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A few 1/35 armor builds

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A few 1/35 armor builds
Posted by GreySnake on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 3:48 PM

Pictures of some armor kits that I built a few years ago. They are kind of dusty from sitting on the shelf. All kits are 1/35 and made by Tamiya expect the Whippet from Emhar. I believe the jagdtiger is the last piece of armor I’ve completed in three years.

WWI Whippet


Whiippet by GreyGhost88, on Flickr

Japanese Type 97 Late


Type97 by GreyGhost88, on Flickr

 

Jagdtiger Mid Production


Jagdtiger by GreyGhost88, on Flickr

 

Japanese Type 1 Field Gun Honi


SPG by GreyGhost88, on Flickr

 

 

Challenger MK.3


Challanger by GreyGhost88, on Flickr

 

 

 

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Posted by TD4438 on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:01 PM

I really like the color of the JagdTiger.A bit darker than we usually see.

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Posted by KFS-miniatures on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:03 PM

Go back with that Whippet to the workbench! this tank screams for a bunch of mud and oily stains!

Smile

Honi soit qui mal y pense

~kamil

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Posted by detailfreak on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:38 AM

                 Very nice,although a bit shiny.Wink

                                                                     Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

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Posted by spadx111 on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:24 PM

nice work like the pics.

Ron

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Posted by GreySnake on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:40 PM

TD4438 thanks. The camera or my photography skills kind of washed out the colors on the JagdTiger. Its not really that dark in person.

 

KFS-minatures you’re right the Whippett does need more mud and stains. Its going back on the bench.

 

detailfreak thanks, I had the flash on the camera so that explains them looking shiny. The Type 97 did turn out shiny for some reason even though its dull coated.

 

Thanks spadx111

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  • From: Grand Bay, New Brunswick ,Canada
Posted by MECHTECH on Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:05 AM

Greysnake, nice jobs. A little to clean but.... If I may make a suggestion. Add some flat black to the inside of the barrels on your Japanese and perhaps your JagdTiger and Challenger vehicles.

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:25 AM

Welcome to the forums. A nice little collection of armor you have.

You'll learn a lot about weathering and making your vehicles look more realistic here. You should brush up on some terms like pin washing, drybrushing, and washes in general. These would give a real dimension to your finishes. Right now they are a bit chromatically-flat.

SO are you back into building armor, or just a passing through?

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Posted by GreySnake on Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:50 AM
MECHTECH thanks. Right about them being a little to clean, I'm not that comfortable doing a lot of weathering just yet. Thanks for the suggestion on the black for the inside of the gun barrel. On the Challenger I actually painted the inside black. No idea why I didn't do the same thing on the other two. Confused
 
doog thanks for the welcome Yes
 
Oh yeah I'm already learning lots of new techniques on how to make my stuff look better. I'm going to dig through some of my less then great efforts and practice on those.
 
I'm pretty much back to building armor, I have a lot of shelf queens to keep me occupied for rest of the year. Hears one I'm working on Tamiya's 1/35 Panther G with the Eduard zimmerit. I did not build this one my dad actually did and for whatever reason he got bored with it. It was just painted dark yellow and looked pretty boring. So to spice it up a little, I used one of Tamiya's weathering sets for the white wash. I'm not aiming for anything great just something to practice my skills on.
Before

001_1 by GreyGhost88, on Flickr
After
 
002_1 by GreyGhost88, on Flickr
The picture was taken about four days ago. Since then I've beaten up on the finish some more.
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Posted by the doog on Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:57 AM

GreySnake

 

001_1 by GreyGhost88, on Flickr
After
 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5619558356_76cb53accd.jpg
002_1 by GreyGhost88, on Flickr
The picture was taken about four days ago. Since then I've beaten up on the finish some more.

Cool!Looks good!

You're on your way then! Looks like you're going to learn exactly what you need to know!

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