FINISHED PICS! -- Pg 6 DML ersatz M10 Panther OOB WIP

VERY nice Karl!

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Really, man, I am running shy of superlatives for you.  The color modulaton, the layer upon layer of weathering.

It doesn't just look like an ersatz that sat on its haunches until spring, somhow, it FEELS like it's been out in the elements.

Bill 

redleg12 wrote:

For Best Picture also best Documentry.....could be nominated for another depending on the base!! Rounds Complete!!

lol--thanks, Mike!

Hello from Jenn's house!

Thanks, Wayne! There's not much info on these guys--really don't know much about them. I don;t think they were necessarily "old" vehicles--I just think that the weather got 'em filthy. There seems to be some myth about tanks having to be "in service a long time" in order for them to be dirty and filthy. Based upon my experience with racing my dirt bike, I can tell you that I can be clean one minute, filthy the next! Get in the mud, and you're done!

Daniel and Steve R--thanks, guys; I appreciate it! 

INDY--THANKS, MAN! lol! (I shot that one just for you! )

Eric--like I said, no--I specifically tried to replicate the tank's weathered appearance in the photos such as this one:

--pretty filthy, huh? I think that there would inevitably have been a fair amount of rust on it, too, as it was sitting in the wet and snow for a few days. Dunno what happened to them though--wouldn't it have been great if one had been preserved?!

Thanks again, y'all!

Really like the color modulation. Really mixes up a rather boring color. I'm assuming you were just having fun with the weathering since as AgentG mentioned, a very short life span.

Does anyone know what happened to the captured ones? Were they used against the Germans?

the doog wrote:

INDY wrote: ~The Doog ! ~ Pull'in off a top notch  SBS thread of such a top-flight build ! Rock on with this Bro. Beautiful results while raising eyebrows at the start with that uber-drastic contrast painting ~ but you have shown how it comes together-BIG TIME. I really liked the SBS at this point What a difference that step made & perfectly illustrated. This may promt some members to step up thier game when it comes to posts. Really well-prepared posts like this are even better than a pro article, 'cause we get to chime in + watch it all go down. ~Indy OOPS, INDY--Sorrry, I meant to acknowledge your post; THANKS, buddy! Glad you are liking the "radical approach"! I appreciate the vote of confidence!

~ KILLER THREAD of a KILLER BUILD of a KILLER MODEL ! ~

Like I said, maybe this sort of post will inspire some members to step up thier game when it comes to posts, and produce some great work as well.   Hope so

~I really dig this 'street level' shot

Sums it up                                     ~ Indy

Doog (Karl)-

                   same old boring Olive Drab.....NOT! You sure brought that to life!  The paint is brilliant!

Steve

For Best Picture also best Documentry.....could be nominated for another depending on the base!!

Rounds Complete!!

Thanks a lot, guys! I'm glad that I didn't disappoint!

Glad you like it Edmund! Put some of the mud into your Sherman build!

Scott, that effect was done with a really thin brush, using tan acrylic craft store paint, thinned slightly with water so that it transfered easily off the brush. A light touch on the brush, and a bit of practice is the way to get good results. Then, the pencil marks are just that--a #2 pencil. Thanks for the comment! 

Thanks, too, Tony--I dunno; Rob's got me skeered to go up against his rusting skill, lol! Maybe someday we'll do a "Wrecked! GB"? lol! 

Thanks too, Anthony!! 

And thank you, too, Steve! Is it close to a "disaster"? lol! I appreciate your compliment!

panzerguy Steve--thanks too, bud! I would love to eventually put this into a dio scene, but right now I'm running really low on display space--gotta get me a new bookcase for a new dio. I do have an American GI that I'm painting up to put next to this build, but I hadn't finished it yet this afternoon, and I'm going over Jenn's tonight and staying there til tomorrow afternoon, and wanted to get the photos up before I leave in about an hour here. I'm going to bark at HER moon, lol! (and it's a nice moon, lol! ...)

David, thanks too!--I'm glad to share everything that I've learned here with all of you! 

Doog,

You're worried about doing mediocre builds? Doog build does not equal mediocre.

