Lozenge painting

[Ernie]

Hi everyone,
  I once saw a thread to do with using paint to tone down
the vibrancy of some lozenge and I can't remember where
I saw it.  Can anyone give me advice on how to do this, what
colours to use, etc.?
  Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Ernie

[kornbeef]

Eric use a pale tone a Ivory/buff or pale blue/violet quite pale but airbrush it thinly. You may also consider mixing it with clear to make the effect subtler.
I found several thin coats made heavier where to accentuate between ribs and laterally across the wing crown quite pleasing.
Some A/C of course were glazed with a brown tint but I would *fade* the vibrancy of the lozenge a little using the above method before applying the tint in the same manner.

 Some can get a good result with brushes, perhaps using oils? I've not tried that yet but I have used Acrylics wet brushed thinly over surfaces. Best bet is to experiment on scrap, even card. Just lozenge some up with scraps of off cut loz decals and play.

[Ernie]

Thanks Keith, I'll give that a try when I'm at that point.
I appreciate the help.

Cheers,
Ernie

[ALBATROS1234]

i have been experimenting with a lozenge filter i made. it is an attempt to try and save the bright garish wnw decals. basically i made a translucent mix which is a light greyish/violet they i take a wide flat (1/2") brush blot most paint on a paper towel then i go back and forth in one direction until it looks right. when dry i did the same thing perpendicular to the original direction. this not only toned down the colors and made them more muted but also added a canvas texture simliar to what is done on the new wood and wire lozenge decals.

[Ernie]

What a great idea, Alby!  To make sure I got this, the grey/violet mix is that
with acrylic paints, or something else.  To get it translucent would that be
heavily thinned?  Thanks for the neat tip!

Cheers,
Ernie

[ALBATROS1234]

actually yes i mix a light grey acrylic with a german mauve blend i had already. the grey was model master acryl and the mauve was pollyscale acrylic i thinned it with a touch of water and a decent amount of future floor finish. this makes a really nice translucent color that i basically brushed back and forth as described after blotting most of the paint from the brush. like i said above after the one direction dryed in 5mins or so i did the other direction. it took 2 or 3 practices before i got it just the right look. thankfully i have tons of wnw lozenge that is basically garbage to me. but it actually turned out pretty darn good looking. a hell of alot better looking than the bright garish wnw lozenge. it mutes it and adds that linen texture all the kids are digging these days. i also make simliar blends for other translucent effects. like when i did the red barons albatros dv where they over painted the crosses but the black still bled thru and the white border looks like translucent red.