As I promised....my previous Tiger II

Nice build and display Erock68.

Mike

Excellent build Erock68 of both the kits and the dio. The paint job on the Tiger is second to none.

A couple of quick critiques though:
1 - we must introduce you to some pastel chalks, as with all armour even the Tiger was a pig and liked to roll in the mud
2 - the paint that you used on the figures seems to be a little on the glossy side, this of course could be the pics but if not they could use with a little toning down.

All in all this is a very nice little scene. Well balanced between figure, terrain, and vehicles. The figures are nicely posed and are focused.

Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing.

a job well done , a very nice model
is it out of the box or has there been anything else added
is it the new tiger 2 with moterbike and in the instructions is there any history about the gun mantle, are there both versions in the box aswell?

keep up the good work

Thanks for the compliments...

Sherm, I have no idea why my figures do that?! I use the same flat Model Master paints as my armor and shot with the same matte finish.
As for the pastel chalks, if you want to send me a few pointers, I would definately try it on my next build!

Capt, This is the new Tamiya Ardennes version of the kit. Nothing has been added, to the kit, except for the styrene rod use for the antenna.
It does give the option for 2 different covers but, no history about them in the instructions.

PS.....The map the Commander is holding was taken from the German Battle plan for the Battle of the Bulge.

Awesome job! I love the job you did on the cammo. Was the splinters painted using a brush? What color did you use for the red-brown? All-in-all a fine job.

I have seen this on your site Erock. I love teh Ardennes Front King Tiger. You did a great job, and just like you, I have a horrible time getting the camera to work the way I want it to. Keep up the great work, and I hope you still haven't been seduced by the dark side of modelling (aka Allied US ).

Cheers

Rob

Yep, I used a "Spotter" brush for the swipes (I cut the tip at an angle, so I didn't get perfect circles). The color is Testor's MM 1701 Military Brown.

Rob,

Me? Seduced by the Darkside? Ha.....I just go over there for recon and to see who I can bring back

The diffo between gloss and matte are the solids suspended in the medium. The more solids, the more light refraction and the duller the finish. For whatever reason, the medium is comming to the surface and drying first.
Old paint?
Not well mixed paint?
Or not matte or flat paint?

If you are consistently getting this effect and if you don't want the gloss or sheen to your figs, I would consider switching brands of paint.

As for the tank, some like that factory fresh look. So I think its personal preference. But I highly reccomend the pastel chalks, you will like the effect.

Mike

renarts,

I have always wanted to try my hand at some acrylics so, maybe I will try Tamiya's line for my figures. I still haven't convinced myeslf to use them on my armor.

It could be that, older paint is the culprit. I have about 5 boxes of toothpicks on my bench for mixing paint in bottles. I open a jar, grab a toothpick and mix away. I don't think I have ever "shaken" a bottle in years.

Now, if I could make a neat little paint mixing jig for my Dremel.....

Erock, very nice work. Try the pastels, you'll love it. :)

Just remember the learning curve when you switch over to the Tamiya. Take some time to familiarize yourself with the product and the new techniques. I use them on both armor and figs. (along with various other paints) and they do a bang up job on giving a dead flat finish.

If you have a Spencer's Gifts or one of those kitchen gizmo stores like you see in the malls, they carry a "drink" stirer or a smoothie stirer. It sort of like a mini battery powered milkshake or paint stirer. It works great. Some of the guys in my area that have used these things have said they have revitalized really old paint using one. If you have a cordless drill and a a piece of wire that you can bend near the end it will work as well for mixing up paint.

Again, nice work. I look forward to seeing more of your efforts.

Mike

nice camo job!!!

at the hobby shop i go to they have a battery operated paint stirrer that is all i use it works great u can control the speed on it to stir old paint or paint mixed for the airbrush realy easy to keep clean only cost me 6 dollars but it is worth the money fits in bottles perfect

That looks great too Erock!! I ditto everyone elses compliments but I have a question. How did you build those trees? They look very convincing and realistic in those pictures.
Common, step by step for me

Eric

Great looking model. Some of you guys were discussing methods of stirring paint, I use a cordless drill and bits of old spure cut into T shapes. I chuck these into the drill and mix away.

erush,

They are just Woodland Scenics trees. Depending on the size, you get a few per kit. I tried to get the tallest I could so the kit came with 2. I also bought some lighter foliage to add to them, because they looked a bit too dark to me.
They go together with white glue or they have Woodland Scenics cement that you could use.

Thanks Erock. I like easy, especially when they look that good!!

Eric