This is my first real update in months on this project and it feels really good!!!
I've started to weather the figures but I can't really do much more until they're pinned and glued down to the vignette so a respectable glass of a descent port to build up the courage and then I was ready to commit to the project!
There's still a ton to do with regards to weathering, let alone doing the mud tracks that the tank made driving up the slope.
I've been debating whether I should glue down the tank to the vignette or carefully try to make the mud tracks so it can be removed, but I just can't see how I can do it tight enough since the mud would be pushed out, up and also a bit onto the tracks so I shall ponder on a bit more until tomorrow and then see if I'm ready to commit to that exercise...?
I'm also pleased with the barbed wire I painstakingly made a couple months ago. It's as close to scale correct as humanly possible but it's a one core, not a two core twisted barbed wire because that proved both overly complex and made it look too thick. I will make the barbed wire rusty, like their posts, but that's one of the last steps because I don't want it to rub off.
Although it's a muddy scene I will finish the dirt/mud with a few different pigments towards the end to make it appear less wet.
It's a side effect of my PVA mixed with ordinary dirt raided from a flower pot. I hope some pigments will make it appear less wet...
This is my first ever vignette so I've made just about every mistake I could but I'm getting better and better at recovering from my mistakes so I've learned loads on this project and my next vignette/diorama will go much faster! (especially since I won't start another until I've got all the bits and bobs at home and not make the same mistake as this one
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I'm happy with my grenade lobbing Fritz but his running pal Klaus has a face only a mother can love... Sometimes painting with oil paints just works and then you try the same again and it all goes ti*s up?!
Anyhow, some progress and I'm finally beginning to see the end of this project.
Did it turn out like I visualised it? No. Almost but not exactly. My dirt/mud isn't scale accurate and I will sieve the dirt next time and apply a thin layer of dry earth on top of the still wet PVA mud to make it look less shiny.
I've still not decided how to frame the vignette base? I've got an idea for something that might look great IF I can pull it off, but on the other hand a simple frame doesn't take focus from the vignette...
I hope it'll look descent enough to not have to hide it in a couple of months but it's been a fun project and I've learned loads for the next one!
I'm pleased with the tank though and 50% of the figures