Weathering German Armor using Cat Hair

Armor/AFV WWII Axis
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Weathering german Armor Models with Cat Hair

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STEP 1. Base Coat, typically for German Tanks RED OXIDE.

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STEP 2 – Get some Cat Hair, wet the surface with water. Spread out the Cat Hair as desired and let dry overnight.

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STEP 3. Next coat the area with the final color(s), this can include camouflage. Let this dry for 30 minutes, if the paint gets too dry you won’t be able to remove all the Cat Hair.

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STEP 4. Use tweezers, X-actor, Single Edge razor blades to remove the Cat Hair.

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STEP 5. Final result is a distressed look, now you can add rust, dust etc.

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STEP 6.

APRIL FOOLS!!

STEP 2 – Get some Cat Hair, wet the surface with water. Spread out the Cat Hair as desired and let dry overnight.

STEP 3. Next coat the area with the final color(s), this can include camouflage. Let this dry for 30 minutes, if the paint gets too dry you won’t be able to remove all the Cat Hair.

STAP 4. Use tweezers, X-actor, Single Edge razor blades to remove the Cat Hair.

STEP 5. Final result is a distressed look, now you can add rust, dust etc.

SEE STEP 6 NEXT PAGE

STEP 6.

APRIL FOOLS!!

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Haha! You got me good… :neutral_face:

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Noice, right now we can use pollen as pigments or cast texture.

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Good one. I had a REAL problem with cat hair in my paint, until I trained my wife’s cat with a water pistol to stay out of my shop.

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My work bench is right next to the clothes dryer. Would dryer lint work the same??

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Does this apply only for German armor? What do modellers building Russian/Soviet and British armor? And what about modellers with a cat hair allergy? If I want to build a Tiger, do I need a Tiger fur?

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Yes, and for a AEC Dorchester Mammoth you need Mammoth hair. :smiley:

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Yes what about dog hair? I have two that shed mercilessly

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For a Walker Bulldog, Greyhound or Whippet, you certainly need those!

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The big challenge will be finding Rhino hair for a Nashorn…

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Getting frozen Mammoth hair can be costly! :rofl:

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How about bumblebee “hair” for a Hummel?

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I’d rather have a hair of the dog that bit me

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Well, at least is has hair… A rhino hasn’t afaik… :grin:

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Blofeld´s cat would be ideal for the job…

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A bad kitty indeed.

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The Sumatran Rhino can grow a reddish coat of hair

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Didn´t the paleontologist´s found out that even dinosaurs had “hair”.

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The Woolly Rhino went extinct around 14000 years ago

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this technique only works with cat hairspray … #4

and that’s according to Rinaldi I’m telling you

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This does get out of control!!! Stop!!!

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