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The zimmerit in that scale is excellently done! Their no way I'd even attempt that....So well done. Paul

They’re all great actually. Open judging might be a bit like the scale model challenge system as opposed to Ipms standard rule/123 system. For my picks I’d go with armour: stugg iii f8, the Sherman and the tiger 1. for vignette your best to me looks like the takom pz iii. It’s hard to pick from photos but you’ve a good selection. To me I’d rather enter loads of model as I don’t care if I come home with nothing. 🤞 good luck. Paul

Outrageously good! Not a model/vehicle you see very often. Paul

Haha Cheers Keith. Theirs definitely an end when I rush things and drop them outside! Oh well.

It should be a real one. As I made it online. I’ve tested it out a few times and it still takes you to the link I created. …. It should be the link below with the blurb about AI and the binary code explanation: when I scan it comes as as the below (granted that shouldn’t have the “your text” bit at the start) Your textThe binary code at the back of the scene translates as “1000 monkeys typing randomly on 1000 typewriters will eventually produce the entire works of Shakespeare.” This is the idea at the core of the infinite monkey theorem. As AI evolves could it reproduce the infinite chaos of random selection? Could it one day possess free will? Now and in the future AI could replace you at your job. It can make art; it can enhance or edit photos, films and music. It could judge and sentence you in a court. It’s used, currently, to harvest our data. It’s used in communication and to interpret language. It can assess danger and risk. It could diagnose or treat you in a hospital. It could transport you, translate your thought into motions and teach our children. The real question is…should it? Strange it’s not coming up for you. Paul

Ok so I’ve had a few hitches this last couple weeks. One being carpel tunnel syndrome (too long holding tweezers or a paintbrush) means my dominant arm being too numb to work for long. And two being this… I finished the robot. Corrected its feet to be like a blade runner added some wires and connectors to bulk the arms and legs out a bit more again. Took it outside to spray paint with black primer and dropped it. The arms smashed beyond repair but I’ve a new one on order. Probably a couple weeks before it arrives. Then the white sides of the picture frame. In my first post I mentioned how it’s lined with something which won’t take paint and stained when wet. So wanted to make sure the decals went on ok with a good smooth surface and with using water and micro sol they could stain the material a dark colour. So I’ve sanded and painted the exterior of the frame at least 15 times. Each time I had problems. I tried spray paint, then mr surfacer white 1500, then tried another spray paint. Then brush painted Vallejo. I tried filler primer twice and nothing would work. It cracked, spidered or dripped in clumpy pools. So I bit the bullet and lined all the sides with thin red styrene (which was sitting in a draw doing nothing.) You can see how it kept cracking with the yellow filler primer. Anyway after all this it finally excepted paint, so I could gloss varnish and lay down the decals on a flat even surface. Side 1 with qr code: All this just to get it back to being plain white. … but happy now it’s done and the delicate decals went on well. Front/main viewing side: Third/right hand side: it’s still wet in this photo. Also since this photo I’ve applied micro sol which blended them in to be seamless. On a more positive note I’ve finished the computer chips using the osl technique. For a first go it’s ok. I’m trying to us colours to tie the piece together. So the main chip is evil forest/toxic purple the same colours used on the apples and serpent. Also the back ground (Perspex sheet with binary on) is blue and one of two of the chips are green. Sort of keeping with grass for ground and blue for sky, on a very basic level. The red chip is supposed to indicate a corrupted programme, which is evil rising out the ground and into the tree and powering the serpent. So to do this I’ve wrapped a small piece of electrical cable around the tree and employed the same osl painting technique. The osl isn’t finished here as I’m yet to add a fine white line and touch ups along the cable to further the neon red like light effect. Onto the snake: I’ve made a second version using home tools to assist in keeping the shape whilst imprinting the pattern: This has really helped keep it more uniform and rounded overall. The new body drying in the tree:The new head being more streamline , in scale and menacing: Just a simple tweak like hooding the eyes helped achieve a better look: The two halves where joined together then painted: If I took five more photos from five different directions the hues and colours change with every angle you look at it, being the beauty of colour shift paints. The above looked a little too ‘cheery’? So I did a thinned acrylic black wash to tone it down and detail painted the eye, nose, mouth and some of the scales: So next up I need to finish the tree, adding apples and leaves. Thanks for looking in. All the best, Paul

Thanks Jeroen!

Oh wow… that turn out really well really quickly! Love the mud and the photography. Paul

I had forgotten about that! Gotta love a Simpson clip… if only I could sculpt a Monty burn into this scene some how? 🤔 Big shout to @Stef N. @Pete in Lincs @dnl42 thanks for your kind words!

Brilliant, good news ozzy! Just wish I was still down your way so I could pop in. Paul

That’s a very good start. Texture and welds plus brass all adding to it. Paul

Love the muddy effects and streaks on underside of the running gear. All round brilliant Tiger. Paul

The figure looks great!👍

Stunning work of a fantastic vehicle. 👍👍👍👌💯 Paul

Nice! It’s taking shape now plus smart move to leave those tiny items off, as you say they are almost designed to be knocked off a few times!