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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: British Legion1 on 25 April 2012, 09:16:16 PM

Title: King Tiger (Flames of war)
Post by: British Legion1 on 25 April 2012, 09:16:16 PM
My first go at airbrushing & on a King Tiger ;)
Title: Re: King Tiger (Flames of war)
Post by: Engel on 25 April 2012, 09:30:25 PM
Great!

Maybey a litle mud on the mudguard or the tracks to create more contrast?
Title: Re: King Tiger (Flames of war)
Post by: Paddy649 on 25 April 2012, 11:58:28 PM
Very nice. 

..but for me too clean!  More mud, soot round the exhaust, number plates and chipped paint would take this from the parade ground to the Ardennes.
Title: Re: King Tiger (Flames of war)
Post by: Dave C on 27 April 2012, 06:07:51 PM
Nice overall look to the tank. Did you airbrush the camo markings?
Title: Re: King Tiger (Flames of war)
Post by: Anatoli on 27 April 2012, 07:30:29 PM
The airbrushed camo pattern looks nice but as have been mentioned comes off a bit too clean. Try to give it a wash of thinned down Devlan Mud wash or something similar to make the zimmerit pattern "pop".

As for the tracks I have previously just like you painted them red and washed them with brown to give them a dirty look. Lately I've been experimenting with painting the tracks black then washing them with Calthan Brown followed by Devlan Mud. I think the later gives them a more "fresh rusty" look.