Thanks all , I'm very pleased you like it.
Thanks RebelMike,hope you sell more Hammer's ( that's what the suits are called in my setting)
Heinz, I'd use " Born to be Wild ", every Rebel's song.:)
JBR Glad you think it's awesome, coming from the designer that's praise indeed ,you made my day :):):)
Great,Gunner , yes do get some & seeing your work ,you'll be converting them also ,for sure.
I just noticed that some script I wrote yesterday on the blog got missing somehow ( I get an abysmal connection sometimes)but here they are…
Other parts I added are – 2 Pva glue Lenses (upper front l/h corner) & 2 tiny Pc metal connector aerials rear upper torso (one is shaped like a fork , see my post on flat cables).
Ok as for the cockpit, would you believe me if I say that that was a failed experiment that came out good? The model was given a grey car primer undercoat (I use Plasticote cans as I find that this is one of the strongest). It was then painted with a W&N Peat brown + a little black ink. At this point it looked good BUT forgetting Murphy's Law, I tried to make it better!!!
When I "thought" it had dried I went to highlight/lighten it with W&N Canary yellow ink but this actually started to remove the brown ink,in a state of panic I started to add peat brown & then some more yellow … & bit by bit I managed to blend it.I actually do not know if I can recreate this effect on my other HAMR model !!!.The edges were blended with a darker mix of brown.The name Zed is hand painted ,off course.
The white camo was done like on my Chieftain & Amx30 ( seen in my other post about 1/72 in 15mm ) is actually a a variation of a water colour technique called Wet on Wet.Where first you prime,then base coat, then start adding paint & blending ink while the paint is still wet.Though sometimes erratic,this can be controlled if ink is added in very small quantities.I always use brown ink to shade white rarely black.I'll post a tutorial soon.
Decals came from a 1/32 Airfix German ww2 helmet insignia & Cut up 1/72 Wehrmacht vehicle number plates.The Skull on top is a hand made decal.
Pity it had to compete against superbly airbrushed models in the competition.Perhaps next time there will be a section for both.I think these 2 schools of painting are apart & very different.Like Water colour & Oils/Acrylics on canvas.
Hope this is all clear & makes sense as English is not my Native language.As always you can contact me on zrunelord@gmail.com if you need help etc.
Z
