Hi Jim - thanks. It is amazing anyone survived WW1 when you see the old footage
Spent most of the day working on this - one or two problems but mostly good
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this is how it is currently looking after a lot of detail painting, dry brushing and the application of pigment across the whole base (this was some stuff I got from Diether Etzel - i think it was designed to replicate a soil type in a particular part of South Africa but it was ideal for this as it is brown with flecks of white in)
Last thing was adding the water. This is from Precision Ice and Snow. It isn't cheap. This is the first time I have used it. Comes as two clear liquids that you mix together in equal amounts. It is a form of clear silicone rubber. I tinted it with a little of the same base pigment and poured it into the various holes
Since it is a thin liquid it is of course self levelling, which is great. What I didn't expect was the amount that it creeps
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I poured directly into the bottom of the hole but as you can see it has crept up the sides.
Nothing I can do about that - just hope it doesn't look too bad in the end
On a couple of the smaller holes this was a real problem as it crept up and over the sides of the hole and escaped - stuck some base pigment into the overspill and I think that has stopped it
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this hole crept all over the place
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mud applied to the tank
this is the base earth pigment heaped on then soaked with X20a Tamiya thinners to fix it in place
there was an unexpected side effect of doing this - the white elements of the earth pigment tended to separate out and sit on the surface which is why there are white dots all over the place. Since it is chalky ground though I think I can get away with that
the tracks - since this is an abandoned vehicle my reasoning is that the tracks would soon rust so they were painted VJ track primer then a wash with rusty pigment followed by the earth pigment
the exhaust staining turned out a bit heavy handed - the thinners had not entirely evaporated and the black pigment turned into liquid rather than just a light application of soot. Will try and tone this down today
you will also notice some grey streaks on the sides of the hull - again due to thinners not totally evaporating (trying to do too much at once) and turning the pigment into 'paint' rather than dust so that will need sorting out as well. I am hoping that my AK streaking brush and thinners will be able to brush it out into a better streaky effect
Hopefully the water will now be starting to set - takes around 24hrs then 48hrs to fully cure - need to keep the base horizontal until it sets which limits what I can work on
Spent most of the day working on this - one or two problems but mostly good
[ATTACH]319118[/ATTACH]
this is how it is currently looking after a lot of detail painting, dry brushing and the application of pigment across the whole base (this was some stuff I got from Diether Etzel - i think it was designed to replicate a soil type in a particular part of South Africa but it was ideal for this as it is brown with flecks of white in)
Last thing was adding the water. This is from Precision Ice and Snow. It isn't cheap. This is the first time I have used it. Comes as two clear liquids that you mix together in equal amounts. It is a form of clear silicone rubber. I tinted it with a little of the same base pigment and poured it into the various holes
Since it is a thin liquid it is of course self levelling, which is great. What I didn't expect was the amount that it creeps
[ATTACH]319119[/ATTACH]
I poured directly into the bottom of the hole but as you can see it has crept up the sides.
Nothing I can do about that - just hope it doesn't look too bad in the end
On a couple of the smaller holes this was a real problem as it crept up and over the sides of the hole and escaped - stuck some base pigment into the overspill and I think that has stopped it
[ATTACH]319117[/ATTACH]
this hole crept all over the place
[ATTACH]319116[/ATTACH]
mud applied to the tank
this is the base earth pigment heaped on then soaked with X20a Tamiya thinners to fix it in place
there was an unexpected side effect of doing this - the white elements of the earth pigment tended to separate out and sit on the surface which is why there are white dots all over the place. Since it is chalky ground though I think I can get away with that
the tracks - since this is an abandoned vehicle my reasoning is that the tracks would soon rust so they were painted VJ track primer then a wash with rusty pigment followed by the earth pigment
the exhaust staining turned out a bit heavy handed - the thinners had not entirely evaporated and the black pigment turned into liquid rather than just a light application of soot. Will try and tone this down today
you will also notice some grey streaks on the sides of the hull - again due to thinners not totally evaporating (trying to do too much at once) and turning the pigment into 'paint' rather than dust so that will need sorting out as well. I am hoping that my AK streaking brush and thinners will be able to brush it out into a better streaky effect
Hopefully the water will now be starting to set - takes around 24hrs then 48hrs to fully cure - need to keep the base horizontal until it sets which limits what I can work on
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