Whilst I was in the loft recently, I found a battered 1/35 Panzer IV in a box, along with a set of Tamiya German Grenadiers. I'd forgot all about them, so I thought it a good idea to 'renovate' them and put them on a diorama, but first..........
I wanted to try and get a rough casting look to the tank, as I sometimes see models which to me are too smooth a finish and lack that roughness which is apparent on most armour - Don't shout at me, as we all have different ideas as to the finished article, this is just my personal take on it.
Here's what I did. I sprinkled talcum powder over the whole model, blew off the excess and with this disgusting brush I painted the whole tank - powder and all - with Vallejo Model Air in the correct colour. Bingo! It worked. I had a nice rough texture to the castings on the tank. I let this first coat dry and then did two more coats to finish it off.......I'm very happy with the result and luckily my first experiment was a success. Bring on the next chunk of armour!
The brush!! O.o
I also re-painted the Grenadiers.
All brush painted with Vallejo Acrylics....
Here is the Panzer IV with it's little chicks....Not too much weathering, more a dusting and a bit of work with a soft pencil. I know the cammo was used, but I'm not too bothered if the number or anything else is not correct, I build for fun.
You can just see how the talc has given me that slightly rough finish to the castings on this shot.
Here is the model on a small diorama.
I made the building some time ago on here and this too has languished in the loft, so I removed the cobwebs and combined the two as best I could without having to make a new base for the tank. I didn't add any more rubble but just scattered some loose stuff from the original.
Poor Otto, he's been sent in to root out someone the commander thinks has just taken a shot at them from the destroyed building. A Schnapps awaits him if he is successful....
His mates look on..."Go on Otto, get him!"
Here's a few coloured ones too...a bit naff but hey ho!
I hope you like this attempt at a 'reasurrection' of some old and forgotten models.
Cheers all,
Ron
I wanted to try and get a rough casting look to the tank, as I sometimes see models which to me are too smooth a finish and lack that roughness which is apparent on most armour - Don't shout at me, as we all have different ideas as to the finished article, this is just my personal take on it.
Here's what I did. I sprinkled talcum powder over the whole model, blew off the excess and with this disgusting brush I painted the whole tank - powder and all - with Vallejo Model Air in the correct colour. Bingo! It worked. I had a nice rough texture to the castings on the tank. I let this first coat dry and then did two more coats to finish it off.......I'm very happy with the result and luckily my first experiment was a success. Bring on the next chunk of armour!
The brush!! O.o
I also re-painted the Grenadiers.
All brush painted with Vallejo Acrylics....
Here is the Panzer IV with it's little chicks....Not too much weathering, more a dusting and a bit of work with a soft pencil. I know the cammo was used, but I'm not too bothered if the number or anything else is not correct, I build for fun.
You can just see how the talc has given me that slightly rough finish to the castings on this shot.
Here is the model on a small diorama.
I made the building some time ago on here and this too has languished in the loft, so I removed the cobwebs and combined the two as best I could without having to make a new base for the tank. I didn't add any more rubble but just scattered some loose stuff from the original.
Poor Otto, he's been sent in to root out someone the commander thinks has just taken a shot at them from the destroyed building. A Schnapps awaits him if he is successful....
His mates look on..."Go on Otto, get him!"
Here's a few coloured ones too...a bit naff but hey ho!
I hope you like this attempt at a 'reasurrection' of some old and forgotten models.
Cheers all,
Ron
..........Jim
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