| Rhysius Cambrensis | 19 Jan 2013 2:58 p.m. PST |
Or are they!? Just finished these – Panthers with camouflage next. These are fantastic 1/600 models which you can get from Pico Armour in the US or Fighting 15's in the UK. They truly are superb! link Let me know what you think? Rhys |
| marcin2501 | 19 Jan 2013 3:46 p.m. PST |
Look good :) Marcin
Oddzial Osmy |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 19 Jan 2013 3:56 p.m. PST |
Ha ha the man himself! Great models and a joy to paint! You have serious skill! |
| Chuckaroobob | 19 Jan 2013 3:56 p.m. PST |
Wow! A lot of detail for such small tanks! |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 19 Jan 2013 4:02 p.m. PST |
I know these models are amazing and one pack for between £2.50 GBP and £3.00 GBP contains 15 tanks! |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 19 Jan 2013 6:16 p.m. PST |
Very nice for ones so small! |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 19 Jan 2013 6:24 p.m. PST |
Thanks Hank – they are so easy to paint honest! |
Just Jack  | 19 Jan 2013 8:35 p.m. PST |
Okay, I've got to ask; so how do you paint them? I bought a bunch for US/USSR Cold War, WW2 East Front, NW europe, and N. Africa, but my skills are meager and my PicoArmor stands don't look so hot. I didn't put a lot of work into the bulk of them, just spray-painted a base and mounted them. The issue is, I actually put some work into a few of them, tried differen techniques, but just couldn't seem to get to a happy place with them. Any advice on priming, painting, dry-brushing, washing the models would be greatly appreciated. Jack |
| Generalstoner49 | 19 Jan 2013 8:52 p.m. PST |
Have lots of pick armorial. Give them a good wash to bring out the detail and you will be pleasantly surprised. |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 20 Jan 2013 3:58 a.m. PST |
Hi Just Jack I'm no amazing award winning painter for a start – you just adapt a few techniques to paint these. First off, I don't prime them. I wash them from the start with a base coat. So for these I washed them with Wargames Foundry Base Sand (shade). Just enough to get a thin covering over the bare metal. Then I wash them again with the same colour to build up a solid base layer that hasn't overwhelmed the detail and leaves a flat matt finish. I then washed them with Wargames Foundry Rawhide shade which is a darkish khaki brown. Then a liberal dry brush with the base sand originally used and the vehicles are already looking satisfactory. I then dry brushed with one shade lighter base sand and then a further base sand highlight using them on smaller and smaller areas. Another thing to remember that I was told here on TMP and really helped is that you definitely, definitely need to use much smaller brushes than perhaps are currently in your collection. But be prepared to ruin them quickly with the dry brushing! Rhys |
| Just Jack | 20 Jan 2013 6:52 a.m. PST |
Rhys, Thanks a lot. I think part of my problem has been spray painting the base coat, which is probably gumming up a lot of the detail. So wash on the base coat, then a couple of progressively lighter drybrushes. I'll have to give it a shot, thanks again. Jack |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 20 Jan 2013 7:47 a.m. PST |
No worries – let me know how you get on. Would be good to see some photos. I also meant to say I even mix the dry brush highlights with a little water just to prevent big build ups of pigment anywhere. I am just doing 15 T34's now. |
