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hmmm this could actually work...sponsons are a special place so i would not overly break up the scheme by doing this... as for the wood...thanks neil, one layer further and i think it is done..^^

And lo, suddenly there was paint.

The rims of the turret, cockpit bubble and sponsons would be the obvious place to add a bit of brazen hussy...err..detail, brazen detail. Brass is what I meant

But how about having the plates of the turret as brass? It could be a 'brass-clad'

Paint is on this tank!

hmmm the first points you mentioned seem a good idea... i am a bit unsure of the plates... tho i have to say there would be the ideal match as the wood would make a good contrast...hmmm...

Yeah, wood and metal


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Nice hard Oak decking with steel plates

Looking fantastic Vik! we'll talk oil paints later on.

yup... i am off to bed anyways^^ cheers mates...

dstein... get well soon, and shaso good luck to ye!

vik

this one looks great i like it much better than the other tank great work

Thanks Vik.

Oh his first one was a super-heavy, this one is more along the lines of a Russ tank.

It's the Viktor Russ

Certainly ain't no lemon!
Looking really well Vik!

As for staining the way I do it is to apply some thinned acrylic medium to the tank where you want the stains and apply some paint thinned with the medium and a bit of water

Paint some streaks building it up
Wet on wet will bleed the paint and if you control it should give some good stain effects.

The initial medium and wash also need to be just the right thickness to stop the wash just running down the side

Hi Viktor, great blog.

I am in the process of scratch building a Leman Russ atm, and I had no clue how to do the battlecannon turret. So thanks for the good ideas.

Viktorian Russ pattern tanks look good.

thanks shaso^^

and yes these new kind of tanks more resemble a leman russ take to my army...the excalibur pattern tank is a super heavy and won´t be something that is seen in large numbers on the battlefield...

chibi i really think you are giving me good tips... but it is quite hard for me to yet again understand what i should do... what do you mean by acrylic medium? some substance i have yet to buy or using any paint i want? and how to aply that then?

dstein^^ yep viktor russ...how come no one before came up with that... i mean i know the primarch is called leman russ but the leman is a lame name in my opinion...

at troy...glad i could be of service^^ you can always highjack my thread for short showoffs^^

at rouge wolves...thanks, and would you care to tell what you didn´t like about the first one?


well later on i will show you my current progress...i gave the whole tank a very watered down wash of gryphon sepia and he looks now stained all over... a thing i will fix later on with a drybrush action of the prime color... also the rims on the turret and the sponson and the viewslits on the fron are all undercoated black now to be later on getting a brass treatment.

will let you all stay informed^^

vik

Hmmm... brass? If you are going for black/ dark grey, then I would maybe go with a boltgun metal with mithril highlight. Make it look more industrial than regal, like the red tank. Also a bit more of a masculine look compared to the other.

Also dark tank with dark metal and dark wood, on that low profile, would look really menacing.

If you go with brass then a verdigis would maybe look better than rust. Steel would look better with rust in my humble opinion

Acrylic medium- it's just acrylic paint without the pigment. You can get it in the art stores or here at least we have some cheap craft paints like Apple Barrel brand who sell acrylic medium with the craft paints. I use craft paints for terrain, you can get giant bottles(8 oz/236 ml) of commonly used colors (with lesser quality pigments than GW acrylics) that pretty much match bestial brown or codex gray for a couple dollars.

i see your point... also brass was a bit off the scale for that tank as well...as this is somehow a cheap and not so honored tank like the big red one...so i only thought about adding brass to tie it into the steampunk theme more...well as for a totally dark tank... the main color is this dolphin grey you see above... so the main apereance of the tank is rather bright... but the wood is quite dark...so...yeah... we stand where we left off^^


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at dstein...

Acrylic medium- it's just acrylic paint without the pigment. You can get it in the art stores or here at least we have some cheap craft paints like Apple Barrel brand who sell acrylic medium with the craft paints. I use craft paints for terrain, you can get giant bottles(8 oz/236 ml) of commonly used colors (with lesser quality pigments than GW acrylics) that pretty much match bestial brown or codex gray for a couple dollars.

do you speak here of clear paint... so like transparent or just cheap acylic paint of no special color at all...of that i have quite enough...(the later)

Try this Vik http://www.michaels.com/Acrylic-Colors-Mediums/ae0052,default,pg.html


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You can take Acrylic medium, and add weathering powders to it and make a paint that color.

ok from what i read the medium is a sort of substance that gives the color some better working conditions like dilluting the color but not weaken it... ok... and by adding poweders to a medium you then can aply them otherwise they wouldn´t be usable at all? ok...but i guess i will have to try out acrylic mediums in a future project... as shaso so precisly pointed out i am on a tight budget and from what i have seen the stuff costs more than i am currently willing to spend...


i did the heavy drybrushing today and i have to say it looks now like a very slight rusting effect to the grey plates...something i like... also i did not go the brassen way but instead used boltgun metal on the afore mentioned blackened points... thus keeping the warmth still out of the model...

i didn´t took any pics, will try that tomorrow in daylight to get you the best picture effect daylight only provides^^ you deserve only the best^^


vik

I sometimes use chestnut ink as it is shiny and a nice brown, GW do not make it anymore and I do not use it, if you want it let me know.

very tempting mate... i have come to be quite interrested in inks and washes of late and think therein lies a new paining oportunity...i have some old washes from GW and i hold like mad to them ... my flesh wash i often use and i fear the day it is empty ...so if you could part^^ i´d be honored^^ also the name youst sounds very good.... i bet i could create a nice wooden effect with that....

It was great but the problem with inks is they are shiny, so for flesh the switch to gryphonne sepia was bliss.

PM me your address and I'll send it over. hope it doesnt explode in the mail.

And it is good for wood too


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Oh and i have blue ink too, if it is of any use to you

hmmm i have recently bought me the blue wash from GW and not tried out that one... is the ink darker by chance? i want to start some day in the not too distant future the policeforce for my oldest son felix.... the felix fredom force^^... a arbites force based on some viod and infinity models i guess...and blue will be the main uniform color...so blue would help here...

if you are interrested in some older mint and sealed paints form GW...i have blazing orange in abundace ad two pots of warlock purple...jsut as a quick pick from my mind^^

Ink is much darker as it is thicker, but again will dry shiny.

Thanks for the offer, but I am all set for paints just now, 2 pots to you though, I am happy to give up stuff I do not need if it will hep those who can use it, or it just gets wasted.

ok you got me line hook and sinker now^^ pm is on the way^^

Yay!!

Inks off to a good home, cool.

Consider it an early Christmas or a very late birthday present

Can't wait to see this new work Vik!

will keep you on the newst status tomorrow! and thanks datay! either way i feel this will serve me very well^^

i truly have a soft spot for the older pots of GW anyway... the new ones give me the wind you could say^^ there are not built with a painter in mind...

ahh I miss the old flesh wash ink too, but the new Vallejo flesh wash is the next best thing. Dantay- yes its shiny, but you do spray your models with a final dull coat of clear right?

Nah, I wanted the shiny before and also would blend it while wet to get a good gradient.

However now much preferring the washes.