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

[spanner570]

Thank for the humorous and complimentary posts. I'm reet chuffed you approve of my efforts thus far..... :thumb2:

Jim - I started off using a fine point 00 size brush but this proved to be too small. I changed to a No.6 fine point and this was spot on. The brush itself looks too large, but as you will already know, it's the quality of the brush point that is more important than the actual brush size.

I've now finished the first stage, the laying down of my basic fictitious digital design.

The turret painting was a pain in the proverbial. The rings around the turret were easy enough, it was the vertical markings that caused the problem. Being conical, the turret lines had to be tapered to the top!

I now look forward to going over the whole d**m thing at least twice to tweek and then straighten things out.

Anyway, here is the first coat of paint completed and thanks again for the great posts.









Cheers all.
Ron

[Guest]

You will end up with square eyes. :smiling2:

[minitnkr]

You can now begin to see the effectiveness of this camo method. The Reichsbahn did something similar with lozenge shaped digits. Very expensive. PaulE

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Simply put that is a great bit of painting mate.

[col68]

Fantastic work Ron.

[Mini Me]

Who wants to be first to do this in braille or smaller scale...not I. Great effort so far Ron. Looking forward to the next round.
Cheers, Rick H.

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Well done - looks good.
Jim

[yak face]

https://images.app.goo.gl/2hZZqvyKp92bWeTFA. I reckon young rons got a pair of these , its the only way anyone could do this paint job!!!

[papa 695]

Cracking work Ron

[JR]

Your right there Tony .!
570 think this is great, nothing wrong with any of the squares, they blend in perfectly.
My only concert is I can't see any of Ricks Zulu's, I could however see a large flying Midge side view in your superb back ground control the first page lower left !
453 .

[spanner570]

I could however see a large flying Midge side view in your superb back ground control the first page lower left !
453 .

453 - You had me puzzled for a bit, old lad, then I finally spotted just what you had seen. First class observation from your cell window. Don't fall off the chair when you try and get back down, there's a good chap!... :face-with-head-bandage:
570

Thanks too for the great posts chaps..... :thumb2:


I could fiddle with this all day and night but I'm happy enough with it to leave well alone. The nitpickers could have a field day for sure, but I'm chuffed to have finally plucked up the courage to at least have a stab at this type of camo. The subsequent weathering will help hide the errors!

In a strange way it was fun to do, but at the same time I'm glad to see the back of it!

Vallejo Model Air Acrylics, tap water thinned and applied with a No. 6 fine point brush.

I've sharpened up the colour edges, so here's the final pictures of the digital camouflage. The job was bit of ball ache to paint, but the turret was an absolute pig!












Next up I'll add the wheels, then the bits n' bobs.

Cheers.
Ron

[Fernando N]

Great looking scheme Ron and love the idea of using pencil lines to paint the pixels.:thumb2:

[Mini Me]

570, I luv the way the turret sort of melts into the upper hull structure... Nice disappearing act!
Cheers, Rick H.

[JR]

That's some finish 570, never mind what anyone from the planet of nits say.
Great method, and the results say it all, can't wait until the wheels are on .
453

[yak face]

Wow , specsavers are going to love you ron , cause the next time you go im sure your prescription will have changed!!:nerd::nerd: Absolutely stunning result mate and total proof of the concept - it disguises the shape and outline completely , very effective in a real life scenario I imagine.
I cant pick any nits ( that shampoo you gave me worked a treat ) it looks perfect to me
Yours marty feldman