streaking oil/grease?

[dylan]

does anyone have suggestions on how to recreate the streaks running down the side of this tank?  I have Mig streaking grime wash, and I tried to apply it with a 000 brush but the effect was a much thicker line than I wanted.




here is where I am at with the build.

[kiwibelg]

Nice paint job!
I don't know how the other guys achieve their streaking effects but as an interior decorator I have to every now and then recreate the grain of certain wood types and various hard stone.
I pull a hair from a new brush and use this instead of a OO brush. Pain in the butt to do in 1:1 scale but might be a good idea for your project?
All the best,
Shay

[TRM]

Hey Dylan, The brush should be fine to use. In the pic, those steaks are pretty heavy and are more drips than soft streaking. The brush should be fine to use. Try thinning the streaking wash just a touch...meaning a drop of the wash with maybe dipping just the brush in some thinner should soften the wash a little. If not, add another brush of thinner. Too much and it will fan out when you apply it...to little and you are getting the darkness you are trying to avoid. Start small and add layers until you get the size and length you want. You should be able to apply the small drip marks, hit it quickly with a hairdryer to speed up the drying and then apply more without affecting what you did...for the most part. If you get the shape and size you want but it is too light for your liking, apply another round on top of your first application once the first layer has dried.

Less is more. If you wick off the brush on a paper towel and only just barely touch the drop of wash with the tip of the brush, will reduce the amount the brush soaks up...same works to touch the tip of the brush to the paper towel after picking up some wash. The good thing about he enamel washes s if you don't like what you see, a clean flat brush damp with thinner will remove the effects even up to a couple days or so.

You could also try acrylic paint for the streaking application. Same premise applies with thinning of course, except with water. But with acrylics things dry much faster and are a little less forgiving if you change your mind the next day.

[dylan]

wow those are really helpful. Shay, |I'll give the single paintbrush hair a try.

thank you very much

[wing_nut]

For pulling down steaks the best I've done is with a 1/4" flat brush that has a nice sharp edge that's held up and down. easier control for thin streaks that can be made as wide as needed. If you use a single hair that seems like it would be harder to control since you would have to go over it repeatedly to get the length and width you want.

[dylan]

thanks again everyone. I finally got it figured out. I took a piece of fishing line dipped in the wash then layed it down on the side of the tank.
here is what I got so far.

[armorguy]

Dylan, that's what I call thinking out of the box ! What can be done too, is to add a thin layer of mineral spirits onto the area you want to finish with streaks. Then you can apply the wash with a fine brush, you will achieve sharp and slightly faded streaks.

Best regards ! AG.

[wing_nut]

Looks good.

[Leon]

Nice idea Dylan! Looking good.

[tigrazor]

Ask three people, and youll get five different answers.

Its trial and error, and there are of course lots of possibilities - most of them are mentioned above. Oil color is a good thing, and a big bunch of modellers swear on it (for a good cause).

What works for me best is an acrylic wash. In most cases I use Games workshop washes, because they are

-thin enough
-they dry on matte
-dry very fast

And - thats very important - the dont leave strange spots. That happened to my MiG washes several times. But maybe I made a mistake (of course I shook them and stored them in a warm place).

Somem modellers combine several techniques too, depending what they want to achieve.

Whatever you try - have fun trying!

[modsrule1976]

I use oil paints - colour dependent upon the paint scheme on the model.

Slightly damped the surface you wish to work on with thinners. Then add some dots of oil paint along the top of the area you wish to streak.

Clean your brush and then gently extend the dots down the panel. At this stage you are not making the streaks so not to thin but do make some lines longer in length than others. Basically make them all random.

Allow ten minutes or so and then with a flat brush dampened in thinners "pull" the oil paints down the panel. Remembering to thin/feather the line towards the bottom.

You should find that the random lengths of lines added earlier will give you contrasting steaks.

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