#9 Dragon Imperial 1:35 Pzbflswg III Ausf K

deafpanzer

Lovely work Manstein!  Always liked your bold work on the figures.  And I really like the first figgie... is it from Alpine too?  

Thanks Mike!  Its my personal rule that I must add a figure or few to all of my armor builds.  It takes a lot of practice and patience... you will not like my first set of figures I worked on few years ago. LOL

Excellent job all around!  Wish I could paint figures as well, they add so much to a model.

Mike

Lovely work Manstein!  Always liked your bold work on the figures.  And I really like the first figgie... is it from Alpine too?  

deafpanzer

Manstein- Thanks!  Figured you have rode in one of those Ks.  Another pic of the figure for you to enjoy... sorry no female figures this time.  Kept him as pale as possible because it was cold and ugly in Russia!!! 

Closer shot... 

My figgie:

Clay- Thank you very much!  Glad you enjoyed!

Andy thats very nice. and really like the vignette AWESOME.

Clay

Castelnuovo- Thanks!!!  Glad you liked the pics... 6th pic is my favorite too.  I'd soil my pants if I was a Russian soldier in the trench. 8-)

Manstein- Thanks!  Figured you have rode in one of those Ks.  Another pic of the figure for you to enjoy... sorry no female figures this time.  Kept him as pale as possible because it was cold and ugly in Russia!!! 

Closer shot... 

Outstanding build...one of my favorite tanks and kits done up right!  Nice figgie as well...

Love the 2nd and 6th pic. Kinda puts you in the action...

Cheers..

Bill- Thanks!  Glad you enjoyed following my build... thanks to you I have learned so much how to do better.  

Rob- For sure it will be a nice break from building older kits as I will be building latest Tiger kit next.  I have been doing pre-shading since my first build but this is my first time doing post shading and I think I will do that from now on.    

Glad you liked the base.  Following many of your WIPs on base really helped!  So thank you for doing those WIPs! 

Very nice Andy   You really done this older kit to the newer standards.  The post shading was done very well but my favorite has to be the hull sides up in the running gear....that's nice.  Your painting of the base also looks great and look forward to seeing your builds put onto more bases.  Now too #10

Enjoyed watching #9 come together Andy! Very nice work and goes to show that the older kits can still be built up into nice finsihed projects.

Ibuild148- Thank you... appreciate it!  

Eric- Thanks!  Glad you liked the base.  Wish MIG makes more bases like those!  I will do my best to make Tiger as good as Pz III K. LOL  Can't wait... my workbench is all cleaned up so I am ready now and  weekend starts in 6-7 hours! 

Blitz- LOL!  Glad you liked it.  First it was primed in black.  Then I used three different brown Vallejo paints so it won't look too monotoned.  Then rocks were painted with lighter such as tan or sand.  Heavily thinned raw umber oil paint was used for dark washes.  Also I used two different MIG pigments too... Russian Earth and Dark Mud.  Hope this helps... appreciate your nice words. 

Greg- Hard to believe it has been three years already and I have only built nine kits.  Still remember great times building the StuGs!   My door is always open if you ever are in town!!!   Definitely will need your help while building my first Tiger... please stand by!  

Anthony- Thanks man!!!  Meet my best friend... AK Interactive Dunkelgrau Modulation Set.  I am so sold!!! 

It is how it looked after paint job...

Instead of airbrushing the lightest tone I dry brushed the highest points.

I used MIG pigments for the lower hull... brush dipped into mix then blown into the hull using airbrush at very low PSI.  It worked just great!  Be sure to practice on strap or something because it took me a while to do it right.

Tracks?  I have been hooked to Friuls... used them for this build. LOL  You can see that I already have Friuls for Tiger I. 

Hope this helps... hope to see you in Steel Cats GB? 

Very nice work Andy,I like your fading and variations on the gray.Also the lower hull looks great,what did you use ?

My III-G was from the Imperial series,those indie tracks are fun aren't they ?

You have come very far grasshopper,but now for what may well be your greatest challenge. You must tame the Tiger. Kool stuf Andy ,hope to see it in person sometime.

                                        Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

Lovely work all round. The base looks like you've just torn out a chunk of dirt from the yard or something. Very realistic.

Wow, love that base Andy. Oh, the tank is pretty catchy too. 

Good job my friend, now I can't wait to see what you do with that Tiger.

VERY well done Andy.

Ben- Glad you liked it... thanks!!!  Figure is from Alpine.  Think its the VERY first release because of its number... 35001?  Got via eBay for about $12.  Had to get it because it was a perfect fit for the command tank... shooting the flare gun for some action! 

Marc- LOL!  Thanks man!  Hopefully my #20 will look like YOURS!  No kidding...   I have learned so much from you guys.  Remember that! 

Base is from MIG... too bad they only make two bases.  Made of plaster so it took a lot of paint!  

More pictures of the base...

Now I have to get the another base but its only for a Panzer I only.  

Kenny- Thanks mate!  Glad it caught your eyes! 

WOW, Neat, very eye catching...cheers....Kenny

Jeez feakin' Louise Andy.  If that's what #9 look like... I can't image what #20 will be. Sweet job on that one..  Love the base.

Wow nice build there ! I love the figure and diorama base. And the finish on the Panzer is amazing ! Good work