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Well once the tears have dried and the memories drift away it will be cool to see what this scheme is you have in mind

Yes I saw you had cut down the barrel I did wonder what the thought process was behind that but makes sense now, hey if it has no ammo you could have just added a wedge of metal to the barrel and used it as a battering ram open buildings easily.

As for the front hatch remember its the "rule of cool"

cheers lone dirty dog, one thing i should 'NEVER' forget?............... the 'Rule of COOL!' over rides everything, cheers mate.......................

before............


after............


and some some Kelly's heroes speakers so you can listen to your favourite tunes when your clanking around smashing stuff!


cheers

AL


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in the PA world some clever dick will always figure out a way to improve things....or at least bodge/home brew components.............so some sort of new engine bodge!.........



now?.................................it's paint time!

cheers

AL

I am going to call this the "hog" as it seems to be a prickly little sod, or maybe "hedge your bets" sorry bad humour

Engine refurbishments of the future hope it's electric got to think about the environment ......... O yes that's buggered now ain't it AP and all.

Looking really good mate and now to see the make over, this has got me stumped as to what direction you will take with this

WIP Post Apoc Chieftain tank

lone dirty dog "this has got me stumped as to what direction you will take with this".....................................me too! ........................

i think it will be worth the wait!..............until then it's got the Rust base coat on now, i really love how the base rust pulls it all together now, there's nothing like that moment when you get that first coat on a miniature and it brings all those different bits and pieces together ........aaaaaarrrrrrrr (deep breath........silent moment!)





cheers

AL

Looking good man! I'm very curious to see how you'd do more organic stuff like furs or wood, maybe nice for a future vehicle.

Yes I know what you mean it kind of uniforms the model, looks good so far I keep thinking tank girl for some reason

WIP POST APOC CHIEFTAIN TANK

Hi gang, after the rust comes the 'first' layer.............there's a lot more to do! this represents the original green paint work.................. now the fun really begins!





i'm really liking the way the various rust colours are working.

dirty dog................think Tank Girls!.....................................

cheers

AL

Nice realistic looking once again tank Girls you say

it's PINK! ................





cheers

AL

Hello Kittie tank?

HA AWESOME !!!!! did I just say pink is awesome I need to go do something manly now like wrestle a bear

No never expected this maybe a mix of red or green or a bright orange but pink, looks cool though and I gather you will be doing the wipe the paint to reveal the older paint weathering technique.

...............Graffiti time! i'm really happy how it came out, it breaks up everything just right ?.......................now more chipping





cheers

AL

Oooooh, how colorful!

Now that rocks great graffiti technique especially the turret hat idea is taken for future use what stencils did you use if you don't mind me asking

Will you be adding some kind of crew for this please say yes

it hurts my eyes...... its great.

Nice job with the colours there, looks great - proper PA punk stylee

Hello all, it's with a heavy hart that i write this update? i add to say something sooner then later especially for those guy's who subscribed to this blog ............................................ i dropped it!...................... on the carpet?..................no!........................ a hard floor!......... what a **^$%"><** ! .......i'm gutted, to say the least, for the first couple of days i didn't even want to look at it............i just chucked the whole bloody mess in the cupboard, but, a real Chieftain is a tough old beast and this would be no different? so the rebuild started ................and it's not looking too bad, so bear with me, in the next couple of days the pics will start flying out.

cheers

AL

Its all part of the post apocalyptic look... just run with it, it'll be fine!

Back on the horse mister!

Yes look at it as a design process rather than a bloody annoying accident, I do feel your pain though and as the SJM said just get back up on the horse

Ouch! That sucks, and I completely understand your lack of desire to continue for a few days. Droppage and works-in-progress are rarely a good mix.

However, good to hear you're back to it, and as has already been said, it's not an accident, it's a carefully designed wrecking of the tank in order to rebuild it in a life-like manner

Wow, that cantancerous cacophony of colours caught my eye! Do continue!

cheers guy's,...............................i love you guy's (ooop's wrong website! )



Meph...welcome to the madness!

AL

Oi,... now less of the lovey dovey crap and get your Tank on!

 SJM wrote:
Oi,... now less of the lovey dovey crap and get your Tank on!

Is that a euphemism

Post Apocalyptic Chieftain Tank

Hello all, well it's now in a state were i can drop a few pics, this is stage 1, stage 2 will be a simple wasteland desert base, stage 3 i'll add the 'girls'.....
a few pointers, the sights have be painted over the girls don't need'em they like to paint over everything! they just point and flame! this is set in a wasteland that's in permanent sun shine a bit like the post apoc film 'Hell' so no need for lights............(there still in the kitchen some where, that's where i dropped it!)...............no tow cables? it's probably the only working Chieftain about, so whose going to tow it! a bit more stowage will be added later but not much, all they need is in the turret, fuel?.........who knows? it's Post Apoc they get what they need!... i'm just waiting for some really nice MENG MODELS clear water bottles to arrive in post then they can be added, so for now enjoy guy's.







cheers

AL

It lives! I like the exposed track areas, and the exhaust staining.

Looking good.

Yes hate to say this but I prefer how it looks now kind looks more fitting and ramshackled plus who needs to see where they're going in the dark any way

cheers, yes it does look better! adding stowage now ...........and chains! got to have chains..............it's the law!



cheers

AL

Post Apocalyptic Chieftain Tank

Hi all, stage 1 complete, happy with the way it's come out, stowage and chain complete.








cheers

AL

Bloody Marvellous looks truly Apoc love the stowage really brings out the scavenger theme

Top work again