How to Paint & Weather PANZER GREY | Standard Weathering Procedure Ep.4 (For Model Tanks)

Weathering from start to finish!
Hello and welcome to episode 4 in my "Standard Weathering Procedure" series on KZbin. In this video, we will look at the complete process I used to turn a model in bare plastic finish into a weathering masterpiece.
I hope you enjoy, find the video inspirational, and maybe even learn something new!
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[@nadiedeinteres1285]

You are one of the only people that can get my eyes glued to the screen for 50 minutes and not skip even 15 seconds hahaha

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the full video :)

[@Panzermeister36]

Hey guys! Let me know if you guys prefer the hour-long weathering tutorial format...I've been wondering if the videos might be more watchable if I were to break it down into shorter segments focusing on each weathering step.

[@Tankbrusher]

I do prefer the long format over these short bits and pieces we can find everywhere else. All effects need context to the vehicle, that is what your guides do better than most others and what makes yours extremely valuable.

[@LarsoptHofScenery]

The single long tutorials are great. Gives you a really good overview of how you painted the model from start to finish.

[@randyveal9828]

I like the hour-length video format. It provides a more comprehensive overview of how each effect contributes to the overall weathering plan for the model.

[@andyb9111]

Hi Panzermeister36. I am coming back to modelling after a very long break and I find your tutorials truly inspirational. The hour-long format is just perfect for me. Others have tried to break up similar tutorials into smaller chunks but personally I prefer your style, and love the continuity of one longer video. Keep up the excellent work.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you for all the feedback guys! Much appreciated - I will stick to the longer videos :)

[@g.m.3285]

I have two of these in my stash. I love stugs of all types and I hope I can do them justice. You are very good at making painting and weathering look easy and simple to execute. I'm less daunted by panzer grey painting and weathering after watching your great guide.

[@richdurphy6460]

Great video Evan. As far as I'm concerned, keep making the longer videos. This way I only have to search for one video not a group of them. Again excellent build. It looks fantastic.

[@UNSCPilot172]

As someone who is doing a Stalingrad build with units from the 14th Panzer Division, I'm very glad this exists, thank you~!

[@DamienCross66]

I'm 57 years old and a complete rookie to scale modeling. Is it me or am I the only one who is intimidated and feels like I will never be this good and my models will never look this good? Great video with so much information packed into just a small amount of time. I hope I'm at least half as good as this man is in a few years.

[@AFV85]

One of the coolest bits of ww2 German this thing! Love it!

[@damianadams7101]

Some great innovative weathering. Love the effects of the snow ❄️

[@damianadams7101]

Ps the hour sessions are cool 😎

[@benstace6910]

Your tutorials are inspiring mate. Great content, informative and most of all easy to follow and put into practice. Thank you and please keep up the excellent work work.

[@zachnar0125]

I prefer every moment you can tape. You explain everything very well. Its never too long with your videos.

[@Panzermeister36]

I appreciate it, thanks :)

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Excellent job on the weathering, great tutorial! Really enjoyed the variety of techniques and materials 👍

[@md-oc8vq]

"ensure you cover everything" *shot of finger tips painted* hehe

[@HalidonDioramas]

Nice work Evan, I always learn something watching your work. Thank you.

[@zachnar0125]

Nothing you do is boring, I've watched them all and you are right on point. As much as I love Night Shift, I wish he would slow down a bit and do it more your style of taping the videos.

[@LarsoptHofScenery]

Fantastic! This is going to be my guide for painting my Stürm & Panzer III...

[@mickg4378]

Great tutorial from start to finish, going to follow the steps on my next project. Thank you 👍

[@fqwarrior]

This is such a amazing video. Thank you so much for this and just the way you have explained everything makes it easy for a "layman" like me to understand. The chipping explanation especially I thought was very good. The discolouring part was also so simple. Again thank you for this!

[@bill_nye_the_russianspy_9642]

Dude out of every tutorial on KZbin yours are the most detailed and easy to understand as a step by step approach. I appreciate your videos and have watched almost every one.I can't stand other KZbin that show you but dont talk or they use captions,you really can't learn that way.You have a talent for sure. I know you said you read every comment hopefully you read this one. Subscribed and thanks!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words :) and yes I do try to check on all the comments so I can answer important questions.

[@infamae]

Everything looks nice but the mud weathering is superb, and you explained the process so nicely, I will use your process on my next model. Keep it up, sir!

[@nunopreto3751]

You’re a great modeler. It’s a very nice video. What a great paint work, wheathering, pin wash etc. the result it’s awesome. Long live to long videos. Thank you

[@markmaccallum4192]

Ok that was awesome ❤ I never stopped watching

[@mikeslattery8715]

Outstanding Build & attention to details!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Things I enjoyed the most: oil paint weathering on the top of the superstructure and the entire lower hull and running gear weathering. I think you really stepped up your game with this one. Wonderful work dude!

