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HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:41 pm
by michaelwhittmann
Which tanks is this treatment appropriate?

And I guess which surfaces?

thx.

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 6:43 pm
by ColemanCollector
Most tanks should have texturing on the cast and rolled armour areas. The tin work stuff like fenders and grill work areas typically not. Best thing to do is find some walkarounds of your vehicles and really look at each picture for the texture type, roughness of finish, and grinding areas. Check out HDPs M26 in the group builds. He did a nice mix of cast texturing, seam grinds, and the more subtle textures of rolled steel, and the non-textured fender steel, etc.

I'm headed to the Canadian War Museum tonight where they have displayed a T34/85 with what has to be the nastiest, lumpiest, wartiest, pimpliest cast turret on the planet!

Mike.

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 6:59 pm
by Kaczor
From my friend Andrzej and his T-34 - two part car putty and kitchen sponge:
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Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:25 am
by tankme
Don't get me wrong, it looks good...only too good for Russian casting...LOL

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 1:47 am
by ColemanCollector
You mean more like this? LOL
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Mike.

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 10:44 am
by Marco Peter
I've seen worse hahaha!

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:35 pm
by Herr Dr. Professor
Use a sponge! Thank you, Kaczor. Why didn't I think of that? Next time, I'll try it. That way I can get a relatively even look of cast-iron texture and then mess it up on purpose.

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 3:52 am
by MrChef
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I've had good results stippling Tamiya airbrush thinner with a stiff epoxy brush and randomly stippling on Tamiya putty for the T-34.

I also do texture similarly but much less rough on my Tigers-

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Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:01 am
by Jofaur86
:)
Good morning,
superb helping of hands, I am in awe of these photos, I am bad at painting, :headbang: but how do they do it :wtf: Well done again :thumbup:

Re: HL tanks: adding armor textures

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:17 pm
by michaelwhittmann
my fledgling attempt on a Sherman.

too much??