Hazardous Material LOL

[sassgrunt]

I can't get over how well the unit markings you make, come out. I have trouble even trying to pain a simple balkencruz on the side of a tank! -Mike

[ALPHA]

This one is for you DRAGON245.... once again... I haven't had the time to build all the figures for the tanks shown... I leave it to you to decide whether or not you want your daughter to see this... this is the latest bust (head) for the commander of my STUG III

ERWIN






Sorry for the blur... still haven't figured out the macro lens on my camera

Did a practice paint on the face... still not satisfied.... so when finished you will probably see a change



ALPHA

[ALPHA]

I can't get over how well the unit markings you make, come out. I have trouble even trying to pain a simple balkencruz on the side of a tank! -Mike

Hey there sassgrunt

Don't say anything... I cheat ...............

Except on the PANZER IV....had to hand paint that one because of the view ports on the side of the turret ...I should have cut those off... would have made the job much easier

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

I forgot to add... the PERSHING was never in the anime .... but it turned out well enough ... so in order to keep it in line with my collection... I put it with the SAUNDERS SCHOOL set

Though some have adapted the skin to tanks in WORLD OF TANKS

Have a good one Everyone... Enjoy ...as much as you might be able to handle that is

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

This one is for you DRAGON245.... once again... I haven't had the time to build all the figures for the tanks shown... I leave it to you to decide whether or not you want your daughter to see this... this is the latest bust (head) for the commander of my STUG III

ERWIN





Sorry for the blur... still haven't figured out the macro lens on my camera

Did a practice paint on the face... still not satisfied.... so when finished you will probably see a change



ALPHA

Update on the figure.. sorry no pictures... the head already had approximately four hours into it... the jacket she wears... took another four... NOW on to the body

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

This one is for you DRAGON245.... once again... I haven't had the time to build all the figures for the tanks shown... I leave it to you to decide whether or not you want your daughter to see this... this is the latest bust (head) for the commander of my STUG III

ERWIN


Sorry for the blur... still haven't figured out the macro lens on my camera

Did a practice paint on the face... still not satisfied.... so when finished you will probably see a change



ALPHA

Update on the figure.. sorry no pictures... the head already had approximately four hours into it... the jacket she wears... took another four... NOW on to the body

ALPHA

Twelve hours into the figure build... still haven't gotten to the body

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

This one is for you DRAGON245.... once again... I haven't had the time to build all the figures for the tanks shown... I leave it to you to decide whether or not you want your daughter to see this... this is the latest bust (head) for the commander of my STUG III

ERWIN

Sorry for the blur... still haven't figured out the macro lens on my camera

Did a practice paint on the face... still not satisfied.... so when finished you will probably see a change



ALPHA

Update on the figure.. sorry no pictures... the head already had approximately four hours into it... the jacket she wears... took another four... NOW on to the body

ALPHA

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( I Hope that you do not mind but I edited out the 'repeated photos' as it made the page look a bit like it was full of 'double posts'.......Regards Alb (Dietrich) ..)
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Twelve hours into the figure build... still haven't gotten to the body

ALPHA

ADD five more hours.... but made a lot of progress... body is in the jacket.... pockets and hands next
hopefully some new pictures of it

ALPHA

[Dietrich]

Well what can I say that already has not been said.......
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What does the writing say on the side of the tank ?....is it a team name or a tank name ?
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Are there any 'Rules' about which team uses which countries tanks ?? ........and is it acceptable to have a complete mix and match of tanks ?

Sci fi 'Mods' I have seen but Anime is a new one on me for WW2 tanks......nice detailing work on the commanders.....but you definitely need to find the 'close-up' setting for the camera ...
(it can often be a flower symbol)

[ALPHA]

Well what can I say that already has not been said.......
.
What does the writing say on the side of the tank ?....is it a team name or a tank name ?
.
Are there any 'Rules' about which team uses which countries tanks ?? ........and is it acceptable to have a complete mix and match of tanks ?

Sci fi 'Mods' I have seen but Anime is a new one on me for WW2 tanks......nice detailing work on the commanders.....but you definitely need to find the 'close-up' setting for the camera ...
(it can often be a flower symbol)

LOL HELLO Dietrich

Let me see now... the answer for question one... the writings/emblems on the side of the tanks are symbols for the perspective schools...Question two .. the answer is pretty much the same as the answer for question one...it's the schools name
Question three.. there wasn't any real "spoken" rule to the choice of tanks... but in most cases the tanks used by each school was based on the country they represented...
OARAI SAUNDERS PRAVDA
ST GLORIANA'S .. ANDKUROMORIMIRO
OARAI was the only school that had identifying marks on their tanks... after their first defeat to ST GLORIANA'S
THE PANZER IVTHE STUG III
THE M3 LEE/GRANT PZKPFW38T
TYPE 89
where the initial five...
Question four ...Yes it was acceptable for schools to have a mixed group of tanks... but in the original story... they only really showed OARAI having a hodge podge of tanks ...ST GLORIANA'S was outfitted with a Churchill (command tank)...followed by four MATILDA'S or VALENINE tanks SAUNERS made up of variants of the SHERMAN... PRAVDA..having T34s KV1 KV2 JS2 I think there was mention of some STALINS but I never saw any in the sequences..KUROMORIMIRO.. had just about every German tank made with the exception of the PANZER IV HETZER PZKPFW 38T

The mods aren't really SCI FI .... the schools don't do battle like what is seen in history... they gather and fight like two football teams would... so most of the storage and normally needed gear for long hauls isn't necessary ...reason when i speak of the mods I do... is opposite of what you all do... I strip the tanks to its most basic form add the tools... and that's it... some tanks like the PANZER.. did have the spare tracks... but for some reason left off on the TIGERS ...
Unlike on the normal HISTORICAL adaptations... where you add to the tank to simulate realistic portrayal

So basically a tank that would be found straight off the "showroom" floor .....a tank that would be considered inoperable and eliminated from a match up .. would be designated by a white flag that would pop up


Oh... yeah... I definitely have to find out what's up with the macro setting... I remember glancing over it in the instruction booklet... but when I took the second set of pictures couldn't find it again... so I will probably check again before taking more pictures of ERWIN

Have a good one Dietrich... sorry for the long post... hope you don't regret asking those questions LOL

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

Just an added note... the reason OARAI was the only school to have a mix match of tanks... was because they originally didn't have a tankery program...as the story goes... the school used to have one... but took off the list of electives because in that school anyway.. it wasn't popular..so the newly formed teams actually had to go out and find their tanks...most being from a former time in the schools history... and all derelict
The inexperienced crews.. initially painted them shall I say... strangely ...unlike the other schools who were more conventional

ALPHA