Geo1966 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Excellent build all round. Really coming together now. Keep up the good work. George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEscaleSHOW Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Hello folks Thanks in advance for your comments - I really appreciate it! I am continuing with the weathering of the M12. Today's pictures show further steps, mainly to give the surfaces different colour shades and to emphasize the angular shape of the body. Now the rough work is done and the details can be worked on. MD To give the gun more contour, I did a pinwash and painted the protruding edges dry with a mixture of light grey and sand coloured oil paint. The floor is given a colour that stands out from the rest. At the ends of the front track fenders you can (hopefully) see the light effect with light oil colours. In addition, the edges of the rubber pads were brightened. Unwanted shine will be removed later with pigments. Corners and edges were also painted dry. For further effects, I worked on the borders of the hatches with oil paint. If you stroke the surface without pressure and with almost no paint on the brush, the steel structure becomes clearly visible. In this view you can see that I also lightened the barrel above. This also shows the rounding better. With targeted dry painting, you can give a dark model more volume without changing the base colour and still make it appear lighter. In my experience, however, this only works best with enamel or oil paint. Hm..., I guess you can see that I am a child of the Verlinden era 😁 See you! 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Beautiful work MD. I tended to get heavy handed with my dry brushing so I haven't used it as much as a technique. Your very light handed approach works a treat so it's something I should bring back in. Cheers.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I love a bit of (restrained) dry brushing, and always used to only use enamels, but I've found Vallejo acrylics dry brush pretty well too. Lovely work, this is going to be a masterpiece when finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Some incredible work going on here. I love how you've kept the fairly dark base colour while the subtle highlights really brings it to life 👏 Going to look tremendous once finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Very nice MD and always an education! Lovely wood effect on the axe handle too btw! Cheers Darryl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 As everyone else has said, the work that you are putting into this is brilliant, especially the weathering. It'll be a show stopper when it;s all done. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEscaleSHOW Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 Hello folks Thanks for your kind comments! Today I want to share with you again some pictures of the M12. The main work is done and in the next few days I hope to be done with everything. I still need to do some work on the water effects, after that the model will be weathered together in the ground. At the moment I haven't applied any dirt or dust etc except for the running gear, the figures also need to be weathered to fit the scene. I had to change the driver, because I melted the goggles by accidentally using LT. The new head of RM is also very good and the cigar is a cool detail. Enough words and enjoy the pictures. MD Parts likely to the lamp post and bridge railing. Some cargo for the M12. A tarp from Milliput. Other accessories make the model look more realistic. Clint-the new driver 😎 The street lamp from a barbecue spit. The signs are self-made and partly from Miniart. Cable and protection tube made of wire and plastic profile. This sign designed on PC glued on thin aluminum foil. New idler pulleys, the ones from the kit were not usable. Unfortunately, without protective cover, but I simply lacked the patience. Working like on a sailing ship. Preparation for the water. Dust protection. The puddles are done, the water surface gets small waves later. Test setup to see if the tracks rest on the ground without an air gap. See you! 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Yeah, that is masterful.👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 That is the neatest milliput tarp I think I’ve ever seen!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 You sir, are a modelling genius. Nothing more to be said. John. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 great to see this back - brilliant work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEscaleSHOW Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 24/10/2022 at 19:10, echen said: Awesome! On 24/10/2022 at 19:36, Stef N. said: Yeah, that is masterful.👏 On 25/10/2022 at 08:52, Muchmirth said: That is the neatest milliput tarp I think I’ve ever seen!! On 25/10/2022 at 09:52, Bullbasket said: You sir, are a modelling genius. Nothing more to be said. John. On 25/10/2022 at 10:15, Model Mate said: great to see this back - brilliant work Thank you folks for your comments - I really appreciate it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEscaleSHOW Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hello folks Today there are again a few pictures of the M12. The weathering is 90% complete with the dirt and the accessories are almost in place. The vignette is also finished - but I still have doubts if the size fits. At the moment I'm too busy with the GB, but I think I'll present you a result this year. MD Oil stains etc. will come later... All effects were made with enamel and oil colors. Later, everything is blended with the base. A heavy wehrmachts gift 😁 Some personal gear. A suitcase for the trip back home ☮️ See you! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 One word MD, " Fantastic ", what more can you say. Just caught up with this thread and the work that you have put into this is just amazing. So many little details to see all wonderfully painted. Great work... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Just stunning. All of it. All of the details. That idea for the stolen winch jack, the pin up poster and lugar. The weathering is fantastic, especially like the digger/brace shovel at the rear, weathering, just looks real and used. I know you used enamels and oils to achieve all but I’ve been trying to make the tied black mark like the one on the side between the white star and usa decal, how did you do that? I mean when I go to try that I make it, it’s too thin and it rolls of, doesn’t pool like that . Is that type of stain made by enamels? Sorry for the question but it’s that type of small but effective detail that makes it so good. Edited November 22, 2022 by Muchmirth Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEscaleSHOW Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 54 minutes ago, Muchmirth said: Just stunning. All of it. All of the details. That idea for the stolen winch jack, the pin up poster and lugar. The weathering is fantastic, especially like the digger/brace shovel at the rear, weathering, just looks real and used. I know you used enamels and oils to achieve all but I’ve been trying to make the tied black mark like the one on the side between the white star and usa decal, how did you do that? I mean when I go to try that I make it, it’s too thin and it rolls of, doesn’t pool like that . Is that type of stain made by enamels? Sorry for the question but it’s that type of small but effective detail that makes it so good. First of all thank you for your comment 🙂 Actually, it's quite simple. You wet the area you want to stain with enamel thinner (because it dries slower) and then apply a dark color heavily thinned in this case with lighter fluid (dries very quickly). The color can spread well on the enamel base and the fast drying of the lighter fluid forms the edge. So that nothing runs down uncontrollably, simply hold the model horizontally. With a hair dryer you can accelerate the drying process and get very unsightly borders 🤓 This works with oil stains just as well as dusty water stains etc. Hopefully I have explained it clearly, but with a little trial and error (on an old model) it will work. Also, you can quickly undo all enamel effects with a clean brush 😁 MD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 minute ago, THEscaleSHOW said: First of all thank you for your comment 🙂 Actually, it's quite simple. You wet the area you want to stain with enamel thinner (because it dries slower) and then apply a dark color heavily thinned in this case with lighter fluid (dries very quickly). The color can spread well on the enamel base and the fast drying of the lighter fluid forms the edge. So that nothing runs down uncontrollably, simply hold the model horizontally. With a hair dryer you can accelerate the drying process and get very unsightly borders 🤓 This works with oil stains just as well as dusty water stains etc. Hopefully I have explained it clearly, but with a little trial and error (on an old model) it will work. Also, you can quickly undo all enamel effects with a clean brush 😁 MD Aaahhh so that’s how you do it! That is genius. Thank you so much. I was looking for quite a while to see how this was done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Completely agree with the others. Personally, I can add only one word - Wow! Vytautas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Man, thats jawdroppingly masterful. Wow! Kristjan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Superb work !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKrypton Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Wow indeed. I particularly like the small details and the suitcase is one such unique tiny detail. cheers, Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 What a filthy dirty model.......just the way that it should be. Very nice work. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Very minor detail. Your M1 carbine has a bayonet lug under the barrel. This was a post war/Korean War addition. You see it a lot in War Movies, as all the WW2 rifles were modified after the war and few genuine unmodified ones remain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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