evening all, a few people have asked how i paint my tanks so in a fit of smugness here is a tutorial (with added WIP pictures)
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after basing black give the model a couple of coats of watered down dark angels green,
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this is my tank drybrush, its a cheap old artists brush but the bristles are quite robust and its a nice size for vehicles
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next use camo green as the first drybrush, i know you all know this but you need to remove most of the paint off the brush, most tutorials say use a piece of kitchen towel but i use a nasty old top made out of 100% cotton because no bits fall off to get onto you're model (and i hate that top), just stroke the brush till not much paint comes off ( icould of made that phrase much more explicit)
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once this drybrush is dry then i use scorpion green as a lighter drybrush just to define any raised edges
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next add any details or decals that you want on the tank that need to be waethered with the rest of the vehicle, i give the decals a covering of matt varnish just to make them a bit more resiliant
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next comes the drybrush of boltgun metal, depending on the amount of weathering that you want to do it can either be heavy or light, its very good at giving the impression that the paint has been worn off by ware and tear
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once that has dried drybrush some scortched brown accross the bottom quite heavily
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next up is some graveyard earth to add some depth
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finally lightly drybrush some desert yellow just to pick out some of the raised ridges that have already been covered

with the mud i find thats its easier to brush downwards to stop lines appearing between the layers of weathering and just to take your time, if you have an old model then practice on it

hopefully some one has found this tutorial helpful, if anybody has got any advice to make it better then please let us know

thanks for looking :)

This may be useful to me, cheers for the tut :)

DK