PanzerII dio

[Guest]

That's very nice so far Alan, I like how the tank colour almost mirrors the ground colour. Nice weathering and detailing.

scott

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I'm pleased you like it the base is coloured in four different washes not an ounce is solid paint and all four had different strengths of wash to give it depth and I'm surprised it worked so well

[eddiesolo]

That looks really good Alan, very effective. Defo one of your best dios, and that is saying something as I think 90% of your dios are good...okay, defo in the top 5.

Si

[Wendall]

Superb base Alan, really realistic. Love it!

Jason

[Alan 45]

Thanks guys I'm glad you like it

That looks really good Alan, very effective. Defo one of your best dios, and that is saying something as I think 90% of your dios are good...okay, defo in the top 5.Si

mate don't count that yet the figures in this are awful , I'll do my best with them but I doubt they will improve this dio

[Alan 45]

This is one of the figures for the dio , after a bit of resurch into uniform colours I found out that they had a green olive look and also that it faded pretty quickly so I painted this one in the olive green but thought it was rather dark so I just dry brushed him with a bit of light olive and this was the result , I think it's good but would like to hear some thoughts

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[Guest]

I think its great Alan, it looks very realistic, if a little camp in that pose!

[PaulTRose]

looking good, i always struggle with figures

i like how the base turned out

[Guest]

I love the weathering and the base you've done a great job so far loving it keep it coming

[eddiesolo]

Figures look great Al, nice painting and the flesh tones look spot on. I would be well pleased with them, hate figures...

Si

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I'm glad you think he's ok I appreciate it

[monica]

all looking very good Alan, great work on the base , real like how the tank and ground do blend so well,

and top work on the little guy as well, always hard to do ,but he has turned out very well,i cannot fault him at all,

keep up the great work

[Alan 45]

Thanks moni I appreciate that

Now I've noticed that a few people say they struggle with figures so I thought I would do a little tutorial on how I do them seeing as people seem to like them and if it helps people then that's great

First thing is wash your your figures now I know your all thinking well duh but the reason is if brush paint and primer/undercoat them then this will remove some of the detail one more paint is added.

Next up is one coat of the uniform colour [ATTACH]86712.IPB[/ATTACH]

Leave to dry completely then add a wash of black if the base colour is dark or a shade of a darker colour if it's a light coloured uniform I use this on these particular figures[ATTACH]86713.IPB[/ATTACH]


And it looks like this [ATTACH]86714.IPB[/ATTACH]

then you dry brush in a lighter colour for this I used a light olive to give it depth so the black looks less harsh and the top of the fabric folds look lighter
This is then finished for the uniform

Now skin tone this is exactly the same first your skin colour[ATTACH]86716.IPB[/ATTACH]

then your wash [ATTACH]86717.IPB[/ATTACH]

Now this is quite a thick wash so it's best to thin it down with a bit of water maybe about three dips of a brush to thin it and it looks like this [ATTACH]86718.IPB[/ATTACH]


Again once dry ,dry brush again with your skin colour , [ATTACH]86721.IPB[/ATTACH]


Once you've done that you just repeat the process for the rest of the figure including all equipment and weapons and this should be the result [ATTACH]86719.IPB[/ATTACH]

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I hope this helps

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[Alan 45]

I've now finished two figures and added them to the dio [ATTACH]86722.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Guest]

did that man throw a masher in to that hole? this is really good,nice paint job and weathering