stoohoo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Hi All, I have been working on this on and off for the last year as my first larger scale armour build and attempt at figure painting. Its a bit heavy handed in places but I'm pleased with it and has been good fun and learning along the way The kit is the Academy 1:35 last production version of the King Tiger with narrow transport tracks. One of the box options is for the much discussed Octopus camo scheme and as I really liked the look of this I thought I would give it a go. The kit does have decals for the rings which I had considered using, but they are a bit thinner than the rings appear on the photos so I decided to have a crack at spraying it instead. My method was to spray the green then use blu tack snakes and balls to mask for the yellow and paint the yellow centres in the rings by hand afterwards. You'll have to decide if you think it works, I can tell you though that putting a clear coat on to protect the green before masking made it a right PITA to get the blu tack to stay in place.... Anyway enough waffle, on with the pics - hope you like her and any C&CC appreciated as always, Stu 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 That's lovely. Nice to see a different scheme. Track and hawser painting looks marvellous as do the exhausts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Excellent, never seen that scheme before, really nicely done! Funky Tiger!! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredben Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Nice Build, Not seen that camo before but looks very good. Tracks look good also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Well I think that looks really impressive! Your paintwork, weathering and figure all look superb. Fantastic job! Very well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Great camo job! I love the late war octopus schemes. Karl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Like it, excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogga Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Very nice indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogTeeth Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Nice build and very cool paint job, thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Looks good and the commander is well done too. I wonder what the theory is behind the camouflage scheme?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 This Königstiger looks very good! Nice to see an unusual Camo as well. Excellent work, congrats!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 The whole thing is great, but the tracks are outstanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Really nice build indeed, it's a real stunner. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Excellent build and paint job. Not seen that type of camo before. Makes a refreshing change. foxy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 That's a bit unusual, I like it! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Well that's certainly an interesting camo scheme, nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lancaster Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Stunning build and colour scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Sorry just realised I hadn't got back to this one last year - how rude!! Apologies and thanks all for the likes/kind comments! Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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