2025 the war against Skynet , British campaign !

[Alan 45]

Cheers folks I'm glad you like it

Here's the finished gunner , I decided to give him a spec op uniform to show a bit more of the mish mash this sort of war would take on [ATTACH]81462.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Guest]

this is kickass good so far

[Guest]

Nice work on the land rover lovely work.

scott

[Alan 45]

Thank you Scott and ole

I thought it was about time for an update to show how I've been getting on

This is my BAE warrior I just wanted to give you an idea of what I'm aiming for [ATTACH]81574.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[monica]

great work Alan,coming along nicely , like all the scratch build things you are coming up with great job so far

look forward to next update, keep up the good work,

[Guest]

Love the Warrior Alan, that's excellent!

[Alan 45]

Thank you Monica and Patrick this kit is ideal for this type of build as some of the parts have a slight bend or don't fit exactly giving it a look of being well used.

[eddiesolo]

Looking good Al, going to compliment the dio superbly.

Si

[Guest]

This is going to be very impressive when all put together

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I'm pleased your liking it , I've ordered som 1/48 brick walls, sandbags and hedgehogs today from johns shop, I'll use the hedgehog as girders , put some fine ballast on it then cover it with baking powder to look like broken concrete

[Alan 45]

Well here she is a completed warrior [ATTACH]81633.IPB[/ATTACH]

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these last few give the damage from previous battles
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[Alan 45]

Latest update now I'm back

I have noticed that when I do dioramas I tend to complete a part of it then just stick it up well this next few pics will show how I get my rust effect it's not difficult and tbh it's easy and it gives a good effect for decay and desolation which is what I'm going for in this dio

How to turn this Into this [ATTACH]81910.IPB[/ATTACH]

first cover your vehicle in super glue like so [ATTACH]81911.IPB[/ATTACH]

then pop it into water making sure you give it a really good covering of water [ATTACH]81912.IPB[/ATTACH]

Then leave to dry overnight
Once completely dry paint it all over with a good coat of reddish brown I used revel aqua 37 [ATTACH]81913.IPB[/ATTACH]

Wait to dry or use a hair dryer to speed this up and give it a good coat of black wash the darker the better like so [ATTACH]81914.IPB[/ATTACH]

Then dry brush in a rust colour I used revel aqua 83 but forgot to take a photo so we will move on to the highlighting , for this I used humbrol weathering powder and touch up as little or as much as you want and you should finish up looking like this [ATTACH]81915.IPB[/ATTACH]

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and there you have it a nice ruined vehicle , this can be done to any metal object and I used to same approach on the warrior for the corrugated panels on the side

[PaulTRose]

interesting idea,.........i can think of a few uses for that.....cheers me dears

[Alan 45]

No problems mate glad to help , I actually found this out by accident while working on my HMS Warspite build , I used water as an excelerant and noticed to fogged up and crusted

[Guest]

I've never thought of using Superglue Alan, so that's a great idea!

Time for some experimentation methinks!