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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Curaitis on January 07, 2014, 11:02:00 AM
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Hi,
in the holidays I was finally able to put the finishing touches to the vehicle. It was a long walk for this small VW, but it was ideal item for experiments with new techniques.
The first try. I didn't liked the rake blade, ... too big!
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_0142.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_0142.jpg.html)
...this was more fitting!
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_0175.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_0175.jpg.html)
...masking of the value parts...
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_0044.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_0044.jpg.html)
... and a big load of Rust ...
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_0051.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_0051.jpg.html)
... and after untold painting errors/steps ...
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00083.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00083.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00153.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00153.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00213.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00213.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00163.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00163.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00223.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00223.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00363.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00363.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00293.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00293.jpg.html)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_00373.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_00373.jpg.html)
Now Archie can career into the Z-Apocalypse with his trusty old VW-Bulli!
Good Hunting
Curaitis
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Fantastic :)
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That looks brilliant. Great job.
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Bloody marvelous :-*
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Perfection!
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How the hell did you do that?
Beautiful! :o
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Love it. The rust against the colour is a nice touch.
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That is awesome...I have that same vehicle but never thought to do anything like that to it. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
8)
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Is that a City of Kiel license plate? That's pretty A W S O M E ! :D
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Spectacular looking vehicle with an outstanding paint job too.
I do like the technique of painting the rust effect first and than the 'proper' paint scheme on top of that, I used it on various Loco's and road vehicles myself. A BIG thumbs up from me... :)
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Great job.
Well done.
tt43.
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That's just grand, especially like the welding welts.
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Huh. Well that's me quitting modelling forever. Ah, wait I'm supposed to be inspired by this and want to do better in the hopes of somehow achieving that right? Oh well.
Great work. That's a realistic looking wear effect you have on that miniature, and just a neat model in general. Shiny, shiny hubcaps though (get some dust and blood on their man!). ;)
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:o
Stunning, sir.
Simply stunning!
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an impressive paintjob! I suppose you don't have step to step pictures, do you? :(
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Perfection!
yes, Perfection!!!
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First, I love this vehicle conversion. The best part i love is the weld lines along the front prowl. They show the work of an inexperienced welder who did the work which is what i think of when this APC was put together.
Second, where is the base vehicle from and what scale? I have seen these in 1/43 but look too big. This one looks pretty decent next to the fig with the shotgun.
Grimm
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Super cool. Great work on the rust and welding. I love the details, like the light protectors!
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the melted metal soldering on the front blade is a really cool effect too ;)
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Absolutely stunning.
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Looks great, but you wouldn't last 5 minutes. Supplies easily stolen from the rack, no easy access/escape for that gunner, the gun is gone after the first attack, and there is no protection for those wee tires.
All style, no survival. ;)
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Great work on the modeling and paint job.
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Many thanks for your inspiring comments! Unfortunately I was too sloppy to take pictures for a step to step docu. Sorry, next time! :? The wear and tear was done with the hairspray methode and chipping and and the streaks with oil colours.
Kiel (city in north germany) is here just around the corner and the saw license plates whith the letters KI LL often. Quite fitting for zombie disposal.
In theory most toy cars I use are 1/43 and too big for 28mm Tabletop, but in on the table they look half decent. This VW is also not in Scale and according the imprint the scale is 1/40 (!!!), ... but it looks OK and was a steal at that price. :)
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Curaitis/DSC_0016.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Curaitis/media/DSC_0016.jpg.html)
... and it is all about style, maybe my next conversion will be a realistic bad-ass-all-terrain vehicle.
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Superb!
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That's fantastic! You should go into pa vehicle construction full time, you'd get my order!
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Tis a thing of beauty.
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Excellent :-*
cheers
James
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Wonderful paint and conversion! Love it!
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In theory most toy cars I use are 1/43 and too big for 28mm Tabletop, but in on the table they look half decent. This VW is also not in Scale and according the imprint the scale is 1/40 (!!!), ... but it looks OK and was a steal at that price. :)
I would not have guessed that VW was 1/40 scale. But i guess the base the mini is on helps the size comparison. Putting the VW on 4 of the same bases and comparing the fig to it would be a different story. But i still like it. Military fashion or not. :-)
Grimm