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Oh, you know that once more work is done, there will be photo-evidence of what i did!


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You can see more Fighta-bomma below!

took a look just now...^^

I now am making aircraft as well as Tanks, but the Tanks are loyal to the Emperor, and the plane is an Ork attack craft! That would be bad for the zeppelin if it saw it flying about Vik! Orks love to shoot at big targets.

and you can´t get bigger than an airship in the sky...well there is a deathstar, but that would be just showing off i guess^^

I can imagine that now,
"We iz closin' in on da Deff Star now, Red leader to all Red sqwadron, lock dem foils inta attack possishin!"


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"Look at da size a dat fing!"

lol... someone has to make a vid of that...would sell a milliuun copies^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol... someone has to make a vid of that...would sell a milliuun copies^^

Would have to do it so that Lucas did not sue!

he and GW would be best friends...

Well, as promised, I have worked some more on the Perun, mostly making it look dirtier!

Can you see the extra dirt yet?
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You know what that needs? Some brown/black or red washes, nice and thick, to really bring out the details- and when I say washes, I mean allll over. Dunk it in your brush-cleaning jar after you've been doing the mud for a while.

I say this because when I look at the things like between the plates, the hatch on the front, the smoke launchers, the extra ammo boxes, they're just solid, with no variation. You need shadow and wear on them, places where the dust and dirt settle that can't be cleaned with a hose-down, things like that.

Anvildude wrote:You know what that needs? Some brown/black or red washes, nice and thick, to really bring out the details- and when I say washes, I mean allll over. Dunk it in your brush-cleaning jar after you've been doing the mud for a while.

I say this because when I look at the things like between the plates, the hatch on the front, the smoke launchers, the extra ammo boxes, they're just solid, with no variation. You need shadow and wear on them, places where the dust and dirt settle that can't be cleaned with a hose-down, things like that.

Oh I agree, that is the next step! I have a big 'ole tank brush and plenty of black and devlan mud washes to slather that with, like a turkey in the oven! I will take the blackest and get the seams and cracks, then washes allover with devlan mud for the overall grime feel of a dirty tank! But first I need to add decals so that they too get the dirtied effects as welll.

yucky muddy this tank has become...someone driving that and caring for it has gone all slutty on it^^ by the way, what colors do you use for the mud? and i second the wash shower^^ suggested by anvildude, particulary the red wash sound interresting as this might cause some nice shading effects...

Well, I have no red wash, but the brown and black I have aplenty!

Graveyard Earth mixed with the salt granules for that mud effect

again a paint i miss it seems...graveyard earth...ok...checked on my to buy list^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:again a paint i miss it seems...graveyard earth...ok...checked on my to buy list^^

It is a good color for mud and such. it was also a consideration for the camo instead either the green or the shadow gray

well i can understand the use for camo but i think your camo is better off without...grey is more unique! and to replace it with the green i think it would have been a too much german late war camo then... something i think would blow the fluff behind apart....

Viktor von Domm wrote:well i can understand the use for camo but i think your camo is better off without...grey is more unique! and to replace it with the green i think it would have been a too much german late war camo then... something i think would blow the fluff behind apart....

Hence it is as it is!

*nods form craftman to craftman*

It's actually rather easy to make your own washes. Just go to a Walmart and buy a bottle of Applebarrel red paint, glop some into a jar, and put in water until you reach the consistency you want.

sounds interresting... do you know of any european versions or what kind of paint should i look for for using this methode?

Viktor von Domm wrote:sounds interresting... do you know of any european versions or what kind of paint should i look for for using this methode?

GW ones all work, but being the cheapskate you are, any acryllic paint that sticks to plastic, I think.

well if primed any would suffice, but i like the idea behin the total drench of a wash... stuffing the tank inside a big enough tupper wear and then let the wash do all the work... like dipping but with lighter stuff...

Anvildude, I do NOT support the destructive entity that is known as Wal-Mart. I will support a local paint store before I walk into one of those places. Wally-world as it is also known is much despised in America, except for some places where they have yet to wipe out the local economic zones they squat in.

Shrike, Ouch man, keep in mind that once the money comes from YOU< that times can be a tough decision! for me what can I buy for 3.75? a 12ml of paint, or milk and bread?

Vik, That was why I mentioned my fat tank brush! Plenty of area will get covered fast, then, with smaller brushes, the cracks between the plating!

yep calculation for such things i had too in my life... there were times when i had to scrunge up money with empty bottles to get somee toastbread and ketchup to eat (nothing more mind you) those days are thankfully over...but it is still in my mind so i count money before spending...

lol sometimes i wonder if you are a true american shaso... for your taste in comedy and now your despise in walmart you might get a treason offence... very un american of you^^

how wide ith this brush of yours? is it one for painting walls? doesn´t it suck up too much paint and doesn´t give it back?

LOL! True Vik, I am not as much the consumerist i used to be, (Yet still addicted to the plastic and metal crack of wargaming!)

Just sold off an army tonight(sort of hurts, but it is for a good cause)

Is almost an inch and a half wide for large model surfaces.

which one of yours? how much did you get? and what good cause might that be? i dread the day that i have to do that too...tho i will never get around to make some nids ...it´s just not my style i guess...

Viktor von Domm wrote:which one of yours? how much did you get? and what good cause might that be? i dread the day that i have to do that too...tho i will never get around to make some nids ...it´s just not my style i guess...

My Fantasy Beastman Army sold for 160, and for the rent!

Well better to have a roof than a beastman i was thinking of selling off my scenery to make space for more , but the p&p would kill it , for most potential buyers i think.

The dirtying up of the perun is going well, are you going to add chipped paint before the wash ?

Have been thinking of that along with the damage to decals as well.

160 and the rent? well this is then at least something...but not a proper working strategy on long terms...if you start roibbing banks i could be of assistance?!?