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 inmygravenimage wrote:
Long time no see! Nice cruddy crusty crap.

Indeed good sir, thanks for peeking in!

and thanks... all hail the crustfather!!

Very cool looking. I like the banner conversion

As a follow up to MB's post, I am indeed going to have a crack at the banner but I need a bit of input: for colours, I'm thinking of red as the primary colour, given that the main colour for the rest of the figure is green. What say you, the Dakka community?

Ahoy everyone, I hope all is well!

I have finally managed to squirell myself away for a brief period tonight and was going to crack on and get on with my banner carrier... however... after re - priming him again..... (Sorry Elnibbus) I have decided the scheme will now be red frontal armour as before... but with grey body etc...my thoughts being that mud and rust will show nicely against the grey ....... that's the idea so far....

Anyway...... as I had re-primed the models..... I decided that I would give my old weathering skills a go as it has been a wee while really that I took on a whole piece.....

As my guinea pig I decided to use one of my At-43 Red Blok Kollossus models.... a cracking little unit IMHO! Really nicely designed and an aesthetic I really enjoy!

As they come pre painted... all I was going to add was the weathering... I have added a before and after pic and gave myself 30mins to get the job done! Dictated by my wee daughters next feeding time! lol

IMHO... its come out quite well.... Would love ot hear what you think... as this will be the way I work going forward with my Bannerman conversion!






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Oh... meant to say... I will be re-basing these at some point in the far distant future!

Very nice, very subtle, looks realistic.

As to banner colour, I like the red with a dark muted blue and green accenting.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Very nice, very subtle, looks realistic.

As to banner colour, I like the red with a dark muted blue and green accenting.

Many thanks buddy! Trying to restrain myself slightly from going from the "battered & decayed to within an inch of its life" look!! Pretty happy with how it has come out!

Unfortunately baby Biff is suffering pretty badly with colic at the mo and as such my limited model time has been reduced further (being at work after going "straight through crew" last night is not a great experience!... but I intend to do something hobby related tonight.... hopefully weather the remaining to Kolossus to the same level and then look to do something with the bases!

Thanks again,

Weathering looks really good, makes a huge difference to the model, very impressed.

EDC

You have a great sense of aesthetics, some of those tanks are exceptional.

Love me some utterly crusty crud! Great job dude!

evildrcheese wrote:Weathering looks really good, makes a huge difference to the model, very impressed.

EDC

Many thanks mate! Thanks for looking in!

thegreatchimp wrote:You have a great sense of aesthetics, some of those tanks are exceptional.

That's very kind of you and very much appreciated! Ta!

inmygravenimage wrote:Love me some utterly crusty crud! Great job dude!

Lol.... cheers fella! And likewise.... as is plain to see.... lol... they are war machines after all... they should look like they have been to war! lol


Managed to get the 2nd and third members of the At-43 Kolossus squad weathered tonight.... think I might be tempted to add some bullet shell holes and maybe some laser burns when I come round to basing them... but all in all am happy with the look!

Next up I am definetly getting back to Bahnermann...... Baby permitting!!

Weathering looks good, Magos. Keep at it. Just some oil/dirt/water runs and you're good to go.

 Dr H wrote:
Weathering looks good, Magos. Keep at it. Just some oil/dirt/water runs and you're good to go.

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Many thanks buddy! Yeh I totally agree.... some oil / water will add that final touch!

As you can guess by the total lack of updates, I have managed to get smeg all done recently due to RL and baby W and work..... jeezzz... why cant the world just lt me have some hobby time!!

But... I bought some nice coffee today so it will have the added benefit on not only quenching my thirst and pushing me into the early hours with a caffeine hit.... but will also act as a great oil / wash medium! lol!

Definetly going to attempt to restrain myself though! with the intake and the grime!

Thanks for looking in! Appreciate it!