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Hi there!
I am currently working on my small IG airfield/field command diorama, which as usual is a lot more work than I initially thought....

Since the completion is still many months away, I thought I'd show off the first three completed items: the valkyrie, landing pad and (air) command tower. They are basically finished, although I will be adding some ground crew elements, barrels, ammo crates, missiles later once I got the terrain board itself done.
I still have lots to do (pillboxes, AA emplacements, 2 leman russ tanks in a maintenance bay, guardsmen, the terrain board itself, etc, etc )

And now for the pics, enjoy and C&C as always welcome.

Sounds like its going to be epic!Good job soo far.

love the big cannon,dont no wat itz called

Looks great now, the finished diorama should be epic.

Attention to detail is amazing

I like this one! It looks great so far! Im looking forward to see it all done! keep up the good work!

It's looking really good well done, post some more pics when done

Thanks for the nice comments! glad you like it.
I'll make sure I'll update you guys on any additional progress.

The rust around the rivets is fantastic. I can't help but feel, though, that the surrounding metal is a bit too clean and shiny, by comparison. Could simply be glare on the metallic paint masking more thorough weathering, though.

oadie wrote:The rust around the rivets is fantastic. I can't help but feel, though, that the surrounding metal is a bit too clean and shiny, by comparison. Could simply be glare on the metallic paint masking more thorough weathering, though.

The contrast between the rusted and non-rusted metal is less extreme in real life than in the pictures, however I see where you're coming from and agree.
I think I'll go over the metal parts either with a very thinned smoke or devlan mud wash/glaze, that should dirty it up quite nicely and tie it more together.

this was the first time I used oil paints mixed with pigments and lots of thinner to simulate the rust. I would recommend people to try it, it's a very effective and relatively quick technique.

Very nice start, I like the extension from the bastion

Could you do a tutorial on the use of pigments?

dantay_xv wrote:Could you do a tutorial on the use of pigments?

Stuff I used:
- old GW fine detail brush
- Vallejo pigments "73108, brown iron oxide" and "73106, burnt sienna"
- "burnt umber" oil paint from "Royal Talens, Rembrandt series", This is more of a paste than actual paint and comes in a tube.
- turpentine or white spirits
- 3 cups

For the method itself:
- I prepared a mixture of some turpentine, oil paint and brown iron oxide pigment in the first cup. I really don't know the exact ratio, but the oil paint was heavily thinned (probably at least around 30:1)
- the second and third cup were filled with clean turpentine.
- I wet the spots I wanted to weather with clear turpentine from cup 3.
- I applied the mixture from the first cup to the rivets and any other places where rust spots would be heaviest, around 10 spots/rivets at a time. (basically didn't want all the turpentine to evaporate)
- I rinsed the brush in cup 2
- I took clean turpentine with the brush from cup 3 and dragged the still wet spots with the mixture made earlier (around the rivets, etc) down.
- I applied some additional clean turpentine to the spots further away from the "rust source" to wash them out a bit and fade them.
- I repeated this for all rivets/rust spots.

- Finally I did the same steps for most spots with the lighter pigment (burnt sienna) without adding the oil paint to the mix and without dragging the brush down, I only washed it out a little bit.

I sealed the piece with a layer of clear coat before doing the weathering. I read it would improve the flow of the turpentine

I hope this helps.