I've been in a mood to play with oils, so I needed another canvas. What you see here is a Trenchworx T-28 soviet tank from WW2. These guys were used in the early part of the war and were basically land battleships. This thing is bristling with machine guns. The model is really nice, but it has some remnants of its 3D printed past in the form of stepping lines. Those lines will wreck my use of oils, enamels, and washes, so they must be dealt with. The first step in removing them is putting on a very solid base coat. Normally I let the black shade some of the model. I couldn't do that here, because to remove the stepping lines I have to spray a heavy coat of gloss varnish. Varnish has the tendency to crack the layer of paint underneath it, so I needed that base layer to be extra durable. After two sprays of varnish, the self leveling properties of the lacquer showed good results. The tank is smooth. Now it is ready for transfers........in 8 hours after the lacquer cures. After that I will spray on some chipping medium and spray on some white designs.
Why this sudden interest in green? I am starting a new 40k/30k project, and wanted to practice blending purples into green. So what am I painting? :)
That is a really great smoothing technique. I figured you would have to sand like mad to get rid of the ridges!
ReplyDeleteIt worked much better than I had expected. There are still some rough areas, but by an large it is smooth again. I can't wait to move onto the enamel phase, but I have to let the surface cure a bit.
DeleteBlending purple into green ? Something with pretty bad bruising.
ReplyDeleteobtw, I love your modulation.
Good guess, but not organic! :)
ReplyDeleteSalamanders or Sons of Horus?
ReplyDeleteSurprised the spray worked that well but fair play.
I do love the T28 though, heavily outclassed but it looked great.
I have a large Sons of Horus force already, with more of a minty color scheme. The blues and purples would definately work on them, but it is too late to change that scheme. Salamanders would work perfectly with the technique, however I don't like that GW changed their skin color from brown to dark grey. That is just weird. I am also not a fan of all of the crocodile skin stuff their wear. That leaves a few more 1st founding legions from which to pick. :)
DeleteThe modulation looks awesome on that tank! Hmm... Aplha Legion? I'm interested in seeing what you are going to start 8) ... You playing in any of the 30K events at Nova this year?
ReplyDeleteI'll lurk at the events, but most of my time will be spent painting. If 30k/40k get new rules than I will try to spend a day playing in something.
DeleteBring some of your awesome stuff to the table man! It's the only time a year I really get to play sadly haha.. so I have to throw as many dice as I can.
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