Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[Hammers]

It looks great, Richard.

[fred]

Ooh, that has come out rather well! Dirty and grimey is good.

Could I suggest a bit more dust on the tracks and wheels?

[Queeg]

Hey Richard, pretty impressive so far I think!  The dust when added on the lower hull will provide a nice contrast as will the "pop" details like the figure and aerials - great stuff.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Brent. Unfortunately I didn't manage to follow your advice too well - should have gone a bit lighter with the washes methinks and built it up. But this stuff (AK) is quite fierce...
But overall, not to bad for a first attempt 

[Queeg]

Thanks Brent. Unfortunately I didn't manage to follow your advice too well - should have gone a bit lighter with the washes methinks and built it up. But this stuff (AK) is quite fierce...
But overall, not to bad for a first attempt 

Hey matey, nah more likely the way I explain things. I pretty much only line/pin wash and don't wash overall which is maybe how you used the AKs? I think the way they're designed is to go over a clear acrylic gloss coat (Future or similar). All of that gloss/wash/gloss/wash/matt is way too many steps for my taste so my system gets some of that real modeller look but with 10% of the faffing around. I developed my approach though because I don't airbrush, there's painters on here and other gaming forums who do airbrush using the better (proper) system and get results easier. 

For me I found that overall washes as well as sinking into recesses, also always darkened things too much, they are a filter in practice as well after all. It's also why I've trended to use much more of a lightened base colour which copes with some shading and darkening and oils for the lining/shading which are much less aggressive in tone, although you can still darken any line in just a couple of seconds if required.

ps when I shade after pin lining it's selective and not over the whole finish, maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of an area gets shaded leaving areas of "clean" paint to provide the contrast. I think I posted some pics back in my thread of a winter Panther that showed some of how I shade.   

Seriously good start though, far better than when I started out weathering

cheers
Brent

[SiamTiger]

Woah, that tank is coming along great! Chapeau, my dear sir!

[Dr. The Viking]

Well done!

[tomrommel1]

Is that really the first tank you painted? looks awesome

[Hammers]

Is that really the first tank you painted? looks awesome

Richard is a veteran of many 1/35 wars.

[Phil Robinson]

Just the ticket dear chap.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks gents. 

Yes indeed, Tom, it's the first plastic AFV kit I've built and painted since, erm, around 1983! As Peder says, back in those days of my adolescence, I used to do quite a lot of Tamiya stuff... I have to say, the quality of this Rubicon 1/56 kit is just as good but much simpler to put together

[Keith]

Looking spiffing Sir.

It took me a while to get used to the whole 'night is darkest before dawn' thing with painting AFVs. Things often look their worst (to the person doing the painting) just before it all comes together. Everyone else has rightly pointed out that it's looking great, so take heart and forge on!

I have far too many vehicles at the 90% stage myself because of this ...

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Keith, for the encouragement
Still quite a bit more to do on it, and I'm confident the end product will be pretty good - if a little more grimy than I had originally intended!

[Hammers]

... if a little more grimy than I had originally intended!

That's the way it generally goes,in my experience, and that's where the eventual build up of experience will show.

[gamer Mac]

Lovely work really starting coming to life