Greg_147
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- Greg
Hello all,
I think I'm calling this one finished; there 's a lot of learning points I've taken from it, mainly around painting. I've used oil paints and panel line accentors properly for the first time to give the Maus and the building a worn look, and to bring out more of the detail on the figures. There's a lot of custom additions to the Maus, namely the stowage, unditching beams, tow rope, ladder, commander's MG42, barrel netting and the rockets. I like to think it's added some more interest to what is normally quite a blocky and featureless tank!
And here we have the scene:
'Europe 1946, and WW2 continues. German counter-attacks have started to push the Western Allies back, and in this sector are spearheaded by a new super-heavy tank, the PzVIII Maus. As one of these seemingly invulnerable breakthrough tanks rumbles down the tattered streets, the remnants of a US patrol take cover in a destroyed building, hoping it will pass without spotting them. One of the troopers aims his Bazooka at the vehicle, ready to fire a shot should they have to. Behind it, the pointman of a German squad cautiously moves forward with the Maus, looking out for exactly this sort of danger that may lie ahead...'
I think I'm calling this one finished; there 's a lot of learning points I've taken from it, mainly around painting. I've used oil paints and panel line accentors properly for the first time to give the Maus and the building a worn look, and to bring out more of the detail on the figures. There's a lot of custom additions to the Maus, namely the stowage, unditching beams, tow rope, ladder, commander's MG42, barrel netting and the rockets. I like to think it's added some more interest to what is normally quite a blocky and featureless tank!
And here we have the scene:
'Europe 1946, and WW2 continues. German counter-attacks have started to push the Western Allies back, and in this sector are spearheaded by a new super-heavy tank, the PzVIII Maus. As one of these seemingly invulnerable breakthrough tanks rumbles down the tattered streets, the remnants of a US patrol take cover in a destroyed building, hoping it will pass without spotting them. One of the troopers aims his Bazooka at the vehicle, ready to fire a shot should they have to. Behind it, the pointman of a German squad cautiously moves forward with the Maus, looking out for exactly this sort of danger that may lie ahead...'
Rick H.
all part of the process I suppose!