1/350 U-Boot Typ VII C

[Jim R]

Hi Wouter
As John says - a year! Time really does fly.
Weathering looks to be coming on a treat. Must be kept subtle and 'in scale'. That first grey pin wash - is that acrylic or enamel? The oil dot method does work well. I have tried it but not been brave enough to use such a variety of colours. Painting in and blending out the shadows is a new one on me - very effective though :thumb2:
Jim

[JR]

Subtle indeed, nothing worse Wouter than when its over done, that will look good.Liking this a lot, too big for my bench at 750mm .
John.

[Steven000]

Looking very good Wouter, I have a 1/144 on it's way a few days ago :smiling6: .
Nice details and weathering for this small scale :thumb2:
Cheers
Steven

[Wouter]

Hi Jim, glad you like it. The pinwash is enamel, it's of the Ammo brand.

Morning John, thanks chap, and so true. I think you are mistaken the size of my sub here. My 1/350 Yamato is about 75cm long. This sub is a bit smaller luckily :smiling2:. The hull is about 19cm. That's about the size of a 1/35 tank I reckon ^^

Hi Steven. 1/144 ey? That's a bit larger indeed :O. And thanks ^^

Cheers

[JR]

Sorry Wouter, senior moment there,thought the photo Rick posted was it !
John .

[Wouter]

Sorry Wouter, senior moment there,thought the photo Rick posted was it !
John .

Yeah, that can happen ^^. But that's right, Ricks 1/72 sub is a big as my 1/350 Yamato. Quite the boat really

Cheers

[Si Benson]

Hi Wouts,
Interesting subject. Seems like your branching out from the armour even further with an underwater wotsit:smiling4:

Always good to try out new techniques when it comes to painting:thumb2:

[Guest]

looking good.

[Wouter]

Hi Si, yeah, I think widening the subjects keeps it all interesting. ^^

Ralph, thanks chap.

Well, I after another three hours session of painting and blending shadows (of which 2 hours for the conning tower) I can show you the result.
It sure makes all the details pop out. The photo of the conning tower is quite blown up so the effect seems exaggerated but in reality it's a lot less.



Cheers

[Steven000]

That's some nice paintwork Wouter :thumb2:
Looks just like the real thing...
Cheers, Steven

[Jim R]

Hi Wouter
Nice :thumb2: Pin washes always take a lot of time. You just have to be patient and the results are worth it.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

As Jim says the time taken to do the pin washes properly really makes a difference. Wonderful work my friend

[Wouter]

Hi Steven, thanks, but not there just yet :P

Jim and Steve, thanks a lot chaps, glad you like it. Mind though, this is actually not a pinwash this time ^^. A pinwash is well diluted paint which flows around the details using capillary action. This time I really painted and blended the shadows with less diluted paint. mmm...there's no real name for that technique though...Let's call it 'Marijn Van Gilsing' :smiling2:

Did some more last couple of days but no photos yet. Just to keep things exciting!

[Allen Dewire]

What do you mean no photos??? Come on Wouter, at my age keeping things exciting is way too much. Seriously though, I do love the conning tower finish as looks so realistic. A year???? Doesn't matter as this is top work Sir!!!

Prost
Allen

[BattleshipBob]

I see you are at it again Wouts, superb skills and work!!