BlackMax12 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Thank you It would probably cost more to ship it to the UK than it's worth. Nice try though. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry c Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Awesome job! I love the chipping and paint flaking. When I saw the vertically stacked ammunition I thought you had used 22 rimfire. I had to double check the barrel. Garry c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 Good idea, cleaning up and painting 75 rounds was no fun and some pf them were 4 color which was even more fun. Thanks Garry Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) IS REALLY QUITE ANGRY!!! Your final photos simply aren't good enough. That needs to be sat in some short dry grass with out-of-focus undergrowth in the background!! Rearguards, Badder Edited September 7, 2017 by Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 How do you delete a topic? Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 On 07/09/2017 at 9:16 PM, BlackMax12 said: How do you delete a topic? Lloyd You can't. (only admin can... I think) You'll just have to put that thing in some vegetation, take some more photos and post them here. Or else! Rearguards, Badder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 I tried to delete some of the crappy pictures and that doesn't work either so I guess I live with it. No room for dioramas, especially one big enough to do a 1/16 model justice and no skill to actually create one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) No need for a diorama. I wasn't suggesting you made one. I just meant that photographing it on a table in your back garden isn't the best option, and it would look much better with some vegetation around it, even if that vegetation is giant in scale.... Something like this.... Although this would have been better without the plant pot in the background. Rearguards, Badder Edited September 10, 2017 by Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I get the sense that you mistook my 'is really very angry' comment as being a serious criticism of your photos. The photos are fine. Basically, what I've been saying is 'that's a stunning model' and if I were you (and recognising that it's too large a model to appear in a diorama) I'd place it somewhere that would make the model look more like a life-sized tank in a real setting..... rather than on a table with a brick wall, door and windows in the background. That tank in amongst the vegetation, would photograph AS a diorama. Rearguards, Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 Badder OK here it is outside, ignore the giant grass. And here is a 1/16 Trumpeter Soviet SU100 work in progress, the giant leaf blew in just as I snapped the pic. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Thanks. Those photos are so much better. I think most will agree. I've been following the SU100 WIP, and it's another stunner. Rearguards, Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 Different camera 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_farrier Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I do love the trumpeter build quality. Nice work!! N much better photos as @Badder says. I find the best way to get photographs of these is to lay on the ground. Heres one I took of my RC Opel Blitz Try getting the camera to the height a man would be and looking up :-). Then Insure a clean background with any foliage in the background being far away. :-) keep up the good work!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 Now that's impressive! Thanks Steve I see what Badder means about more natural pictures, now I have to wait until winter to take photos of my white washed trio....... Take care, Lloyd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Rearguards, Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Finally got around to adding the commander's machine gun and just laid a spare on the turret bustle until I figure out where to put it. I must have lost the ammo belt and the ammo sack somewhere as I can't find them. Since they are loading main gun ammo I suppose the missing mg ammo is ok. I don't like the usual Tamiya Gunmetal color on machine guns so I tried a 50/50 mix of Tamiya Metallic Grey and NATO Black. I think it looks metallic but it isn't as glossy as the Gunmetal and a little darker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, BlackMax12 said: I don't like the usual Tamiya Gunmetal color on machine guns so I tried a 50/50 mix of Tamiya Metallic Grey and NATO Black. I think it looks metallic but it isn't as glossy as the Gunmetal and a little darker. I can't remember the last time I used Gunmetal for anything. It's horrible stuff. Dunno if I mentioned this before to you..... What I do nowadays is paint my MG's with Dark Iron, then give them a wash with black. Then I rub them over with a graphite stick/3B pencil and then brush the excess off with a soft brush. This is of course for 1/35th scale. With yours I'd use the pencil to pick out the hightlights.... 'burnish' around the vents around the barrel, the grip, trigger, etc Your MGs look great to me though. Rearguards, Badder Edited October 4, 2017 by Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) All I have is a HB pencil but I'll try it. You come up with some great ideas, do you stay up nights thinking them up? I usually have to ask my "better half" for new ideas.........lol. I usually use Dark Iron and just leave it at that but I was after a more metallic look with these. Lloyd Edited October 4, 2017 by BlackMax12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Here are the guns with some HB pencil applied. The pencil does bring out the detail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Looks fantastic with all these well made details, also your mud/weathering/chipping Looks just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Thanks Bernd I like the 1/16 scale as it's lots easier on the old eyes. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Those photos abroad make them "live", is a very good change, IMHO your definitive scale, is 1/16, although much more expensive than 1/35 and with an undoubted storage problem, your efforts should focus on she... Cheers Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 I didn't quite understand what you were saying Francis ??? Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) 56 minutes ago, BlackMax12 said: I didn't quite understand what you were saying Francis ??? Lloyd It's just an opinion, without any spirit of controversy or criticism, of course, for my personal taste, please, my apologies if I have bothered you in any way. Your models at 1/16 are one step above 1/35, in detail (obviously), and in weatheing, and may be more enjoyable to do. I have only seen your PzIV and Su-100, but if it were not for the space they occupy, I would also try to make one of these. Cheees Lloyd Edited October 5, 2017 by FrancisGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) Francis Your comment didn't bother me I just didn't and still don't understand what you meant by "you should focus on she..." Thanks for the other comments though and yes 1/16 is nice, expensive and big.....and I want more. That Jagdtiger I ordered a month ago still isn't here and Trumpeter are bringing out a Panther that I need and I can't find a King Tiger at a price I want to pay or a T-34/85...and so on and so on. I have about 40 1/35 AFVs that have to move out for their 1/16 cousins too and wondering what to do with them. Lloyd Edited October 5, 2017 by BlackMax12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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