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Viktor von Domm wrote: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...

Yep! Servitor turrets instead of the open manned style, just like the Lancers and claymores and dragoons!


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Beefy armored cars!

yup, much more sense that way in the built that way!

Point defense turret is twinlinked like the Venator style, and is for larger vehicles than Goanna


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Oh and the Geckos next to the Chimera

I have given a wash of the Perun, so now it is at the last stage of grime.
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No flash, and the sun shadows the rivets.
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Front and lower lamp.
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With flash it glows
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Right side flashed.
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Engine grime
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I have also gotten closer to done with the three Old crows I have started working on in earnest.



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T-104 "Sabre, the battle tanks get the Iron glove image as they are the mailed fist that slams into the enemy!
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Back ramp and tow gear of the BTR-90, aka "Claymore" IFV/APC
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No. 845 with lightning bolt in fist insignia of the armored transports section of the Khadrovian land fleet. The fist stands for the armorerd vehicles, and the lightning bolt is for the troops within, usually veterans.
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BRDM-60 "Dragoon" No. 379 of the Spetznats action deployment teams.
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left side, clear markings of the Spetznats skull in a black diamond.
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Rear exit ramp for the team to exit out of, and top hatches to fire from.
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i more and more like the sabre... i think he fully deserves to look smoother and neater than other tanks... somehow this would seem apropriate for that design...
the glowing lamp under flash made me lol^^

besides... when will you test the luck of your perun in an epic fight? crew must be way itchy for a bit of rollin` and rockin` ^^

seeing the comparrision shot of the geckos... the one is with an open compartment... will you order two of this built and leave one open? might be a nice difference between two same built models then...

Since they are so cheap, maybe three will be bought.

Perun has had One fight, so have the Sabres.

Sabre I pay extra points for and use it as a "Fast" tank, so move 12" and fire one heavy weapon. slow down to 6" and fire 2 heavy weapons.

Glad you like the searchlight!

your oc models while not my stile for my army grow on me ever more and i think one reason is your pics! three geckos would be a nice force!

and have the oc tanks earned their ranks in your army due battles?

Both the OC Sabres and the Perun have shown that they can last! the Apocalytpse fight they were in the sabres lasted until tun 4, the Perun until turn 5 the last turn before it was wrecked. Considering what the Eldar can do to tanks in so many ways, I would say that they have shown themselves well and firmly set for future uses


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The pick up style Gecko will have a man with a heavy weapon of some sort on it, likely a Heavy stubber?

I might actually try another weapon for the soldier in the back of the pick-up Gecko to fire. Not sure yet.

a mounted HMG would be a nice thing...like in the madmax movies^^

Well, I actually have leftover crew and MG's from when i converted my Orca walkers into stubby sentinels, so that is a major possibility!

For now, i must dirty down the OC tanks I showed off.


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Well, got some tin bitz smeared thinly to simulate rust, but then the Graveyard Earth for muddiness mostly covered it. Back ramp of Dragoon 379
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slight angle change, but that ramp get's more smudge in the mud!
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Right front tyre shot
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Left profile of different angles
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Head on!quite the amount of sticky mud and dirt eh?
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I may have to apply some more to the front and have it sloshed over the upper surface facing, that way it will look as if it had forded a muddied up river, after others crossed of course!

i think the color looks right but it lacks the texture....splashed mud is one thing but i would add something to give it a certain yukkyness^^

I was going for the Fast vehicle shaking the yuck off, but leaving something behind, I have seen our own trucks get that "patina" of dirt, smoothed out when driven at full speed, but I may add salt into the stuff for the tracks


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Meanwhile, here are more dirty tyres for folks to look at!
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Wading through rivers all churned up get's you slicked out.
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More stuck on dirt!
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Front lower section got it real good!
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The hose alone did not get that off, this will take a pressure wash and brushes!

that sure is some knuckle work^^

maybe add the occaisional herb leaf or a tad of flour added to a tiny amount of paint...maybe salt would over do it then...i understand that

Fast vehicle shaking the yuck off

this makes sense...we have to wait and see what happens lookwise when washes are aplied...that changes a lot...

Leaf seemed to help the camo nets on the Mazurka.

Oh the darkening will occur with that grime!


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Dirty sabre
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you dirty sabre^^....you could always name your guys emperors grime^^ or grime of the emperor...tho the last one would be even more misleading^^ *sniggers*

I think the tops are a bit too clean. Any environment where they'd get that sort of overall muddy look on the bottom would probably splash bits of mud all up in the air to come back down on the tops of the tanks. Maybe stipple some brown onto the top? Not much, just a few flicks, but something to break the two-sidedness of the dirt.

LOL! silly Vik, tricks are for kids!

Claymore has been washed in Devlan Mud, and made grimier.
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Anvildude wrote:I think the tops are a bit too clean. Any environment where they'd get that sort of overall muddy look on the bottom would probably splash bits of mud all up in the air to come back down on the tops of the tanks. Maybe stipple some brown onto the top? Not much, just a few flicks, but something to break the two-sidedness of the dirt.

Interesting suggestion.

i too say this is a logic thought, but the methode of achieving this realistic enough i can´t figure out atm...

I will find images to be sure, meanwhile, you thought the Sabre was a dirty girl before,well here she is, in her present grimey glory!
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I ran out of Devlan mud and this is what happens when they get into the Badab Black!

wouldn´t know nowadays what to do when run out on devlan or badab black either way...these are so valuable a paints to my cause...sabre looks very good now grimey washed all over! got me the other day an orange wash i am eager to test^^ one of the old ones with a green cap on top^^

I tend to water down cheaper paints if need be for washes. I wonder if that orange wash would make a good rusting effect?>

come the start of painting again i will definatly try that out...thought along that line too...

Viktor von Domm wrote:come the start of painting again i will definatly try that out...thought along that line too...

Heh! Yeah, that orange brightness of a fresh oozed rust!

Link to awesome buggy stand ins for my blood ax's please

The OC tanks are looking great!!!

Have you thought of splattering some darker brown color throughout the mud effect you have already done. To give some depth since you have no sand/salt/flour to give it texture? I like the look after the washes particularly on the Sabre!

On the note of mud chunks splattering on Top of the tanks... Hmm... I may try using a large soft bristled brush and doing a little splatter upwards with the brush loaded with paint. Just to see if that would create some kind of desirable effect.

And vik i haven't forgotten about doing a mud effect guide. I am just waiting on finishing my chimera build and doing another type of muddying!

@sonofruss: www.OldCrowModels.co.uk is the company that makes the models that Shaso has there. the Dragoon, the Sabre and claymore vehicles. Old Crow makes some great looking models, and they are pretty cheap by comparison to some of the GW products. Not sure how much the shipping is to us in the USA.

Cheers,
FireCancer

fire^^

and i like your idea if adding a second darker brown type of paint to make it look less uneven...that could add lots of realism with rather low effort....

Hmm, a darker brown layered under or over the graveyard earth? interesting idea!

Son of Russ, the Gecko Pick Up version lends itself to buggification, and other models would work as well,

http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/25vehicles.htm

http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/black_army_007.htm

A list of lists: http://hephsforge.blogspot.com/2010/06/lesser-known-miniature-ranges-and.html


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FireCancer wrote:The OC tanks are looking great!!!

Cheers,
FireCancer

Thanks!

I am using 1:35th scale WWII M3A2 Halftracks in my Traitor Guard as open topped Chimeras, picked up 4 for $80 a few months ago will post pics later. Here is my USMC Striker/Command Striker with Plague Marines, my Renagades force is great as I start painting up more IFV's for them.

Nice work Lord Wynne!