Tamiya 1/35 Elefant - Complete

[moparmadness]

Folks, need some honest feedback/criticism here. I can’t find any clear images online of the real vehicle I am representing. Does this camouflage look too scattered? Meaning, is there too much yellow for the eye to look at? I’m wondering if I should make some of my camouflage mottling more robust, larger if you will. What are your thoughts?

[chromdome35]

My personal opinion, worth as much as you paid for it, is that it looks ok for field expedient camo, I think you should consider increasing the size of the patches of color. There are several places where it is obvious that it's a single pass of the airbrush. I think that if you increased the size of the patches slightly with more infill, it would be more organic. I am interested to hear other's opinions.

[tcoat]

Oct 28, 2023 22:38:05 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

My personal opinion, worth as much as you paid for it, is that it looks ok for field expedient camo, I think you should consider increasing the size of the patches of color. There are several places where it is obvious that it's a single pass of the airbrush. I think that if you increased the size of the patches slightly with more infill, it would be more organic. I am interested to hear other's opinions.

[moparmadness]

I think they’re too small too. Tomorrow, I’ll pull the airbrush back out and make the mottling larger and more substantial. Here’s a snipet from the color guide.

[tcoat]

Oct 28, 2023 22:58:57 GMT -5 moparmadness said:

I think they’re too small too. Tomorrow, I’ll pull the airbrush back out and make the mottling larger and more substantial. Here’s a snipet from the color guide.

While you are at it change the shape of one of those "stars" between the intakes just in front of the mantlet. They are very similar and keep drawing my eye right to them.

[moparmadness]

Oct 28, 2023 23:07:26 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Oct 28, 2023 22:58:57 GMT -5 moparmadness said:

I think they’re too small too. Tomorrow, I’ll pull the airbrush back out and make the mottling larger and more substantial. Here’s a snipet from the color guide.

While you are at it change the shape of one of those "stars" between the intakes just in front of the mantlet. They are very similar and keep drawing my eye right to them.

Yeah, I see what you mean. They’re much too similar.

[tcoat]

Oct 28, 2023 23:15:42 GMT -5 moparmadness said:

Oct 28, 2023 23:07:26 GMT -5 tcoat said:

While you are at it change the shape of one of those "stars" between the intakes just in front of the mantlet. They are very similar and keep drawing my eye right to them.

Yeah, I see what you mean. They’re much too similar.

They do look sort of happy though.

[armornutii]

 Depending on the weathering you plan on I would hit the colors again, to me they look alittle washed out.
 While the camo paint was field applied and thinned with everything from muddy water to deisel fuel, and we are looking at very old black and white photos, I would make them darker then blend into the whole with weathering. Hope this makes sense, had a bad night last night.
     It does look good, that zimm really settked in with a coat of paint.

[brandonk]

This looks amazing. I can tell just by looking that you were very careful and didn't rush the work. NOICE!!

[moparmadness]

Thanks guys! Camo has been bolstered. I’m still not content due to the darkness of the colors. As soon as I put a matte coat on, all the shades will become darker. I think next time I’ll put a little buff into each color to lighten it up. It’ll wash out I reckon after a few filters and various weathering layers. Next I’ll take a thin version of the base color and work my way around the mottles to eliminate some of the overspray.

[reserve]

Better sir. Consider giving it an overall light shot of diluted Tammy Buff; it'll start a dusty look and should lighten it up some

[thechaos]

Looks very good.

[Tojo72]

Very nice on the camo, a filter and wash will also tone it down

[stikpusher]

The camo looks better with the touch up work. This is getting better.

[ogrejohn]

Much better now Chad!

[brandonk]

Agreed. That looks the part now. Excellent!!

[dean48ws]

I think it looks better, it's a great build!

[Leon]

Looking good!

[406 Silverado]

Just now getting caught up on all the action going on here Chad. I've gotta say that "Take 2" looks alot better in terms of camo pattern size and overall look. I'm no expert on these types of patterns but you're doing a great job in setting the groundwork here. Staying tuned in.......

[M1Carbine]

WOW! That looks fantastic. Zimmerit is perfect, an example of how it should be done.....awesome!

-Bob

[adt70hk]

Well i like it. I think sometimes we are our own worst enemies!

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[moparmadness]

Howdy friends! Pin wash added. Ready to apply next few layers of weathering. The stark shade difference from pin wash will be evened out later.

[stikpusher]

Looking real good Chad!

[moparmadness]

Nov 3, 2023 21:48:17 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Looking real good Chad!

Thanks buddy. I’m glad I took everyone’s suggestions and changed the camo.

[handiabled]

The camo work looks great!

[moparmadness]

Much like pork ribs, the outer wheels need a good rub! In this case, I used the Das Werk polishing compound to simulate worn metal. The more you polish the brighter it gets, so knowing when to stop is key. Of course the little dust hairs will get blown off the wheel before I finish.

[adt70hk]

That's turned out Very nicely. Loving the camo!

[stikpusher]

Chad those worn areas on the road wheels and sprockets look great! Very nicely done!

[moparmadness]

Nov 4, 2023 20:03:36 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Chad those worn areas on the road wheels and sprockets look great! Very nicely done!

Thanks! Those polishing powders make it real easy.

[moparmadness]

Nov 4, 2023 17:15:10 GMT -5 adt70hk said:

That's turned out Very nicely. Loving the camo!

Thank you!