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Post by spud on Nov 23, 2012 10:48:42 GMT -5
ill have to do another test of the colors and the honey kind of color and see what u think.
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Post by wouter on Nov 23, 2012 10:50:25 GMT -5
sure mate, looking forward to that  Cheers |
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Post by eastrock on Nov 23, 2012 10:53:01 GMT -5
looks like a good reference, wouts
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 23, 2012 12:06:41 GMT -5
OH YES!!! Love me some Tigers Spud! Looking nice too. I really need to get my paws on the 1/48 tamiya Tiggy. Keep'er comin' man!  Gary |
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Post by spud on Nov 23, 2012 12:24:43 GMT -5
Thanks Gary. Ok ive sprayed the AK colors darker to lights from Right to left with the 2 shades of graugrun to see how it looks the greener green is opt2 of the gray green. the Far left color is the Tamiya mix of 1:1 of XF60 and XF58 which looks noting like it is on the image on the side of the box....  also the AK colors are way too watery once they hit the primer they kinda go beady like the surface is oily and i put my badger mixer into them to make sure they were mixed. so now im confused as to what colors im going to be painting it. oh on s side not the turret is complete |
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Post by wouter on Nov 23, 2012 15:09:44 GMT -5
well, to be honest, I'm not a fan of the AK paints as well, though their other stuff is great!
I like the darker yellowish paint on the left of the piece...should look great with the light green which you used in the middle of the piece of scrap. Think they should go well together (hope it makes a bit sense?)
Cheers
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Post by spud on Nov 23, 2012 16:21:24 GMT -5
ah the Tamiya mix. thats what i was leaning towards myself sounds like a plan to me then, |
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Post by spud on Nov 23, 2012 17:21:04 GMT -5
ok Painted the Main color ill let this harden up over night before i do the camo and the wheels  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2012 17:29:59 GMT -5
Colour choice looks spot on to me Spud , especially when you've added the green and weathered it up. They say to lighten the base colours more as the scale gets smaller, stops them looking too dark at the end |
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 23, 2012 17:43:56 GMT -5
Nice choice on the paint and scheme Spud, looking forward to the next round after it's cured!
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 24, 2012 0:32:58 GMT -5
You are on roll as it already has paint on it while mine is not!!! How embarrassing... LOL
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Post by ogrejohn on Nov 24, 2012 6:02:34 GMT -5
Nice color for the base coat. Sure is looking nice!
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Post by wing_nut on Nov 24, 2012 8:22:47 GMT -5
I have a little patch of those flowery looking things on my bench too. |
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Post by spud on Nov 24, 2012 10:38:01 GMT -5
thanks alot guys |
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Post by spud on Nov 25, 2012 11:34:46 GMT -5
ok there wont be any camo on the beast. i tried the AK opt2 green in the Dak colors and its s***, Color separates way too quick in the cup and it is also way too thin to be of any use. i think ill drop Ian a mail and see what he says about it.
ive added a thin Dak filter over it and am starting the detail painting and pin wash today. hopefully ill have pics later for you.
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Post by eastrock on Nov 25, 2012 12:10:35 GMT -5
Nice and Clean paint, Spud.
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Post by spud on Nov 26, 2012 7:16:05 GMT -5
Thanks ER, Ok finally able to upload pics as my net was a Dog last night, Wheels have there pin wash done no pics of them, done the detail painting of the parts last night. the Metal parts were painted with AK dark steel     Next i will add some oil paint to the wood to make it look better. Add my Decals and start some chipping |
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Post by bullardino on Nov 26, 2012 7:27:21 GMT -5
Looking good, spud It doesn't ecen look quarter scale, it seems much bigger |
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Post by spud on Nov 26, 2012 8:29:10 GMT -5
it don't feel it in the hand either  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Nov 26, 2012 9:01:00 GMT -5
Looking very good so far Spud. Man we have a lot of Tiggies blogged here. paint paint paint....oops, not yet eh
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Post by spud on Nov 26, 2012 9:11:59 GMT -5
lol decals going on now, will seal them later and give it another light filter just to tone them down.
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Post by wouter on Nov 26, 2012 9:36:48 GMT -5
Nice stuff Spud! Basecoat looks great and love the way you painted the tools. Pitty the camocolors didn't work out for you, nevertheless a great kitty!
Cheers
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 26, 2012 10:12:07 GMT -5
Hey Spud, Tigers lookin' fine buddy. I think you nailed the color spot on compared to some original color photos from Tunisia. Keep it comin' brotha!!! Gary |
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Post by spud on Nov 26, 2012 10:57:13 GMT -5
thanks Guys. Wouts Ina at AK is Sending me a new Set and i hope there ok i may use that on my next Tiggy |
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Post by armorguy on Nov 26, 2012 11:29:20 GMT -5
I look forward to the weathering of this beauty !
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 26, 2012 12:17:10 GMT -5
Nice job on the paint work and details Spud, keep this one rolling! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 0:29:44 GMT -5
Well the dunkel looks spot on ..........did you end up using the Tamiya XF 60 ? I've never tried the AK paints so i have no experience about how to solve the problem .
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Post by reserve on Nov 27, 2012 0:36:46 GMT -5
So far so good Spud should finish a beauty
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Post by wouter on Nov 27, 2012 2:07:05 GMT -5
thanks Guys. Wouts Ina at AK is Sending me a new Set and i hope there ok i may use that on my next Tiggy well, that's the great service of AK! Ian Hamilton and Carlos Cuesta sent me a new panzer grey modulation set for free when I had my troubles. Although I must admit I still didn't like those paints...it's not the same as Vallejo Model Air for instance. So in the end I didn't use them. Hope the new set works out for you though Cheers |
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Post by M1Carbine on Nov 27, 2012 3:31:41 GMT -5
Spud - holy cow, your fast dude. slow down your making us all look bad......LOL. Looks fantastic so far mate.
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