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Hi John great work on the trees and Dio is taking shape very nicely, this is part of your builds that I like the best. As Jim has asked how is vision now.
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Bloomin' lovely. The birch trees are amazing.
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All coming together very nicely 453.
Top work!
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Top work!
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Thanks Steve, yes I think the Jarvis stuff is good, on some trees I now use the scatter. It's in the post so hopefully will arrive tomorrow.
Hi Jim, yes the eye is a lot better, think to much use using a screen for too long.Hi John
Trees are nice and tree like
Hope your eye has stopped giving you problems.
Jim
Always being reminded to blink more when you use a screen or TV.
I've always enjoyed doing the dio, allows a lot of artistic licence and creativity.
Thanks Pete, glad you enjoy this part as well.Hi John great work on the trees and Dio is taking shape very nicely, this is part of your builds that I like the best. As Jim has asked how is vision now.
Pete
All well vision wise, plenty of eye wash when they fit feels tired and gritty , rest as I mentioned to Jim.
Me neither Si, been there, knee deep in thick boggy mud, not my idea of fun, though the staff at Borden thought it would do us well to learn .Morning John,
latest set of pictures look brilliant, both tanks looking really rather good
Dont envy them tankers digging that out
Quite pleased with the paint and winter white. Copied as the drawing in Tank Encyclopaedia, well as near
.Hi Peter, thanks , will have to bend the branches down a little to give a better look when the leaves are on .
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Thank you cheque as usual to your off shore account
To day I finished the dried garden soil in the MV, two bursts of 4 minutes on high to kill any bacteria and bugs lurking the soil.
An interesting way of getting soil to the right size is to put a handful into a wide bowl, fill with water and move the bowl in a circular motion, this causes the soil to flow to the bottom our side edge of the bowl, you can allow some of the water to flow o ut as you move the bowl.
Once the first water is removed, still very muddy, I leave the remaining to settle over night. Then pour gently the remaining water nearly out. By this time the mud has clouded the remaining water again , so it's left for another night .
Eventually there is a clear amount of water left, this can be slowly and carefully poured away.
What your left with is the smallest granules of soil, but still wet,this is then put into a large flat plant saucer 12 inch and left in the warm to dry out fully. Once this done it goes into a smaller cream tub and is MV'd as above .
Also to day I tried out the oil brushers from AK seem ok, but still ended up using some rust coloured Pinnacle brand(made in the UK ) pigments. These brushes will take time to master, so the more use the better.
Hopefully will post some photos tomorrow.
Thanks for the comments.
John .
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Thanks for the update mate. Looking forward to seeing the photos
Best tip I had was to look at something further away every few seconds, so you're not focussing at the same distance for a long time.
Pete
Thanks Peter, will try to remember that.
Evening all.
As promised to the shouts of "Oh he's remembered damn "
The first tank had been abandoned in the boggy soil.
The latest model has arrived to help dig it out.
Some paint added to the soil, to give it a Kursk colour.
Been in the MW again, as the paint had been added to some water, then mixed into the soil.
This will be the main colour around where the tank has sunk in. Will try to lighten up the other as it is spread onto the road and back ground area where the trees will go .
The Jarvis scattered arrived to day so will have a great day playing tomorrow.
John
As promised to the shouts of "Oh he's remembered damn "
The first tank had been abandoned in the boggy soil.
The latest model has arrived to help dig it out.
Some paint added to the soil, to give it a Kursk colour.
Been in the MW again, as the paint had been added to some water, then mixed into the soil.
This will be the main colour around where the tank has sunk in. Will try to lighten up the other as it is spread onto the road and back ground area where the trees will go .
The Jarvis scattered arrived to day so will have a great day playing tomorrow.
John
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A’ noon John Well the tanks look great but don’t fancy your dinner much 
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Sounds like you’ve had fun playing with mud. I used John innes seed compost when I did my little T60 base. It has small stones and little pieces of fibrous matter....I oven baked mine though and served with cauliflower cheese and roast spuds
....Sounds like you’ve had fun playing with mud. I used John innes seed compost when I did my little T60 base. It has small stones and little pieces of fibrous matter....I oven baked mine though and served with cauliflower cheese and roast spuds
Thanks Rick, keep an eye out for those Birch trees tomorrow, I'll get the first coat of leaves on.
Si Like your good self I gave my self permission to use my MW to do the bake, but no vegA’ noon John Well the tanks look great but don’t fancy your dinner much
Sounds like you’ve had fun playing with mud. I used John innes seed compost when I did my little T60 base. It has small stones and little pieces of fibrous matter....I oven baked mine though and served with cauliflower cheese and roast spuds
. Oh mud, well there nothing like making up soil for dioramas, reminds me of people panning for gold the way the bowl is used.Curry to night, I can assure you it will not look like that
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looking good mate
looking good mate
Thanks Paul.
Think I may have over done some of the rust, but I can see that these oil brushers have a steep learning curve, but the results that Amig showed on his video were fantastic .
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Worry not Andrew, I come across most builds when they are done !
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Nice to see your attention to detail with the earth colour. Hope you have fun today with the flora scattering.
Thanks Steve.
Came out like this.
I think these look suitable for an autumn look. I need to clean off the trunks on one or two , just to remove the odd scatter.
Meanwhile.
The brown scatter above represents fallen leaves , the trees will go along the back and across to the right.
Thanks for looking in. Comment, abuse and what ever always welcome.
John
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Looking incredibly realistic John. Love the finish on the tanks.