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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Abwehrschlacht on 13 May 2015, 12:19:03 PM

Title: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 13 May 2015, 12:19:03 PM

I managed to get hold of a couple of Marders for my Stalingrad project, they right type this time! They cost me a bit as they came from Battlefront, but at least I have them now! More on my blog:

http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/more-marders.html

Thanks for looking!

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nElfG0gPLN4/VUNTKv13DEI/AAAAAAAAJGE/1JnHLX6KO_Q/s1600/DSCF4169.JPG)

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 13 May 2015, 03:25:45 PM

Nicely done! I like the Marder, they look great in the Panzer Gray.

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 13 May 2015, 05:46:59 PM

Thank you! Since posting these I have discovered that the gun shield is in the wrong place, should have checked my sources before putting them together....

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: von Lucky on 13 May 2015, 10:28:35 PM

"Normally, I'm pretty good with the differences, I just flunked on this one!" Hah ;)

Slightly annoying you got them wrong, as you've done a good job on the painting.

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 14 May 2015, 03:41:44 PM

Thanks! I think I'm just not concentrating enough at the moment. I have just had to strip some German guns as the varnish went wrong. It seems to be the time of the year for all my mistakes to come out.  :(

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 14 May 2015, 03:52:31 PM

I get days like that. I had to strip a resin DUST mini the other day, drybrushing clothing details, and the basecoat just flaked off. WTF?

Nothing to do but fall back and counter-attack, I guess.

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 15 May 2015, 12:05:44 PM

I've never heard of that happening before. It's always pretty hard when something happens in the last stages of work. Frosting from varnish has been the bane of my life...

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 15 May 2015, 12:34:10 PM

I've been lucky so far. I use spray lacquer plus nice weather so far has equaled "success". I used the last of my Tamiya Semi-gloss yesterday, though.

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Dave C on 15 May 2015, 05:29:13 PM

Lovely work and I'm impressed with your Stalingrad project.

I like Marders and painted some Mk IIIs only to discover they only carry x3 shells in Battlegroup Overlord... 

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 16 May 2015, 01:03:54 PM

Thanks! I am glad you are enjoying as much as I am enjoying putting it together... slowly...

Anna, I use Matt spray varnish from Windsor and Newton, it's art spray but the best I have ever come across. However, in this case, I sprayed the guns, they remained slightly glossy, so I resprayed them and they stayed slightly glossy still. I then gave them a coat of Humbrol matt spray, but it went and frosted on me and nothing I could would fix it! So into the Dettol they went...

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 16 May 2015, 01:16:49 PM

Oh, that's sad.

I'll have to try the Windsor and Newton. I've been using Krylon, no serious problems, but it's not a super matte.

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 16 May 2015, 01:35:27 PM

TBH, it's the best I've ever used. It's the stuff in the big silver cans, not the small white cans. I can't recommend it enough!

It looks like this:

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Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 16 May 2015, 01:50:25 PM

Cool, thanx! I'll look for that. :)

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: NTM on 16 May 2015, 06:25:55 PM

I can highly recommend their brush on varnish too.

Title: Re: More Marders!
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on 16 May 2015, 07:25:39 PM

Thanks, I will give that a try as well!