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i guess my heart would be all around the place if my creation would be balanced that high above and on such a small surface...

the sun really did great for your perun, he looks suitable epic for me! have you considered using on some places a bit of glossy varnish on the mud? to show some wetter areas? not a must... just a thought...
and lol your grey looks stil blueish to me^^ even the sun is one of a mind with me^^

from what i see the scratches on the top of the sponsons are the best... they look so brutal to me...that must have really hurt in the ears when all that scatching and skreetiching had happened^^

seeing the perun now in full shining daylights one has to wonder what else there is still to do on it? i think it is done completley? so me thinks? will this mean the end of this thread or is there a new tank project looming around (well despite all the old crow tankies^^)? guess your major concentration will now flow into the bomma?

on a closing note: exellent stuff! and i am not overdoing it for a friend here^^

cheers, vik

Add in my tendency for Vertigo and I was very nervous indeed!

I have considered glossing up the mud, but "Water effects" may work that better. Yeah, that blue gray sure does show off the blueness aspect a lot. Like a kind of slate or shale.

When sliding them in for transport., the crews wear ear baffles headsets.

Oh, the grime washes are next! Then pics of recent work on the Old Crow minis are also in line along with the fighta-bomma.

Thanks!

don´t know if i showed that here too, but for small areas on a tight budget i would suggest clear window color...the stuff you see on window panes in schools and kindergartens...or possibly where kids live...for the purpose this is dead cheap and you can aply it very acuratly... also it has a structure to it that i used for a watery muddy effect myself...to my shame i never again did it and ruined the base due to overwashing the parts... effecivly covering the whole shiny part thus...and to top it i never did a good pic... but in good time i show that effect on other bases!

vertigo....i am not afraid of heights... more of as i seldom float around but when i see depths then i am terrified...we tried to climb a church tower in the holidays... well after the first flight i had to crawl back to the ground... so my wife had to look after three kids at the top...then the bells start yelling and my kids got panicky... vertigo is such a lame thing to be having...darn...

Why did you not paint the, what was it, aquilla? No. The Winged Skull thing on the front, in a metallic, or red and bone colors?

Viktor von Domm wrote:don´t know if i showed that here too, but for small areas on a tight budget i would suggest clear window color...the stuff you see on window panes in schools and kindergartens...or possibly where kids live...for the purpose this is dead cheap and you can aply it very acuratly... also it has a structure to it that i used for a watery muddy effect myself...to my shame i never again did it and ruined the base due to overwashing the parts... effecivly covering the whole shiny part thus...and to top it i never did a good pic... but in good time i show that effect on other bases!

vertigo....i am not afraid of heights... more of as i seldom float around but when i see depths then i am terrified...we tried to climb a church tower in the holidays... well after the first flight i had to crawl back to the ground... so my wife had to look after three kids at the top...then the bells start yelling and my kids got panicky... vertigo is such a lame thing to be having...darn...

Understood, is why I wish i had it.

Ah yes, I worked on conquering it years ago, I climbed the steeple of the Ulmer Muenster.

Anvildude wrote:Why did you not paint the, what was it, aquilla? No. The Winged Skull thing on the front, in a metallic, or red and bone colors?

I have just now painted them Tin bitz covered in shining gold.

ulmer muenster...that sounds like many flights...would probably be a journey without me...on another scene we climed on a lookout tower in a leisure garden^^ well i did acompany my children and wehn moving again downstairs i had to hold hands with my felix (5) as he wanted that.... i climbed the steps to get above holding both handrails...so then i had only one hand on the rails and i chatted with him to get my mind on something else...it kinda worked...and it´s one of those things we do for the kids...*shudders*

Heh! I did not stay long as the stairs were quite slim and it is a huge building in Ulm.


That was a LOT to climb, (161.5m)

The Perun was perched one story up, and still had the same effect as Ulmer Muenster on me.

lol... probably due its sheer awsomeness of the design and paintjob^^ i am talking of the perun here^^

LOL! I do seem to be okay with old style tank designs.

i´ve meant that your vertigo was caused too be your tremendous work^^ besides the positioning of the perun^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:i´ve meant that your vertigo was caused too be your tremendous work^^ besides the positioning of the perun^^

LOL!


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Well, I have been putting Badab Black wash into seams between plates, and gilded the Aquilla symbols on the perun.
Now to snap some pictures before the devlan mud wash all over!

Golden Eagles folks!
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This should make Anvildude happy!
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Shiny Aquilas!
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Yaaay!!

feel dizzy and ill atm...so will keep this short...cool looking^^

Well, we have a happy Anvildude. Fell better Vik.

