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***PICS: Battle of Kharkov, WIP

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***PICS: Battle of Kharkov, WIP
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 16, 2007 10:39 PM

About 85-90% done...need to finish weathering vehicles, especially T-34 and lay groundwork...

...based on actual pics of battle...if you look closely you can see several historical personalities: "Sepp Deitrich", "Panzer" Kurt Meyer, Jochen Peiper and Fritz Witt...can you spot them?...also, 251 was well-photographed... 

 

 

 

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Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:40 AM
I love it!  Care to share your whitewash technique?  I've been admiring it on the Sdkfz-something (don't know my german armor) and on the whatever it was converted to a comand vehicle.  Aren't I proffesional? Big Smile [:D]
"Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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Posted by the doog on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:04 AM
Gorgeous work, Manny. Can't wait to see it weathered and finished!
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Posted by m1garand on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:13 PM
Looks great and can't wait to see the final work!
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Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:07 PM
I think you'll definitely need some detailed writeup of your figure painting techniques.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:53 PM
...looks like the 2nd and 3rd pics dropped off for some reason...can ya'll see them? They are the "historical personalty" figs...
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Posted by jadgpanther302 on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:45 PM
cool. igot red x for 2 and 3Smile [:)]Wow!! [wow]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:13 PM
I think the #2 and #3 pics are back up...can anyone spot the personalities in the pics?
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Posted by Fast Heinz on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:50 AM

Lovely 251 Erich. Is that the Dragon /6?

Pics 2 & 3 still don't appear for me. the dreaded Red x only.

Cheers

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Posted by espins1 on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:51 AM
Very impressive work Manstein!  Cool [8D] Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

Scott Espin - IPMS Reno High Rollers  Geeked My Reviews 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:48 AM
...thanks for the kind words...I'll try to repost the pics that now show as X's...
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 20, 2007 12:05 AM
 Fast Heinz wrote:

Lovely 251 Erich. Is that the Dragon /6?

Pics 2 & 3 still don't appear for me. the dreaded Red x only.

Cheers

...Yes, that is the 251/6...very nice kit from DML for someone wanting to do a command halftrack...it even has the telescoping arial on the right rear...i am showing it in the lowered position but have left it where I can also show it extended...in that mode it is about 30 scale feet high !!!...a lot of German CO's used this model throughout the war, so there are endless possibilities of schemes...in fact, Heinz Harmel used one painted in dark yellow throughout the Arnhem campaign...

...by the way, I reposted the personality figs in the Armor Trivia thread...

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 22, 2007 4:41 PM

 zokissima wrote:
I think you'll definitely need some detailed writeup of your figure painting techniques.

...I prime the flesh area with Humbrol enamel matte (#93); and then use the following oils in this order: cover w/ Burnt Sienna; cover, then wipe off w/ Raw Umber; and highlight with Yellow Ochre and White...

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Posted by Sic Semper Tyrannis! on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:40 PM

"...I prime the flesh area with Humbrol enamel matte (#93); and then use the following oils in this order: cover w/ Burnt Sienna; cover, then wipe off w/ Raw Umber; and highlight with Yellow Ochre and White... " - Manstein's revenge

I'll be trying this out tonight. I bet I wont get a lick of sleep! Thank you. I admire your technique.

SST

On the losing end of a wishbone, and I won't pretend not to mind. ----------------------------------------------------------- 1/35 Dragon SdKfz 251/1 sMG Various 1/35 Figures 1/35 Dragon Stug III Ausf B. (Balkans)
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:27 AM
...that was a quick and dirty rundown of my technique; let me kow how it works for you and maybe I can offer some more tips to refine my original instructions...
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