Burnt umber, burnt sienna, buff and black are indispensable. All other colors will give you more finesse but you can get those latter on or specify what kind of kits you want to build to get a basic palette>When starting if you aren't sure, some primer/base color/varnish from cans will do the trick perfectly but this will get expensive soon and when applying color you lack the finesse an airbrush will give youCont'd
