Hello all, and Merry CHristmas to you all!
Well, it's been a weird CHristmas--Jenn had to work (there are no "holidays" in the hospital!) and since we couldn't travel north to visit our families, I'm just modeling through the day and practicing guitar.
I have another painting update. Lotsa work here: since Wirbelwinds were modifications of existing Pz IV hulls, I wanted to go for a look of a new add-on turret with a fresher paint job than the old hull. First thing I did was give it a all a shot of Tamiya gray primer to cover all that PE.
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Then, a coat of Tamiya Brown + Black as an undercoat..
Next, uninted Tamiya Dark Yellow
Wheels got the same treatment, but I"m omitting the inneccesary coverage of that for now.
Then I made a "light" mix of DY by adding WHite and Buff, and sprayed it in the panels of the hull. In the turret, I only bothred to fo the inside fo it, as the outside will be painted when the interior is weathered a bit.
One small detail I did to add some life to the interior ws to build "empty" magazine holders. Just to make it look like the vehicle has seen some use. This was easily accomplished with styrene.
Next,. some light Dark Umber washes was added in the seams and corners, and the guns were painted along with the barrels in MM Semi-Gloss Black, and then lightly drybrushed with steel.
The turrert was sealed, and sprayed with untinted DY over the plastic. Leaving the brown undercoat out of this step will give me a slightly different tint to it-a key step in making the DY coat just ahair different than the hull's.
Next, new welds were added to the plate joints using white putty and lacquer thinner.
After a quick repaint of DY (slightly backwards step there...) I masked and taped the panes in oder to do some Color Modulation Technique.
The panels were sprayed with a new light DY mix ONLY on the top, and from the top-left corner, in. The lower right panel would be shaded darker by not painting it. Additionally, I won't paint the lower half of the hull.
ANd here's the result:
It looks kinda funny, now, but I then mixed a "middle" DY color and highlighted the bottom panels so as not to have such a stark difference.
I then mixed a green color from Olive Green + Buff and sprayed a pattern. I used it on the turret as well to provide some color harmony.
Next, I took Tamiya "Field Gray" and sprayed the turret lines again, so I had two different shades, but predominantly Field Gray.I also added some Red Brown.
I feel like I"ve succeeded in making a subtle-but-noticeable dstinction between the hull and turret. Hopefully the weatering will serve to tie it together even moire and make a cool presentation.
Thanks for looking in, all, and please let do me know what you think of the concept? 