Now for more gilded Aquillas.
Dragoon! Still more touch up work to do, and then decals and dirtying.
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Head on, now you can see more details have been painted.Blue=spotlight, Red=targeter, Green=Return/receiver, Black with yellow dot=Missile launcher. Gl;ass now has streaks on windshield.
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From above slightly
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Right side, kit pack attached and painted.
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Aquilla hiding!
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Claymore/BTR-90
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Left, with kit stowed there externally.
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T-104 "Sabre" Left
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Rear, you can see all sorts of stowed kit now.
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Left side with stowage and camo net seen
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Right side with stowage and jerry cans seen
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Head on, Turret Missile launcher showing Krak and Frag warheads, spotlight and laser designators and target aquisition systems.
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Turret turned to emphasize the scroll, and heavy bolter and Aquilla.
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Group shot of all three
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I like it. You might want to darken the outer areas of the blue spots and lighten the inner area of the blue spots. It gives the peice a little more depth, and it adds a little realism. But it looks like a really good start.

I am using lightning blue for the inner areas, but the camera doesn't seem to catch that inner lighter color. It is over a spot of Privateer Arcane blue. I may have to retry by using a base of a darker blue.


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Well, I got out the MBT-90D, and decided to compare it to the T-104"Sabre" MBT is shorter in length than the Sabre
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And it is about a half or 3/4 meter shorter in comparative height
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The MBT-90D is marginally slimmer than the T-104, and you can see the "ambusher" camo covers as opposed to the simpler camo net on the T-104.
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The T-104 cannot hide behind the MBT-90D
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The MBT-90D can hide behind a T-104 though.
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Over all, the MBT-90D as a sniper is tighter quarters to the roomy T-104.


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The MBT-90D is smaller in every respect to the T-104, and it serves a different purpose, as the Sabre is meant for general combat and the 90 is a sniper, ambush tank or scoot and shoot depending upon the tactics of the tanker crews manning it.

very nice and useful comparrision shots right there! i think you should email the various companies your threads so that they could use it as a refference^^

i like the way you do your spots and lights, on the sabre this looks very clean and bright! and the window panes you done look also very cool!

Hmmm, not sure if Aoshima would be so concerned, but Old Crow may like to see it! I should drop Jez a e-mail with a linky. I am also considering ordering his 4 and 6 wheeled cars for substitute Elysian attack buggies!

well this might be worth a shot then... maybe you get a short recount even? and i see why aoshima would be interrested... at least you chopped their preciouss up^^

Gecko


to sub for the Tauros


And Goanna


to stand in for the Tauros Venator


Just need to get turrets for the tops!



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Well, as for Aoshima, they did make a tank kit based off a vehicle that could never operate rightly in open battle terrain, just urbanized areas

yup seems a good match for both and tho you still have to buy turrets comparing the prices you most likley will be in for a 2:1 ratio FW to OC...i call that a bloddy bargain^^

Goanna with turret at a total of 12pounds each vs Venator's cost of 34.70 Means I still come out ahead buying two Goannas and their turrets. 24lbs vs 34.70, that is a 10.70pound savings!

The Gecko, and turret are 11pounds each and two of those would be cheaper than 30.60 for the single Tauros. 22pounds versus 30.60pounds, 8.60 shaved off!

Getting four attack buggies for less then the cost of the other two! Like a small nation, I have to look at price for such things compared to the more expensive equipment of the other guys.
Like while US stuff would be nice to arm one';s nation with for defense, I can see Russian equipment at the same effetiveness at half the costs!

what i said, and if you still have leftover bits or are willing to scratchbuilt certain weapons like the lascanons... whick is doable...then you are even more in to a bargain...and the flamer on the tauros would also be nice to be seen done by yours truly^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:what i said, and if you still have leftover bits or are willing to scratchbuilt certain weapons like the lascanons... whick is doable...then you are even more in to a bargain...and the flamer on the tauros would also be nice to be seen done by yours truly^^

LOL! I do actually have a leftover IG heavy flamer from a sentinel kit waiting to be used!


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Tauros can also use a grenade thumper gun, I have leftover barrels for that as well, but with Old Crow servo turrets, it would be adaptable as well!



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Just saw that this is 3/75pounds in cost for both turrets, making the Gecko paired at 14+3.75, a neat bargain package!



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This way, I can havge a Heavy Flamer AND GL version!


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This may be too big for the Goanna


But this would definitely seem a good fit!

like the thumper idea! belts always look that way much more serious to a weapon!

and tho i see your point and the reasoning behind the money the turret system is a bit to feeble for me...maybe order it and built up from there that might be the winning ticket^^

Just found a tank turreted armored car.

if i am not too dizzy then i remember that i once at least saw a pattern of such a vehicle for papercraft...i might even had it downloaded...umm...but i remember for definite that i have a hummvee

But the nice thing about the Goanna and gecko is that they will be fast and enclosed for zippy hunting of enemy soldiers and tanks.

so do you plan them turrets to be too cloesed....that would be a good chioce to not break up the overall look of the cars...makes it more out of one workroom looking...