1/35 BTR-70 APC with brush painted Digital Camouflage.

[spanner570]

Thanks for your support chaps.

Very nice day today, and yes I know I should have been outside catching me a few rays, but the bl***y model kept looking at me sideways!

So as a compromise, up went the parasol and out came the brush - and a can or two to steady my hand.

So here is the three colour result thus far. Apart from a bit of fettling, one side of the hull camo. is done. Sorry boys, I didn't photo the second stage paintwork. I'll remember for t'other side.......:upside:



I've kept the side pattern straight throughout and not followed the bend in the front. I figured it would be more effective to create the illusion of one straight, flat 'Block' rather than follow the tank shape. I trust my ramblings make some sort of sense! The top picture shows how the sides appear straight - I hope





Cheers all.
Ron

[yak face]

Amazing mate ! did you mask the bits or just freehand it? Tony

[spanner570]

Yo mucker!

Glad my good buddy approves. I'm useless at masking and I know I'd make a balls of simply trying to stick the stuff on this or any model, so I always do my painting freehand - With a little help from Mr. Boddington's.....

[scottie3158]

Wow, Ron that is an excellent result

[stillp]

With a little help from Mr. Boddington's.....

It has the opposite effect on me!

Lovely camo Ron.

Pete

[Guest]

Excellent camo,especially as it is freehand :thumb2:.

[Guest]

Ron,
Great job with the mop and bucket, i bet the eyes were a little out of tilt after all that marking out... First class job.
Mike

[spanner570]

Thanks for the great comments chaps.
Hopefully once the eyes are back to some sense of normality I'll be able to paint a bit more.......:flushed:

Cheers.
Ron

[spanner570]

Eyes back to normal(ish) so onwards I go....

This time I've remembered to take a picture of the second stage.
This is the second lightest colour - Camo. Grey. I intend to leave the hatches etc. 'Undigitaliseefied' to add a bit more contrast and to the enemy a bit more....

All a bit rough and wishy washy, but my idea is to just get the basic pattern down. Then with my brush I can cut the colours in during subsequent coats of paint.




The back end. I'm not bothered about any slight difference in the square sizes, I will hopefully be able to rectify these at a later stage in the process.



Here's it is with the addition of the final darker colour Mid. Grey. I have also started to generally tidy up the 'squares' and obliterate the pencil marks brushing on the three colours as and where they are required.



The front of the model. See how the pencil marks are clearly seen? Don't fret none. They will vanish in due course...... :thumb2:


There you go. It's now too warm in my den to continue painting, so into the garden I go......:thumb2:

Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Excellent job there sir. I like it. Are you using a pointy brush or a flat the size of the squares? Whatever it looks good.
Jim

[minitnkr]

A great example of justdoitism. Props to ya. PaulE

[Guest]

Hi Ron outstanding job a credit to the hairy stick brigrade, well worth the admission fee, keep up the excellent work.
Pete.

[Ian M]

You sir have the patience of a saint, the hands of a surgeon and a will power far greater than I have ever known!

Great job so far.

[Guest]

Hi Ron, fascinating to see how this develops :thumb2:!

DIRK

[Mini Me]

570, one day down the road you will pick up that model and upon reflection ask yourself how in the H*ll did I ever do that? Great result mate. I find my eyes going buggy just looking at it on the comp. screen. Trying to find the Zulus hidden in the maze! LOL:smiling2: Cheers, Rick H.