Wow, this one is amazing.  Thinking about trying some of your techniques that you presented in this build/tutorial.  Thank you so much for posting your amazing efforts

Cheers

Dave

   Okay now that definitely looks like something that's been sitting in a cold wet Belgium field for a couple of weeks!

   So what's the plan for the base Karl? Maybe a lone GI checking it out and scratching his head? 

 That's some REALLY fine stuff there doog. Love it!

I think 'ya nailed it just perfect!

Lean and mean lookin' doog.

Now celebrate; you can go bark at the moon tonight.

Karl that looks just like the one that had its barrel stuck through the side of that cafe or what ever kind of building it was.

I think Rob is right in saying you're ready to tackle a wreck my friend.

You did a great job ole buddy                                                                                                    Tony the Mutt

Very nice.  In picture #12, the first of the flash photos, there are some what appear to be pencil marks and white(ish) scratch marks.  You say those were hand painted?  How did you do that effect?

I really have to get some of this Mig stuff.  Back in my day rust was baking soda and mud was, well, mud.

Well done Karl!

The layers upon layers of weathering really show here providing depth and contrast.

Hi Guys!

Well, I think I'd better stop tinkering with this one now... Here's the finished (I think?...) pics!

Weathering was completed with MIG pigments, and "splattering" using the airbrush and paintbrush as I did on my Nashorn. Scratches were done in various shades, and chip hand-painted in. The tracks got a second layer of lighter MIG mud, and also, MIG "Wet Weather Effects" was lain in some of the track areas, on the darker "mud" to make it look "still wet". 

Nuff' talkin'--enjoy!

And here's some flash photos--a little more definition to the color...the rust is a bit bright though in these shots....

Well, I hope y'all like my take on an "OD" panzer! Comments and questions always welcomed!

INDY wrote:

~The Doog ! ~ Pull'in off a top notch  SBS thread of such a top-flight build ! Rock on with this Bro. Beautiful results while raising eyebrows at the start with that uber-drastic contrast painting ~ but you have shown how it comes together-BIG TIME. I really liked the SBS at this point What a difference that step made & perfectly illustrated. This may promt some members to step up thier game when it comes to posts. Really well-prepared posts like this are even better than a pro article, 'cause we get to chime in + watch it all go down. ~Indy

Glad you are liking the "radical approach"! I appreciate the vote of confidence!

scratchmod wrote:

I don't htink you know how to build mediocre Karl , especially after seeing this model and you bike in the bed of your truck. What I want to see is another wreck. I know your dying to do one right.   Rob

Thanks, bud......there are so many things and kits that I want to build! I have a wild hair to do another car, to be honest--I think I'm going to do a Modified race car after this. The ones that race at short dirt tracks, you know? I want to do one with dirt and dings, etc--my Dad used to take me to watch them when I was young, and they've finally come out with a few good looking ones. They're really easy to build, and I just want one on my shelf!

I don't htink you know how to build mediocre Karl , especially after seeing this model and you bike in the bed of your truck. What I want to see is another wreck. I know your dying to do one right.

Rob

lol, you guys are too kind!

Careful now, or I"ll get "comfortable" and start producing mediocre builds, lol!

Yep he sure does make it look easy, my jaw dropped when I saw those last update pics. He sure can weather a tank and pick up.

Rob

I am going to cry in a beer later.

Cheers

Dave

Dave I was just sitting here more or less thinking the same thing.                                                  We work our butts off trying to achieve that look and Doog comes along and just "Slops It On" makes me want to cry.

 Later                                                                                                                                       Tony the Mutt

When I grow up I want to be able to pull off something such as this.

Awwww !  Somebody raised the bar again!  Doog, this is absolutely fantastic!.

Cheers

Dave

Thanks so much, Jim and terry! Such nice comliments....

Yeah, I figure that it would be a bit of a challenge to depict it as rather derelict, with the rusted tracks and all...I just got the tracks on, and am doing some more tweaking, and I should have some more photos tomorrow?

Stay tuned to this station! Thanks again, guys! 

Hi, Karl great work going on. While reading through the build I must say that I'm delighted that you are fixwd on the abandoned hulk. When I seen the start of the weathering over the pre-shading I got concerned with what I was seeing, but the way that you brought everything together is just wonderful and all this work will really lend to the overall effect that you are trying for.

Just a word about the tracks......Brilliant.

Terry.