Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:53 pm
WOW that is impressive. Following with interest. Thank you for posting.
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Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:57 pm
Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:00 pm
Make it sooner! Or at least make a start haha!Jarlath wrote:Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:09 pm
Still in the boxesMarco Peter wrote:Make it sooner! Or at least make a start haha!Jarlath wrote:Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
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...
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:11 pm
Still in the boxesMarco Peter wrote:Make it sooner! Or at least make a start haha!Jarlath wrote:Sooner or later I'll have to build my Armortek Panther "A"...
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...
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:21 pm
Excuses, excuses hahahaha!
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:29 pm
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!
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...
First try was and just the outline.
I used Vallejo Elfenbein color (because I was afraid flat white would be too white)
Not bad!
Easy to use as placeholder to see how it looks!
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!
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...
First try was and just the outline.
I used Vallejo Elfenbein color (because I was afraid flat white would be too white)
Not bad!
Easy to use as placeholder to see how it looks!
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:30 pm
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.
Red first...
Not so happy with the result.
Carefully placing the inner-parts of the stencils...
What to say... Should I stop trying?
The result in close-up:
...and after some retouching:
Retouched both the reds and the white outline with a small brush.
Basically that does not only make it twice as difficult, but even worse.
Red first...
Not so happy with the result.
Carefully placing the inner-parts of the stencils...
What to say... Should I stop trying?
The result in close-up:
...and after some retouching:
Retouched both the reds and the white outline with a small brush.
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:32 pm
Well, I couldn't resist starting to work on the turret a little bit more. First I tried some shading:
Before:
After:
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)
Tried the same on the whole turret:
Quite the difference - Less squeaky clean!
Before:
After:
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)
Tried the same on the whole turret:
Quite the difference - Less squeaky clean!
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:03 am
smart that is lad