*EDIT added some powders to see how the turret would look.
I've been playing around with painting GW tanks in the style of german vehicles for a while, so this morning before my spouse enforced jog, I grabbed an old IG tank and spare turret and painted up the two paint tests you see here. One of the problems I am having with cammo, is that it is designed to break up the outline of the tank. With model painting, that is the last thing I want. The goal is to highlight all of the detail. The green and yellow sand colored turret was my experiment trying o minimized the effect of the cammo so the tank stayed interesting. I imagine brown weathering powder would look good around the hatch. I'm not sold on the scheme, but I do like the yellow sand base color which I played with on the chassis and vanquisher turret. I made a conscious choice to not paint chip the second test, just to see what it would look like prior to weathering. I haven't had the opportunity to use sand colored weathering powders yet, so the tracks on this guy will be interesting. Paint chipping will eventually be applied with a black/brown color along with desert yellow streaking grime. It is al title monotone, but I think it looks better than the green and yellow turret.
I love these LR Panzers! How did you manage to do that awesome looking camo?
ReplyDeleteI used Vallejo model air paints. Color modulation using sand yellow with dark yellow as the base. Panzer olive green is sprayed in patches with the airbrush set to a low pressure. Paint chipping is done using german c. black brown with a pure sand yellow highlight. AK washes and oils are used for the pin lining and streaking.
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