Special Forces Gmv

[Guest]

Hi again!
Some years ago I watched an interesting series called "Generation Kill" about a reconaissance unit in Irak. The vehicles this unit used to move around the terrain were heavy modified HMMVS and I really liked the look of them so some time ago I started this project, mixing a Tamiya HMMV with some resins from a czech trademark called Black Dog.


This is more or less the look I expect at the end:


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And here you have the "raw material":


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First step: building the front shaft:


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Once the front shaft is done, I mount it in the suspension bars:


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Then I complete the chassis with the transmission gears, exhaust...


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Then, it's time to attach the suspension system to the chassis, first the rear part:


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And then the front:


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That's bad ass so ard they leave the bloody doors off haha. Nice kits

[Steve Brodie]

looking good, very good in fact

[Guest]

Amazing build

[Guest]

Watching this. What a difference the painting of the individual items on the pack made.

[Robert1968]

Just caught onto this and athough I'm not really a modern AFV builder this looks very good so far. The internal equip is painted very well,indeed


I'll tag along for the journey in this.


Regards


Robert

[Guest]

Great work so far, going to watch this one

[Guest]

Let's continue folks!


I've started the painting and ageing process. First, primer:






Then, a desert yellow tone:






I highlighted the edges and bolts and I also used a brown wash for shadowing:














Afterwards I painted other details from the chassis and the tires:










Some more brown tips to imitate some chipping:






and brown oils for rust:






Done with the chassis painting!

[Guest]

Now, I'll go for some ageing and dust, and for that I used putty, paint and nail polish remover (acetone)






I mixed everything to get a dark coloured liquid putty:






And then I sprayed the mix all over the chassis with an old toothbrush:






This is the result, some nice mud spatters:






But it still doesn't look like mud, so that's why I used some pigments:














After some layers, once the thinner is dry, this is how it looked:


















I used some oil paints in the joints to imitate the grease in the suspensions:






Oh! Don't think I forgot the tires:






So after all, it really looks like it just came out of the desert:






Hope you liked it!


Regards!

[Guest]

Nice chassis Javi.


You are nailing it

[Steve Brodie]

What an excellent idea, will be pinching that for my Coyote build

[monica]

amazing work on this one,it looks so good,I do real like how its turning out

[papa 695]

Some very nice work indeed, and some great weathering tips.

[Guest]

Good tips for weathering, cheers

[Guest]

Thank you all for the comments!


I have continued with the interior of the vehicle:


First the usual layer of primer:






To show further chipping effects, I used a little bit of liquid mask:






Then I sprayed the desert yellow all over the piece:










I also painted the dashboard:






















Once the paint is dry, I have used a toothpick to remove the liquid mask, showing the primer layer:










Then I used some washes to add depth:






Then I painted the bags on the back of the seat:






And weathered it heavily with pigments (remember they have removed the doors)

[Guest]

I had to place the radio and the computer.






I add a coiled wire to the radio as I have seen it in some pictures:






Then I painted the radio set:






Since the computer screen looked a little bit weird painted black, I painted the windows logo to make it look better:






With a drop of glossy varnish it looks great:






And then I placed the radio in place:






For now that's all


Hope you liked it!