Just a few vehicles ...... Bridge too far finished

[Queeg]

A little more boring wip progress .........   
Got a few things almost at the final weathering stages.

cheers
Brent

Super Pershing conversion .....



Warlord and Blitzkrieg 250's .....



Warlord 251Cs ....



Warlord Luchs .....



Warlord M13/40 .....



Bonus 1/48th Project '46 Tiger conversion back on the workbench .....

[von Lucky]

Ooooo - very nice.

[Queeg]

Been making steady progress on the Arnhem project, I'd say a couple of weeks should see this project wrapped up.

cheers
Brent

[Marine0846]

Excellent painting.
Love the camo. Well done.

[Andym]

Excellent stuff again. Can I ask, what do you do to weather these bad boys?

[Queeg]

Excellent stuff again. Can I ask, what do you do to weather these bad boys?

Thanks guys ....... and that's a tricky little question Tricky to put into a few words anyway.

Firstly have a shifty at my blog. Most of my builds are done in a series of posts usually with progress pics which probably show the process better than I can explain.

Briefly though ;

Primer (rattlecan Enamel)
Base colour
Lighten and Highlight edges
Camo, sometimes this is blended back a little (drybrushed)
Tracks and Wheels - blocked in
Details - Stowage and Tanks tools (shovels etc) get blocked in
Outlining - all edges and hatches get a fine dark pinwash
Shading - currently I'm using oils as my stock of old GWs is all but exhausted now
Wear (chipping) - edges and some wear around wheel/track guards and hatches, brushed on with grey
Rain Marks and Streaking with acrylics
Decals
Detail QC - tidying up
Running gear - weathering the running gears, wheels and tracks with pigments
Matt Varnish - rattlecan Dullcoat or Tamiya Flat

It sounds a lot but it's a quite simple process. the bulk of the weathering, shading and streaking I now do with very thinned oils, layering where the depth of colour is needed. I used to use GWs exclusively but I've about run out and have to change my process. The oils work well as they just wipe back off with the brush if you want less, they're much more controllable and forgiving than the acrylics ...

For chipping and wear I just brush on a dark grey around hatches etc, a single colour only. For me it's more grime and scratches than straight paint chips and on my own stuff I use very little. Where someone wants a darker vehicle, like the customer wanted here, I use a bit more as it deepens the overall colour.

Pigments are from MIG and pretty much only go on the tracks, less is more. On most 28mm though they double to hide the tracks and running gear which is by far the worst detailed areas on most 28s. The newer plastics are slowly getting better here though.

Hope this is some help ....

cheers
Brent
cheers
Brent

 

[Andym]

Brilliant Queeg! Thanks for that!

[Keith]

Killing it Brent! 

[grant]

Great work.

Question: do you do a gloss varnish before your oil washes?

[Queeg]

Killing it Brent! 

Just practising for the next big project coming up .......

Great work.
Question: do you do a gloss varnish before your oil washes?

Hey Grant,

Nope, never used a full gloss varnish with the oils, or when using acrylics either which I still use. As the oils go over an acrylic base colour (everything after the primer is acrylic until the final shading which is oils) you can use then directly and the thinners won't lift or damage the camo paint. I also don't like adding that level of complication that a full gloss then heavy matt to bring it back would add.

Plus ... I don't really use a full (as in flood on) wash. It's more of a selected/controlled shade. Here's a couple of pics (real old ones sorry) that show a before and after .... and it's on a whitewashed base but the principle is the same.


Base paint plus outlining with a pin wash




Post shading using a couple of thinned layers



Finished Tank, the shades a little dark but in this case that's deliberate. By layering you can add a little or as much shade as you want.




cheers
Brent

[Captain Blood]

Gorgeous 

[grant]

Thanks! Fantastic work.

[Queeg]

Some Bridge Too Far progress .... a bit of shading and stuff.






And the first of a section of Spetsnaz in gorkas. Conversions using Empress Russians with Perry Africa Corps plastic heads and constructed by a good friend, Jon. Ok I know they're not tanks, or WW2 for that matter .... this is my wip thread though

[Keith]

Genius!

Painting aint too bad either 

[Queeg]

Genius!
Painting aint too bad either 

  Thanks matey ....

They're perfect for a little sneakiness around the side of a Battlegroup, blowing bridges, sniping, marking targets .... the plan is to make some add on stuff for them, a heavy laser designator/imager and a tripod Kornet.