The dials are dry
Going to add a slight tint to the lume markers now, I considered reluming, but it’s a fair bit of work and I admit I don’t have the patience for it right now. The good thing is I can always come back and do this at a later date if I’m so inclined.
Here I’m using a citadel dark wash mixed with water, again very thin and subtle. It will leave the current lume intact
You can see the very very subtle difference close up
Now I’m going to use some rust and ash colour tamiya weathering paint on the markers, again, less is sometimes more
I’m now happy with this dial and I’m going to leave it looking quite clean
The explorer dial however I want to go a bit further, so I’m applying some tamiya ash and rust colours to the dial, brushing it on and blowing excess away as I go
Trying to keep the majority towards the centre of the dial, I tend to like keeping some of it dark and only going heavy on one part of the dial, just my preference as I believe the sun hitting the dial wouldn’t leave a uniformed colour all over. Now the tamiya is applied I give it a couple of blasts of Matt spray from a distance to seal it and slightly add to the aging effect
Not everyone’s cup of tea but I quite like the effect, I don’t think pictures do it justice to be honest but here I’ll try to capture from different angles so you can see how it changes in the light
Happy with how both dials are looking now, time for a side by side shot
That’s the dials, and my free time for this morning, done for now. That’s a good thing though, I find doing this in stages rather than an entire build in one go gives you a rest and sometimes leads to a bit of inspiration before you carry on.