[@Panzermeister36]

+Night Shift thank you Martin! I enjoyed the oil effects on the superstructure on this one too :) always the most fun part.

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

All I can say is WOW!!! Plus I love that tank

[@ralphkoziarski4054]

Beautifully done, and thanks for sharing. I was scratching my head on how to make my gray stug look interesting, and here it is, step by step. Your videos are a great resource, so thanks again for sharing your skills and your experiments.

[@joshuashikles9095]

AWESOME job man it looks great. I love the hour long videos you really get to cover every step and get to explain them. You and Night Shift are the best channels on KZbin. I have learned so much from watching yalls channels and both of yall are a great inspiration.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you so much :)

[@michaelgershon870]

Your building skills and videoing skills are getting better and better every time. Keep up the great work!

[@Panzermeister36]

+Michael Gershon thank you :)

[@kevinhedrich6026]

Excellent vid! Watched the whole thing and didn't get bored. Subscribed after watching.

[@ViperVideos13]

Nice!!! As you say- going to save this one for some roadwheels and indi-link tracks. Can't wait!

[@Panzermeister36]

I found gluing the wheels and tracks all together made the whole thing much easier to work with :) thank you!

[@bobz1736]

Truly excellent. I love oil weathering. In fact I recently completely painted and weathered a tank in oils, other than base coat primer, and it's one of my favourite finished models. Thanks for your inspiration 🙏

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

Tremendous! I am always intrigued by your oil color modulation, it achieves a very vivid and realistic color/shading effect.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you Michael :)

[@erickirwan8703]

Awesome video, thank you. I'd really like to see a Russian 4BO weathering tutorial next as I have a couple of Russian tanks ready for paint, and I think I could pick up a lot of excellent tips.

[@Panzermeister36]

+Eric Kirwan thank you! I think the Russian green will be next. It'll be the T-34/122 what-if I recently built.

[@cecilmichaelpaulsen1489]

I really enjoyed this video. I think the end result looks superb without being overdone.

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Great workflow and I like the hour-long tutorial format 👌

[@Duececoupe]

Inspiring as always my friend! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🏆🥇

[@mattf3623]

Great video! Keep them coming, very helpful!

[@TheSteelRoad]

Awesome tutorial mate! Ive been getting back into my military kit builds and these tips have been great! Thanks for sharing 😎👍

[@ModelNerd]

The whole thing looks great, but I especially like the pigment mud effects - they look incredible. Great job!

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Fantastic video! You have also answered my question about when to varnish in the weathering stage. I must compliment you on the style and clarity of your tutorials which is really helpful to people like me who are new to this aspect of the hobby.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoy the videos. I have a few more full weathering tutorials in the works currently :)

[@thanhquannguyen9624]

Thanks for the information. This is awesome.

[@BootsontheTable]

Very nice, especially like the snow effects!

[@darrylcarpenter903]

This is the 2nd video I've seen and I am super impressed. I'm new to this part of the hobby and what you've shown is very inspirational. Unfortunately I can see how this will become an expensive habit but regardless, I'm ready to charge ahead. Thanks very much.

[@aussiefrenchman-hobbytable9960]

hi just got on board, great work! and a back log of videos to get through, always learning ,even though been building for years ,thanks

[@montyenright]

Just tried the 'new' panzer gray you outlined.... LOVE IT... So realistic. Perfect... thank you mate!

[@Panzermeister36]

Glad you found my video helpful :)

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

I've used your panzer grey combo and it's awesome. It looks really good and authentic. Thnx for sharing.

[@Panzermeister36]

Awesome! I'm glad you found it useful :)

[@Barbarossamodels]

Finished model is excellent, great job👍 Well presented video, very informative with some great techniques....well done 👏🙂

[@superbenjaminwezentkristal113]

Hi Panzermeister, I don’t know if you still read these comments (it’s a two year old video) but your skills are amazing! Not only the results but also the way you explain what you do and WHY you do things. This is super useful, thank you very much.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you for the compliments :) I do get notified about comments on all my videos, even the old ones!

[@timmcpharlin773]

This maybe the best panzer painting video that I have seen

[@davidrossi5096]

The video that launched my own modelling career haha. I too am a StuG lover, but thank you you my first model and (def not my best) will always be this exact SiG 33 🤟🏻

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding work!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@danielquinn8669]

Thanks mate, that was really helpful and informative.

[@chamend86]

Ein sehr gutes Video ! Danke fürs hochladen !

