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Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:01 am
by HERMAN BIX
Turret is perfect..............those dots are however, not
Great job so far. I like that shading technique, would it work as well on a smaller scale you reckon ?
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:55 am
by Marco Peter
HERMAN BIX wrote:Great job so far. I like that shading technique, would it work as well on a smaller scale you reckon ?
Shading always works, even down to the smallest scales... But I thought you of all people would be very familiar with this technique?

Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:29 pm
by Will01Capri

Great work
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:00 pm
by Marco Peter
Next step: Pinwashes. On a much larger scale then on 1/35 models haha!

After drying starts tidying it up with a damp brush and some white spirit.

Before

Wash applied

As said before, I have no patience!

After
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:00 pm
by Marco Peter
Before:
After:
And yes I soaked it!
Not only does it darken the overal color (especially the dunkelgelb) and makes some nice shading by darkening all the nooks and crannies, but it also blends the colors together a lot more, making it less clean and airbrushed on.
Some more:
And I always end each weathering step with a nice protective layer of varnish.
Don't worry, it's matt. Right now it is just still wet.

Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:58 pm
by Ad Lav
Looks amazing! Great job

Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:50 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
The 'Before' looked pretty good; but the 'After' looks exquisite!
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:11 pm
by Marco Peter
The previous paintjob was 'lazy', I mean, underneath the turret the camo-pattern stops, so that shows when you turn the turret!
But I really like my new colors!
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:12 pm
by Marco Peter
So... the dreaded turret-numbers... But now for real!

I covered more of the stencils to have less to clean afterwards.

RED!

Waaaay better then my first try!

I'm getting the hang of this!

And now it gets even trickier...

Not perfect, but nothing a few small touchups can't fix!

And the other side (after touchups)
Re: Visual makeover for 'Gunther', my 1/6 Armortek Panther G
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:10 am
by Marco Peter
First test next to final:

I like it! Now let's just tone the whites down a little and blend it in a little more...

Covering it in wash...

...helps!