no problemo. maybe add some pastel colours to the walls as well, being out in the country with tanks and what not driving past they are going to be pretty mucky!
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Well I got some pics outside, but let me remind you its snowing so they came out pretty bright. I broke up a charcoal brick into small pieces and dust and scattered it around the roads, and also used it to darken up the mortar hole. I also cut a small blast template out of a paper plate and placed it over the hole and sprayed it with a flat black paint. tell me what you think.
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wow, now that is comming to life!!
isnt it amazing how a little bit of colour can really bring things out!
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That is looking a lot better already and is coming to life very nicely.
My only suggestion now would be to darken the walls. If you have a look at outside stone walls you will see how dark and muliticoloured they actually are. Just to simply paint them with a mix of browns, dark greys and greens, for the mosses, then a wash to flow into the joints to enhance the shadows would look very effective.
Have a look at some pictures of real outside stone walls for guidance and inspiration. Here's a couple of mine:
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wow very picturesk there Richard. is that your back garden?Comment
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I wish it was! I'm afraid I'm a bit more closer to town but I do have my own dry stone wall!Comment
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hey bunker thanks for the pics. those will help. I'm gonna try to get most of the walls painted by tomorrow, but I have a prety busy schedule so we'll see how it goes.Comment
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At the moment I am debating on whether to paint the german forces to resemble wehrmacht or waffen ss. any input from anyone would help, thanks!
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It would depend on what insignia you have put on the vehicles that you have in the diorama. If they have SS plates then I would paint the figures in SS uniforms and visa versa.Comment
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good call bunker. I just did some research on the jagdtiger I'm using w/ decals and all. I have it painted to resemble a 653rd s. Pz.Jag.Abt, seems the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division was using some so it looks like I'm going to paint the germans in an SS style.Comment
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Sorry I have posted any updates lately. I'm in the process of painting the infantry. I'll try to get some pics up of the new terrain and some of the infantry tomorrow.Comment
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I take that back I took some quick pics of the infantry on the terrain. They arent finished yet, they have mainly their base colors on but I just set them in positions I felt they "suited"
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Now with some figures on the diorama is really coming to life. Some of them do come across as a bit shiny though so may well benefit from a coat of a matt clear such as Humbrol if they have been painted with enamels.
The uniforms will look more realistic in a matt finish.Comment
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I agree with Bbarge, those guys look like they jumped into a tub of baby oil :P . Everything is coming along nicely, I have been following this build from the beginning.Comment
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sorry I havent posted lately, I've been crazy busy with my classes that I havent had time for much else besides work...
but I've got the tanks all assembled and began to paint them. They are pretty much done but I need some tips on how to do some weathering on them. I was never much of a painter so they arent too eye appealing right now. I dont have any pics and Im in a hurry to leave for class yet again, so I'll try to post some later tonite. In the mean time does anyone have any quick tips for weathering?
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