First Experiment with Wash and Chalk Dust.....

Sorry but Geocities does not allow linking. Went to the site and saw the pics. Looks good.

The pictures are a little on the dark side, you may want to shed a little more light on the scene. but from what I can see it looks like you've done a nice job.

Looks great from the pics ..Did u drybrush after the wash?? Keep it up,,

I dry brushed before the wash..

Nice work!
i think next time, do a wash first then dry brush it lightly.
if you dry brush first then wash, the wash will cover the highlights done by the dry-brushing. just my opinion.

Garry is right, you should try drybrushing after the wash.
The first pic has a lot of glare, but the second, top-down view looks great! Much better than my first attempt anyways.
Forgive me for being a wwII newb, but what kit is that? I can see that it's german, but other than that, I'm afraid I'm out of my league. I have so far built only modern plus cold-war era, but I would love to build some wwII stuff, and this one looks really neat!

That's the Tamiya 88MM GunFlak 36/37, built in the Anti-Tank setup. You can also build it with the Wheel Carriages Off, and the gun in action. Overall It's a Fun Kit.

Thanks for all the Feedback guys. The one thing I liked about doing the Drybrush of the Silver Before the weathering, is that It appeared as if it was all scratched up, than got dirty... As for the other colors I drybrushed, I do Agree, I think I'll start doing that after the wash...

Abastyr, Looks real good. You have a nice matallic sheen on the parts. Super job...

Looking pretty good! Excellent first effort!

It's hard to tell clearly from the pix, but it seems the wash might not have been applied evenly. That is, some spots look squeaky-clean (where the wash didn't reach), while other spots are very dirty. This is particularly noticeable on the barrel.

When I do a wash, I always check from all angles that I have full coverage. I'm one of the guys who likes to do a wash on top of a flat finish (rather than gloss), so it's important to make sure coverage is complete, or those clean areas will show up. I also use a flat, wide brush to "manipulate" the wash after I've slopped it on the model.

Keep up the good work!

thanks for the reply Abastyr
Can you tell me what colours you used to paint it?
Also, it's pretty clear that this kit is supposed to be towed with something. Can you tell me what typically would be a good 'something' :)

It is to be towed generally by an 8 Ton Semitrack Troop transporter.



I am working on one of those currently. I'm not sure where you can get new ones. I picked up an old Tamiya kit on ebay.

The paint was Model Master Panzer Grey. I used Sephia and Dark Umber in the wash...

Thanks for the info. I've never built anything from WWII before, save a sherman, which I really enjoyed. I find the wwII equipment to be so much more dynamic and interesting looking than the modern stuff, which albeit I have built exclusively till now. I want to get the tamiya kit along with something to tow it, so maybe I can build that stuff after the M1 group build.
once again, really nice looking piece of artillery

Looks great Abastyr, hope to see your 88 with a halftrack soon

Looks good
are you going to put it in a diorama?