Input needed on 1/87 modulation

[Gordon Ferguson]

Detail, detail Marc ............ Next you will be counting rivets, please consider the bigger picture 

[SandiaPaul]

if you all have to know, it was this:

http://www.theakforum.net/

Paul

[eTraxx]

.. oh! .. yeah .. okay. She's firing a weapon .. :/

[Lawton Maner]

Marc:

True it isn't an AK, but she is wearing Uncle Russ' required fashion accessory.  And, I don't mean the weapon.

Lawton

[JohnTolcher]

There are a good number of examples of CM out on the web. Have a look at some of the good quality ssmall scale armor forums.

Insofar as members here....John Tolcher has been working on a 1/76 (S-scale) diesel where I believe he employs some CM (there is a thread on the AK forum).

Rick Lawler has a great example thread, also on the AK forum,  in which he is showing CM on a wargaming scle tank, which I believe is even smaller than HO.

1/76 is 00, S scale is 1/64.  A lot of wargaming armor is 1/144, if I remember right.

dave

Hi guys,
Yes it is 1:64, in fact it's Sn3.5. So even though it's 1:64 it fits on a HO track.

Hi Modelico, I did do some colour modulation on this model, here's some photos so you can get an idea. Also its the same size as a large HO locomotive, so I think the scale is relevant.



I don't usually do CM, but I saw this photo; the variations between the panels and within some panels really appealled to me. So I tried this, just variations in fading. I didn't try to do any zenith lighting effects.


The model came as a unpainted resin kit, that needed an electric mechanism inside. I built it as a static model with some scratch work, and painted it with some heavy chipping using AK Interactives Worn Effects fluid. No CM at this stage, it would have been too difficult to control the paint thickness for the chipping effect.


A filter/dust layer was airbrush on:


Now the CM was added using oil paint glazes, some panels lightened and others darkened, some edges highlighted. Plus some rust was added also using oils.


I'm not sure if this is real colour modulation acording to the Adam Wilder etc technique, but rather just mixing up the colour on different panels. Anyway, I hope this helps.

Cheers
JT

[Malachi Constant]

John -- Nice work all over that beast!  -- Dallas

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice weathering, really grungy looking!

[modelico]

wow! it looks awsome! One of the best works I have seen so far regarding a loco weathering.