Guides and Tutorials

Stages and materials used to weather the Armortek PAK 40.

Base coat of Halfords black then grey primer. Top coat is done with Army Painter desert yellow primer, all rattle cans.

While there are other materials suitable for making scale welds I have always worked with and favoured Milliput. It is a 2 part putty material that is mixed by rolling together equal quantities until you end up with a ball of something resembling green Plasticine. I use the standard Yellow - Grey. It is workable for around an hour or so and set hard in approx three hours.

Stage 1- Roll it out into a long thin strip the size of the weld you wish to create.

Stage 2 - Lay it into the groove or angle you wish to simulate as a welded joint. Press it in with your finger and apply a very small amount of water if you struggle to get it to stick.

Stage 3 - Once the Milliput is in place you can start to add the weld effect. I use an old dental probe…