HERMAN BIX wrote:Got a bit more done.
Learning as I go on the best way to get the look I want.
Made a texture coat out of weathering set, pastels and turps, added in a bit of rubber black to darken things.
Applied it to the necessary areas to give the impression of blistered paint and residue.
A light oxidisation to cover.
Gave the entire tank a wash of darkbrown, and once dry, another of tan for dusting.
Burnt the roadwheels & gave them a wipe over of white, then washed that in.
Im feeling a bit more confident with it now.
The effect is close to what I reckon a hulk would be like after a reasonable term exposed to the elements, without being there for years & going orange.
Lots to do yet, including the base.
How'd I do ?
You've convinced me, boss. The colours and effects are all spot-on, it looks just like the aftermath of a catastrophic fire. The wash has tied everything together really well, too. Definitely on its way to something great!
Tiggr wrote:The rust question is an interesting one - for example the Tiger 1 was made of a manganese steel (mostly RHA) which was rust resistant and also gave the steel a certain amount of elasticity which is why many AP shells bounced off the Tiger 1 - also one of the reasons the one on display in Normandy isn't a pile of rust.
On the other hand, T34s were produced in such large numbers, they were probably basic normal carbon steel, so would rust readily....
Soviet armour plate contained more than the minimum amounts of nickel, manganese and molybdenum than was necessary to provide adequate resistance (since they weren't constrained by resources like the Germans were). Some of the issues with vulnerability to the bigger German guns were more due to the fact that the T-34's armour was overhardened (which gave it better protection against mid-calibre German weapons). The T-34 at Bovington hasn't rusted.
Really though, any kind of steel is going to oxidise when exposed to high enough temperatures (like from an ammo/fuel explosion and subsequent fire). Either way I'd say It's more about portraying the effect in scale here, letting the vignette tell the story.
Son of a gun-ner wrote:I read somewhere a few years ago, and don't know how true it is, that the Russians were trying to get tanks out so quick that they didn't always paint them at the factories and they left it up to the blokes on the field or maintenance crews.
Not as a matter of course, but I've also read that semi-completed tanks were driven straight out the factory doors at STZ during the battle of Stalingrad crewed by workers firing from open sights. I don't imagine those tanks were ever going to last long enough to make it to a maintenance crew, though.
Keep Pictures posted.
