Skips and stones...fiddling with gouache
I've managed to get a bit of modelling in today, with both my dummy 67 and my autoballasters hitting the kitchen table today for a dunk in the gouache.
Anyone who's not come across this stuff before - it's ace, give it ago! Gouache is a type of paint that's similar to Artist's acrylic, but able to be re-wetted and re-worked once they are dry. This makes them great for rust streaking and subtle dirt streaks for example. It was Martin (Pugsley) who first introduced these to me via a workbench thread on a previous RMweb, and they really are good once you get used to them!
The 67 has had its base weathering applied for some time (airbrushed Tamiya and Railmatch), but today I finally got round to adding to it with some gouache. Some of the colour changes are so subtle, they look great to the eye, but the camera doesn't pick them up well. I might have a go tomorrow if it's sunny and I can find time between F1 and my birthday
Oh, by the way, clicking the pics will make them nice and big
These first two are a general overview which shows the overall state of the loco. It looks suitably grubby and unwashed, but not filthy There are several bits I want to add to or alter now I've seen the photos, but that's the joy of Gouache!
Both ends of the skip highlighting the variation in shade, at the exhaust end the dirt tends to wash down the cab front, especially if the loco spends weeks coupled to a mk2 without a clean. The cabside shot tries to hightlight the streaking and dirt, but as I've already said, a lot of it is hard to see in a photo.
Side on shot of 67026. When this is varnished to seal the gouache, I'm going to try masking the wiper arcs
Here's another 67 on the FGW working I'm modelling, I've based the weathering on this one amongst others
3 of my 5 Autoballasters. The weathering on these is mostly Games Workshop acrylics, though I'll be airbrushing a light coat of Railmatch sleeper grime on the lower bits and bogies, and some Tamiya Hull Red (rust!) to blend the slightly brush-marky weathering together. Bleached bone has been stippled on top of the rust in places to tone it back, and give a different effect to the raw paint applied.
Please excuse the peeling transfer on the generator! The rust spots on the canopy and exhaust are both good examples of why I love working with gouache - once you start playing you don't want to stop! I haven't payed too much attention to the interior as it'll be getting a load of ballast. The prototype photo is one of several I've been working from purely for the canopy and shows the effect I'm aiming for, albeit mine's a little more rusty
That's it for now, not sure when I'll get chance to do more to these and update - soon hopefully, as the JJAs have been on the go for nearly 2 years!
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