| If you're only looking to bring out the detail in the panel lines, I highly recommend a set of artists pencils, prior to clear coating the model. You can get them in a number of colors, typically there is one that is a fair shade darker but the same base color (like dark green vs light green). I'll just trace the panel lines.
Another technique I'll use is a basic number 2 pencil sharpened to a fine point. You can grind off a bit of the graphite and smudge it with your finger to create exhaust stains, muzzle burns from machine guns, gear stains, etc. You can do rust with brown pencils... you get the idea. If you foul up.. you can erase it with with a soft rubber eraser - nothing lost!
This all works excellent, but I've only had good results on flat paint.
Washes are a pain in the rump. |