congrats on the award OWL. these OTS ww1 tanks seem to do well in contests against more modern stuff. the figures look good. 

i do the same thing with some builds and photos; a bit of grain, a slight blur, a grunt eye angle and it looks real. throw a little something like a subtle cloud in the "sky" behind the tank and you could fool a lot of folks.

That's impressive, OWL!!!

Well done!  :)

thanks guys!!!

She turned out great Owl. Add in a beautiful diorama and congrats on your well-deserved win!! 

Owl- this is VERY well done! Fantastic execution- and congratulations on the award, well deserved! Your shot with the filter looks straight out of the real trenches

Dave

At the club contest, the tank won FIRST!! 

(playing around with filters, lol)

finished pics here!!

Oh NICE! Looks like the elements are blending together really well now. You've certainly made the mud look real enough. :)  Excellent effects on that terrain, in general!

finished the painting of the base! Now to attach the figures and seal it all together!

That's too cool! Looking wonderful!!!

Oooh,very nice job on the camo.

Ahhh, so my eyes weren't decieving me! Nice conversion work there.

Looks like you're going to pull it off alright. Oh yeah, that'll work!  :D

Gamera

Looks cool Owl, I still haven't moved much beyond the tank sitting a field looking pretty diorama, I'm going to have to try something more dramatic like this one day. 

BTW: Are those German soldiers though? Their helmets and uniforms look French to me, are my eyeballs crooked? 

 

yeah, they are french. I couldnt find any german figures! The uniforms look pretty similar to my untrained eye, so Im hoping a bit of paint will help the illusion

Looks cool Owl, I still haven't moved much beyond the tank sitting a field looking pretty diorama, I'm going to have to try something more dramatic like this one day. 

BTW: Are those German soldiers though? Their helmets and uniforms look French to me, are my eyeballs crooked? 

after some very helpful feed back from some of the club guys, Im adding a walkway to the trench area , along with a couple soldiers. The trench fortifications are scrap balsa wood we had laying around the art room, and the grass is bristles off a brush. The blasted-apart "tree" is a root a dug up in the back yard

I picked up some Pegasus WWI soldiers from the LHS, and am planning on positioning them so:

pretty dramatic, eh?

once everything firmed up, I applied a base coat to the dio base

my second little base got a base coat, too. Dunno what I will do with it just yet.

tank on a trench, not looking too bad?

I just might be making some more little bases, too, seeing as how much Ive enjoyed working on this one.

If you can see in teh back of this picture, Ive got a second base going on....that happened because I made way too much celluclay. Im still getting the hang of this, OK? 

HA, my mom stopped by and what did she bring? A couple more plaques from hobby lobby!

meanwhile, I made sandbags from Sculpey.

(baked)

So here is the dio with the main parts in place; You have to wait a few days for everything to dry...

but the tank is officially DONE at this point!

nice job

Thanks guys! I'm really happy with how this is turning out. I might even pick up another tiny tank or two ;)

the doog

That really loooks awesome! That's a killer paint job!!!

 

i agree. the washes really brought all the colors together. i use plagues from HobbyLobby and 40% off coupon whenever i need a regular base.

That really loooks awesome! That's a killer paint job!!!

the tracks have been painted and dirtied

then the hull got decals, gloss and a wash;

while that was setting I decided to craft a small base for my tank: the tank will be coming up an incline and over a trench. Here are preliminary sketches

painting the base, a cheap plaque from hobby lobby

blocking out the slope

Im letting everything dry and set before I glop on the celluclay

AT THE NEXT!!

I've between pretty busy this past week, and haven't between able to post much... I'll see if I can't get some pics up this weekend

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Nice job Owl! I've read good reviews on the Masterbox British WWI tank kits, and you're doing your typical quality job here

Dave

 

THANK YOU!