[@henrypjoyce]

Happy Canada day Evan! Really good tutorial as well. Led me to getting Dn models masks.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you :) 🍁

[@brianbrinegar6086]

Outstanding video! I will finally break out my oils - Thank you.

[@bilgerat7694]

Bloody awesome mate thanks for sharing mate till next time have a good one

[@morssdn]

Very subtle. I've watched this a couple of times now. There are some people on YT who have the knack of the right pace of delivery and just talking easily (even if quickly!), and it makes these videos work; you and Adam both have this. So many I just shut off after a minute or two. I'll probably be watching this again as I've got this kit on the shelf now :)

[@Panzermeister36]

+morssdn thank you very much sir. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@trevoratchison3904]

Thank you, I enjoyed watching your work. I have just built one but was trying to work how to out weathering the grey and chipping.

[@glouisfr]

great explanations on how to move from a bland base paint to the full weathering which make the colours and the tank more realistic and fore me coming back to the hobby having that varnish coat to seal the acrylic paint before moving to the oil paints - having only used enamel paints when I was a kid as that's all that was available back then.

[@chrishughes7633]

great video thanks for the super tips I will definitely use them on future builds

[@stuarthayes5880]

Just Starting out in Modeling......this is the first of your video’s I’ve watched and found it very inspiring......I’ve subbed and will start working through your backlog......the hour video is fine by me....

[@northfox2803]

Excellent job!

[@antoniduszak9172]

I love your "How to Paint & Weather..." videos. Keep up the good work ;)

[@Panzermeister36]

+Die Deutsche Armee thank you :)

[@Startrooper5555]

You nailed it.

[@richardatherton7280]

This is the best tutorial I've seen for chipping and scuffs. Really well explained (both technique and what real-world damage you're replicating) and both the brushed on and sponged marks look great

[@Panzermeister36]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RollingThunderModels]

Great video! Awesome result my friend! I got to tell you, i love those workable tool clamps ;)

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! They're super fun to play with haha :)

[@blacklupos]

Love it, great job! Now its just need a crew to make it perfect

[@mikewood4242]

Great tutorial.For wood tools I use Tamiya desert yellow and after dry apply a brown wash Vallejo mud.

[@Panzermeister36]

I will look into that! Thank you for the tip...always trying to get better with the wood.

[@bobhope8767]

love your channel thanks so much for the work you put in its so usefull for people like me .

[@Panzermeister36]

+bob hope thank you very much Bob!

[@scaleartsg]

love this work!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you :)

[@omonat63]

very nice, good job

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you Olivier!

[@simonlatimer8449]

Brilliant, just what I was looking for👍👍👍

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@simonlatimer8449]

@@Panzermeister36 you're welcome.

[@raseli4066]

Thanks for the nice tips! Good job with the model! Keep up the good job!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you very much :D

[@raseli4066]

@@Panzermeister36 no, thank you

[@Voryah93.MW1]

Great job i love it.just a suggestion For the lenses and lights first paint them with silver then add clear colors with this method you will achieve more realistic results.

[@ArmourEmpire]

Really informative vid Evan.

[@mikemodels928]

That is what i was lookin for! I just built hanomag 251 in panzergrau color and i hope that i get a nice weathering effects. Cheers!

[@simonmichaelis1]

Dust, to Dirt, To Mud. I learned once again. Thankyou!

[@tonyharwood8408]

Thank you. Tony

[@BrettG64]

Really great video, Evan. This is some seriously helpful stuff, especially since I am doing a grey StuG right now. I am really digging the way you did this video, too. I like the fade from bare plastic to finished product transitions. A comment about your basecoat: I have been using Stynylrez for priming my kits and although I like the results, it's still an acrylic and can be a real bummer to clean up. I have really been considering subbing Tamiya paints (of the appropriate colors) thinned with lacquer thinner or Mr Color Leveling Thinner instead. Oh yeah... great airbrush, dude!

[@SmallSoldier]

Great weathering tutorial Evan. My style is very similar to yours and although tanks and various other vehicles never really lasted that long in combat I still like to add chips etc for interest. I think models would look awfully boring if we were 100% historically accurate... IMO. Oh and btw the wood on the axe is perfect and I think you should stick with that style going forward. Keep up the great work man!

[@BrutallyFrankShannon]

I've just ordered a bunch of the products you've used, particularly on this model. Since it's a panzer grey, I'm going to do a Dicker Max by Dragon I've had sitting in the box for a while. Seems like a good starting point, with all the surface area. I've been modeling since I'm five, and now I'm sixty and still looking to do it better. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you for the comment! I am glad to hear you enjoyed my video and that it's inspiring your weathering. Good luck on the Dicker Max!

