Panzer Grenadiers.....Carthage

[wotan]

Rick Thanks mate watch this space
Peter The old Elephant and Castle... Way back in my distant career I worked at Lewisham Town Hall and travelled the road to the then GLC office frequently
Richard welcome aboard sir. Everyone in England grew up learning about Howdahs and Mahouts thanks to the Jewel in the Crown.
Jim Good to have you along as another wildlife painter.

The base of these two Panzer units is now about done. Just the turrets to add and the driver etc etc. Dusted down with some pigments and set in place. I think one will be done as the Aus f version with the dark turret whilst the other will be Aus G with the lighter turret.

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John

[Mini Me]

John, wow what a difference! The Boys are coming on nicely. Makes me want to grab up my Rigby's 577/500 and climb aboard.
Cheers, Rick H.

[Tim Marlow]

John, they are fantastic. How on earth did you paint the clothwork so neatly and cleanly? They look like real cloth!
Tim

[scottie3158]

John,

Lovely work so far, it wouldn't surprise me if AK brought out an elephant weathering set:tongue-out3: How did you create the wind blown sand I was thinking of doing this for my present build.

[Guest]

Marvellous work John.

[Jim R]

Hi John
The two elephants look superb. What paints have you used?
Jim

[stillp]

All looking very good John.

Reminds me that for a few years I used to stand under this waiting to catch my bus home from work:

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(Elephant and Castle shopping centre).

The real thing would probably have been a better mode of transport than the 176 from Oxford Circus.

I used to park there every month on my way to meetings in Waterloo Road. I wish I'd realised how close it is to IWM!

Pete

[wotan]

Thanks Rick

Tim I have a confession. The cloths are decals with a little paint added over the top. They are weird decals they come with a plastic film on one side and a paper backing on the other. You cut them to size then carefully remove the plastic film and press the decal on to the surface with the paper backing on the outside still attached. You then wet thee paper backing to remove it. They do give a great effect though.

Scottie the sand was sculpted using Magic Sculpt.

Thanks Peter still working my way up to attempting the figures.

Jim it's all acrylic so far with some AK true metal. I tend to use some artists acrylic and some cheap decorators paint in the plastic pots. It all goes together in the mix.

John

[Tim Marlow]

Thank God for that John, I thought you had perfected something I would find impossible....the decals sound a bit like water versions of the old methfix decals I used to use in my railway days....still superb though....

[wotan]

So here we Howdah'd Up as we elephant wranglers like to say.

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Just the stowage and chappies to add now.

John

[Tim Marlow]

Looking better and better....assuming more decals? If so, you are really showing them off. This is worthy of Victrix using it as promo material...

[Mini Me]

Nice progress John and the Boys don't seem too distressed over the extra weight they now are wearing. Well executed!
Cheers, Rick H.

[rtfoe]

Lovely work John, the decals remind me of fake tattoos from chewing gum wrappers applied in the same way. Used to run around the house bedecked in tattoos when little.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Lovely. A really nice project rendered very well indeed so far.

[wotan]

More decals Tim
Rick Thanks I wonder how they focused what with being shaken around and all.
Richard I think you're right about the tatoo decals. They seem to work though.
Dave thanks for your kind comment


So the first stowage and the scottish driver Where's mahout ? added

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John