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Just tried the Tamiya accent color dark brown and it was too dark. I just put some on their shoes and it basically made it brown. Luckily that stuff wipes off easily.

Are you talking about Vallejo steaking grime? I can actually get that here.
 
The guys are at work now.
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Thanks! I need better small brushes to get more consistency. It's hit or miss with what I have. Sometimes the bristles behave, sometimes they don't.
 
@santafewillie When you order from Maple Leaf, do you get an email from icredit? This is what I have in my inbox and don't want to open it since I can't read it. These guys are in Israel.
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Thanks.

Edit: never mind. Kfir wrote back and confirmed that it is from the order.
 
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Well, looks like the primer didn't help. The paint is just a bit darker than I wanted, so I'll just attribute it to the dungarees being dyed too dark.
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Do you know how to drybrush? Adding a drybush of a lighter blue over the uniforms would help to lighten them.

If not, a quick primer:

Mix a shade shade of that blue slightly lighter. Not a lot lighter, but noticible.

Use a wider (flat) brush. Get a LITTLE paint on the end of the brush. Wipe off 97% of a piece of scrap cardboard. Yes it's wasteful of the paint.

Then wipe it once or twice more on a paper towel. You want barely just a hint of paint coming off the brush.
Wipe the brush on the back of your finger, just to make sure you took enough off the brush.

EDIT: You're trying to hit the raised texture areas of the print/figure. Not the entire cloth of the uniform

If it's your first time drybrushing, wipe it on the paper towel again. You're probably not getting enough off.
Hit another of your fingers with the brush. Just to be sure.

Now lightly apply brush to the model ONLY in downward strokes.

Try to hit ONLY the uniform that you want to be highlighted.

Downward strokes only.

This technique is one of adding a VERY subtle layer. Then adding another subtle layer. And perhaps one more subtle layer.

It is far easier to add a layer, than to repaint the figure because you put too much paint on.

Hold the figure at Arm's Length to see how it looks from 3 foot.
 


Good morning, it's raining and 66, though the weather app says clear and 68.

I may need to rethink my choice of grocery shopping/delivery. I made my biweekly order for WallyWorld to deliver my usual stuff, adding a small bag of candy corn and a standard bag of Halloween Oreos. I attempted to order a bottle of booze and some egg nog for the holidays, but for some reason, they wouldn't deliver the alcohol to me, at any time or day. I have gotten it delivered before, though the last time I ordered any was in late June, for July 4th festivities.
I did get the Oroes and candy corn, though the unopened bag of Oreos had about a half-dozen cookies in the package, and the candy corn was a melted glob in the bag. It's hard to screw those things up, but they managed, somehow. I am getting a refund for the blob and bag or mostly air, though I wonder about the people shopping and delivering. Anybody could see there was a problem with them, and WallyWorld is basically forcing me to give the driver a tip, unless I want to go in and alter the strongly "suggested" tip amount. I guess I'll need to decide if my not wanting to subject myself to the people of walmart continues to outweigh the hassle of getting unusable stuff delivered.
 




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