[@DNModels]

Great job as always! I would love to see that tutorial that you made this spring on KZbin!

[@Panzermeister36]

Ah yes, I keep forgetting about that. I'll try to upload that soon!

[@BAST_master_MODELS_]

Great video! Thank you for sharing! Greetings Mike

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you very much Mike!

[@rickmoreno6858]

Thank you my Canadian cousin. I'm atvtge weathering stage of my dragon kit#6632 pz3 ausf F. Got it invading Russia. It is panzer grey, and I didn't know what colors to use for a panzer grey pin wash. Thank you sir! Your videos help me , a s well as educate me. Only been back in the hobby now 2 years. Thank you

[@FernandoHenrique-ij3tt]

top video is it a master class! thanks

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you very much :D

[@neilf5961]

Would love to see you do an olive drab video!! Nice work.

[@Panzermeister36]

I have an M4A3E8 that will get a full weathering tutorial just like this vehicle :)

[@zhukie]

Such stunning work! I am about to attempt my first 'realistic' model and hope to follow your great advice here (even if it is a T-34 hopefully its translatable lol)

[@davidrossi5096]

How did it turn out boss?!

[@gavin5326]

I'm getting close to the painting stage of dragon's panzer iv mit schneeräumer system schmidt, so this video is perfect

[@slayerforprezy4664]

Evan, Fantastic. You have slowed your speech pattern slightly and increased your enunciation. As a result the voice matches the closed caption. I had already screwed up a pz4 because of the gray color. I am going to give gray another shot. Thank you.

[@AR15-NATION-TACTICAL]

Magnifiques je vais prendre exemple

[@darrylcarpenter903]

Ok thanks man!

[@theangrymob9167]

16:46...yes sir. Very cool.

[@zachnar0125]

To paint wood after using the old wood dilute vallejo smoke waaay down and its like streaking in a way. Gives beautiful wood grain llines.

[@Panzermeister36]

Great tip, thank you!

[@tonyromano6220]

Nice as your standard! Very interesting AFV, I do not recall ever seeing one before.

[@Panzermeister36]

It's a rare vehicle, only 24 were converted from damaged StuG III and half were lost in Stalingrad. The others served in the battle of Kursk.

[@tonyromano6220]

@@Panzermeister36I looked them up in my German vehicle books last night! Who did the kit?

[@tonyromano6220]

Good you figured out AFVs in ww2 were new!😂😂

[@Panzermeister36]

This kit is by Dragon. They have a few boxings of the vehicle and this kit is excellent.

[@stefankraut8137]

Gute Arbeit 👌

[@Panzermeister36]

Danke!

[@brucethemodelnoob]

Another masterful tutorial Evan. Worth the wait! I’ll admit I always cringe a little when I see blue added to panzer grey (a lot of modellers I’ve watched overdo the blue tint) but you definitely pulled it off. The mud and dust effects came out perfect. BTW not everybody finds painting tools boring 😉 Can’t wait for the next tutorial video. 4BO would be cool like you mentioned... maybe Tropen or ambush pattern?

[@Panzermeister36]

+Bruce The Model Noob thank you Bruce! The next videos will include: Russian 4BO green (with brown camo), US Olive Drab, Tropen 1, Israeli armour, and the yellow/brown camo on my 506 Tiger.

[@Panzermeister36]

(in no particular order)

[@deny.nurdin]

Damn.!! Ah if i watched this video before i did my weathering work... 🤧

[@derekshores5839]

Again another great tutorial, keep them coming! What are your views on "shining up" the teeth on Drive sprockets and track guide horns as I have noticed you don't seem to unless I have missed something

[@surerockco.models3452]

Him: Cover everything! Me: Even my hands? Him: Cover everything! Thx for the vids!

[@joereen409]

Great video once again. Although, for your varnishes; while Tamiya makes great products, I would recommend using varnish out of its own spray bottle. I've found that spraying clear coats out of my airbrush does a number on the nozzle, but you can pick up the spray varnishes at Michaels for around $7.

[@Panzermeister36]

+Joe Reen I use Tamiya for the extra durability that comes with their paints thinned with lacquer thinner. Using Tamiya clear and matte is not any more harmful than standard Tamiya paints since they are simply transparent versions of this paint. Other varnishes may be different though.

[@parabot2]

OilBrushers also get a lot of Paint in the lid Threads ( You have to keep it clean or the lids jam on ) As you said the paint is nice , but the system in not very good at all ( I went back to Wilder Oils on some cardboard ) Nice Build , really enjoy your Channel and detailed build videos . ( Thanx )

[@Panzermeister36]

I haven't had that issue yet but I've only tried these Oilbrushers out this one time. I'll be careful to keep their threads clean!