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Using diecast vehicles in 15mm gaming
Dipping I wanted these vehicles to look very dirty. You can see some examples of some better kept (ie less grubby) vehicles in the diecast Police trucks on these pages. The difference is just down to the amount of black ink mixed in with the Future clear floor wax. So these vehicles are dipped in a mixture of Future and black ink. They are literally submerged and pulled out and drained back into the pot and then left to dry. Rust and Grime After having painted Army Painter gun metal onto various areas that needed it, the next process is the application of some rust and dirt. The rust comes in the shape of some ModelMates (or actually the PSC equivalent) bottled rust which is splashed on and then, when dry, rubbed off. Then the vehicles were sprayed with the PSC dirt spray and - again - some wiped off with a damp piece of kitchen roll (or a ‘q-tip’ for small areas). Next is actual mud. I have a jar of Revell acrilic dark earth that is very thick and gungy and that was spread over the tyres and anywhere else that needed it. On the tyres, this was then rubbed off onto kitchen roll when almost dry, to ensure it only stayed in the treads. The tyres were drybrushed in grey afterwards to highlight the remaining black. On the bulldozer - and in the back of two of the lorries - I used my own ‘Not-Basetex’ mix of brown emulsion and PVA in a 50/50 mix with lots of sand to add grit. In one of the lorries I added ‘rubbish’ in the back as well - old pieces of prepainted diecast aircraft I had spare.
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John Treadaway - June 2014
The lorry has had detail painted in - rear view mirrors and pipework - and then dipped in a mix of Future and heavy black ink The 'Monster-Truck' technical has had stowage added from Greenstuff putty and Brigade Miniatures The 'Monster-Truck' technical has had inks applied to the extra stowage to tone it down, plus a 'load' was added to the lorry from 'basetex' and sand The 'Monster-Truck' technical has had inks applied to the extra stowage including jerry cans on the rear The Lorry's 'load' was added to with bits from the spares box pushed into the 'basetex' before it set The Lorry's 'basetex' is drybrushed in Skeleton Bone and inks added to the rubbish to weather it