Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G!

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Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G

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WOW that is impressive. Following with interest. Thank you for posting.
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Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
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Jarlath wrote:Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
Make it sooner! Or at least make a start haha! :D
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Marco Peter wrote:
Jarlath wrote:Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
Make it sooner! Or at least make a start haha! :D
Still in the boxes :)
I need to get my kids' and wife's hockey gear outta my garage!
Having a forward, a goalie, and a hockey trainer under my roof really eats my ability to space claim

Having enough free time has also been an issue...
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Marco Peter wrote:
Jarlath wrote:Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
Make it sooner! Or at least make a start haha! :D
Still in the boxes :)
I need to get my kids' and wife's hockey gear outta my garage!
Having a forward, a goalie, and a hockey trainer under my roof really eats my ability to space claim

Having enough free time has also been an issue...
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Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G

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Excuses, excuses hahahaha!
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Well, turret numbers... I'm used to using decals. But on 1/6th scale you need HUGE decals! And even though I ordered two sets from the best supplier of decals around (peddinghausdecals) I did not quite find what I liked - and frankly I like 'real' painted number even more.

So my friend Patrick Van Den Wyngaert was kind enough to lend me his set of excellent Armorpax stencils! And I entered a world of hurt... This really needs some practice and patience to get any good results - two virtues I hardly posses! :lol:

But even I was smart enough to practice first, so I took one of the 'seitenschurtzen' and started to figure out hoe to do this the best way...

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First try was and just the outline.

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I used Vallejo Elfenbein color (because I was afraid flat white would be too white)

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Not bad!

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Easy to use as placeholder to see how it looks!
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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For the turret-numbers, I wanted to try the outlined version: white outline, red inside.
Basically that does not only make it twice as difficult, but even worse. :lol:

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Red first...

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Not so happy with the result.

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Carefully placing the inner-parts of the stencils...

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What to say... Should I stop trying?

The result in close-up:
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...and after some retouching:
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Retouched both the reds and the white outline with a small brush.
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Well, I couldn't resist starting to work on the turret a little bit more. First I tried some shading:

Before:
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After:
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The result was quite subtle, but there! I used AK Track Primer in the airbrush.
(For the body of the tank I switched to Panzergrau for this effect)

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Tried the same on the whole turret:
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Quite the difference - Less squeaky clean!
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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smart that is lad
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