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Moreno Baruffini
Hi Bruce, I think that the camo isn't too bad! Moreover, you are now more experienced!

5 June 2021, 14:54

Bruce Huxtable
Thanks for your encouragement, Moreno. Wet on wet with acres of solvent sloshing around is not recommended! Acrylics seem to dry too fast to work like this, so I'll have to experiment further.

5 June 2021, 15:37

Lost_Erik
That's a fun subject for experimentation. It calls you to do another. 👍

6 June 2021, 01:09

Bruce Huxtable
I've been experimenting and learning lots, painting cobbled roads, stone and brick walls. Def not as easy as some modellers' dioramas look. Can't beat a challenge!

6 June 2021, 07:45

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Bruce … try adding retarder to the acrylic paint ,,,, some water and dishwashing soap will do

6 June 2021, 08:16

Steven Van Dyck
Maybe for outlining the brown spots you could have used a light brown pencil, so it would have been less of a problem if it shines through. Maybe if you add some additional layers it will improve, and the merging you could also achieve with a filter.

6 June 2021, 09:07

Neuling
Bruce, you invented the marble camouflage pattern! 👍

6 June 2021, 10:07

Bruce Huxtable
Thanks for the tips, Julian and Steven. In my defence, Neuling, I was trying to faithfully follow the instruction's pattern and the box-art colours. Freeform? Precision! 😉

6 June 2021, 11:05

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This was my first attempt to paint with enamels. Water-colour techniques don't quite wash, so to speak. But the main lesson learnt was not to mark out the pattern with pencil! I still very rarely use a colour 'as is', but will often add a hint of this or that.

Caudron Renault 714 C1

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