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I've been working on the dome and cheeks this week. Anytime I see the ESB in a photo the dome and cheeks have a different hue than what I see in the standard humbrol everyone uses, so I wanted to try to match that. I did a little research on Panzer Olive Green and German Field Gray, and they sometimes are represented a little more on the lighter end of things. I'm thinking that the original paints leaned a little more in this direction. Who knows...it's interesting to play around with the mix. I may end up doing a wash on it to darken it down a bit if the face and ears contrast don't bring it into submission. I used Tamiya XF-18,XF-71,XF-25 and added some white to lighten it up. I noticed Tamiya had XF-65 Field Gray which looks pretty blue on the chart, but I may experiment with on my next go around.

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I'm only masking off the gray since it seems to have the least amount of detail. I figured I would attempt to put the silver on topically. Superjedi makes it look so easy right?

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It really doesn't look quite this pale in person.

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Maaaaybe after some weathering.

<blockquote data-quote="ToEleven" data-source="post: 422422" data-attributes="member: 7692">I&#039;ve been working on the dome and cheeks this week. Anytime I see the ESB in a photo the dome and cheeks have a different hue than what I see in the standard humbrol everyone uses, so I wanted to try to match that. I did a little research on Panzer Olive Green and German Field Gray, and they sometimes are represented a little more on the lighter end of things. I&#039;m thinking that the original paints leaned a little more in this direction. Who knows...it&#039;s interesting to play around with the mix. I may end up doing a wash on it to darken it down a bit if the face and ears contrast don&#039;t bring it into submission. I used Tamiya XF-18,XF-71,XF-25 and added some white to lighten it up. I noticed Tamiya had XF-65 Field Gray which looks pretty blue on the chart, but I may experiment with on my next go around.[ATTACH]59196[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59203[/ATTACH]I&#039;m only masking off the gray since it seems to have the least amount of detail. I figured I would attempt to put the silver on topically. Superjedi makes it look so easy right?[ATTACH]59202[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59197[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59198[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59199[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59200[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59201[/ATTACH]It really doesn&#039;t look quite this pale in person.[ATTACH]59204[/ATTACH]Maaaaybe after some weathering.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ToEleven, post: 422422, member: 7692"] I've been working on the dome and cheeks this week. Anytime I see the ESB in a photo the dome and cheeks have a different hue than what I see in the standard humbrol everyone uses, so I wanted to try to match that. I did a little research on Panzer Olive Green and German Field Gray, and they sometimes are represented a little more on the lighter end of things. I'm thinking that the original paints leaned a little more in this direction. Who knows...it's interesting to play around with the mix. I may end up doing a wash on it to darken it down a bit if the face and ears contrast don't bring it into submission. I used Tamiya XF-18,XF-71,XF-25 and added some white to lighten it up. I noticed Tamiya had XF-65 Field Gray which looks pretty blue on the chart, but I may experiment with on my next go around. [ATTACH]59196.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59203.vB[/ATTACH] I'm only masking off the gray since it seems to have the least amount of detail. I figured I would attempt to put the silver on topically. Superjedi makes it look so easy right? [ATTACH]59202.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59197.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59198.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59199.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59200.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59201.vB[/ATTACH] It really doesn't look quite this pale in person. [ATTACH]59204.vB[/ATTACH] Maaaaybe after some weathering. [/QUOTE]

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