Modulation

[Jamie Tainton]

I have to call the modelling fraternity on this one- am I the only one to see the Emperor is wearing no clothes?

[Dario Risso]

Mmmm...What Hugo Reyes would say in this case...?:
- Dude, what are you talking about? "The Emperor is wearing a beautiful invisible coat, designed by Christian Dior"

Sorry, man, I dont' get your point; anyway, I don't like modulation style

Darío

[Jamie Tainton]

[Markus Lack]

Hey James,
at first I didn´t get your point as well. Might have to do with me not being a native english speaker though .
I´m with you and Dario when it comes to CM, but I got to confess that I´ve seen some stuff painted with CM that I really liked to look at, such as Sergiusz´s StuG.

Personally, I believe it might end like other trends, like heavy Drybrushing a´la Verlinden and so on.

[Guy DeYoung]

Jamie, I guess this is kind of like the paint chipping craze. It can look pretty cool, but I don't know that it is very realistic. Like Markus I think that "this too shall pass".

[Darren Gawle]

I think the theory behind it is not without merit - certainly, if you had different parts of a dunkelgelb tank which were forged/assembled and painted elsewhere, then delivered to the final assembly plant then yes, with all the handling, accumulated grime, and possible fading (but in the case of dunkelgelb, more likely darkening) you might have parts which were of a slightly different tone of paint than the basecoat of the vehicle. That is assuming the entire vehicle wasn't given a coat of paint which would have oversprayed the sub-assemblies.

I've seen some modulation which is very subtle and looks very good; but most modulation I've seen is overdone. In the worst cases, it even ruins the model. Frankly, guys get it wrong so often I'd rather just not see them try it to begin with.

DG

[Jamie Tainton]

Hey I liked the original mentioning the sycophants and all.