c.rainford73 wrote:Mr Herman are you planning on placing an actual machine gun team inside the hull?
If so will you be able to add some machine gun light and sounds and possibly a smoker to run and replicate some smoke effect ?
Maybe I'm crazy
Yes Sir Mr Rainford, this one is a payback to the guy that supplies & paints figures for me.
He may decide to go a sound system, but no smoke as its been knocked out for some time by the looks & is quite subdued.
Tiggr wrote:Mmm.....looks like some 88mm size AP holes in that there Rusky tank Mr B.
I can just imagine it in a diorama with a Tiger driving past as smoke billows out of the T34
Yes Mr Tiggr, there are two 88mm penetrations and one 75 in the hull & one 75 into the turret.
Its going to have an MG crew inside as close to the picture as possible, but I need to get the tank done first so he can create the crew in position to suit.
Got some 4BO green on today...............rushing before the Crusaders played in the quarter final in the super Rugby series.
I did learn some things after doing my own version T34/85, but this "modulation" thingo ?.......i just cant get a handle on.
Ole mate MIG gives you 6 colour mixes, and I knew after last time that it ended up too light.
So, this time I stopped at 3.
To me it still looks too light.
Should be way darker, with light bits !
Sure, its going to get a weathering & dusting go-over, but its just not what I reckon it should be out of the box so to speak.
Herman I think it looks very realistic. Many of the Russian tanks were of a lighter shade of green like my JS-3 that I painted. Once you add the washes and dust it up a bit it will look excellent.
This one looks great already and will be awesome when finished. Your point on MIG paints was what until now made me hesitant to buy those. I would not want a premade scale/modulation paint. So I stick with Vallejo and it works until now. You have the basic tone/shade and you can decide for yourself how to scale/tinge it.
HERMAN BIX wrote:Got some 4BO green on today...............rushing before the Crusaders played in the quarter final in the super Rugby series.
I did learn some things after doing my own version T34/85, but this "modulation" thingo ?.......i just cant get a handle on.
Ole mate MIG gives you 6 colour mixes, and I knew after last time that it ended up too light.
So, this time I stopped at 3.
To me it still looks too light.
Should be way darker, with light bits !
Sure, its going to get a weathering & dusting go-over, but its just not what I reckon it should be out of the box so to speak.
That first picture looks like exactly the same colour I did my T-34 in, so if that's what Mr. Jiminez says 4BO should look like then who am I to disagree?
I'm a bit hesitant with the modulation stuff too, I'm not convinced that it works as well at this scale as it does for smaller ones. I think it has a tendency, as you said, to make things a bit lighter than they should otherwise be. Our tanks are big enough where we don't have to fake lighting effects so much, they're almost at the size where they highlight and self-shadow themselves.
Solid progress so far though, boss. Looking forward to seeing you get that interior assembled and installed!
I used the not quite darkest from the MIG set on the M3 and then went over with a watered down olive drab wash, that came out quite nicely (I think so anyway): then again I'm along way off your standards. Given the variation between factories I suspect all shades are about right.
c.rainford73 wrote:Herman I think it looks very realistic. Many of the Russian tanks were of a lighter shade of green like my JS-3 that I painted. Once you add the washes and dust it up a bit it will look excellent.
Thats the plan, I like a heavy dark wash, so it should mellow out once all the brew goes on.
