Pz III Ausf M *FINISHED - FINALLY*

[reserve]

Nice one Wouts

Good chip job, restrained unlike myself who gets carried away with such things.

Regards,
Mark

[wouter]

thanks fellas, glad you like the chipping. I'm still not glad with those photos though...luckily I found a setting where I could both alter the Field of depth and the Aperture

My girlfriend took JPEG photos before and I forgot to change the format to RAW, so I decided not to change much about the photos, just altered the detail - setback of that is of course that each detail - even the slightiest dustparticle - is visible.

I'm happy to share the settings to my Canon with you fellas, you never know when it can come in handy ey

Setting M
Aperture 1/4 sec
ISO 100
Field of Depth F/25
no flash

so far for that

I gave the chips a fake 3D effect by painting some hull red in center of some of the chips: Vallejo Hull Red on the lower parts, Hull Red mixed with Flat Red to the upper areas

I also painted the tyres: two colors were used to get some interest: some tyres were painted Vallejo Dark Rubber, others Black Grey

And here is how she stands (with running gear dryfitted)










I was checking out Gary's StuG blog today and I want to have a go at his subtle weathering style approach...not sure if I can restrain myself though ;D

Cheers

[bbd468]

Hey Wouts,

Took that chipping to another level brother...excellent job man!

Gary

[wbill76]

Nice progress Wouts! The different color contrast with the wheels is a nice touch and the chipping ought to provide a nice base for the weathering to come (even if you do restrain yourself!)

[wouter]

Gary, thanks man, glad you like it . I can imagine that not everyone will like this amount of chipping I guess

Bill, thanks a lot mate, and I'm glad you like the idea of different wheel colors as well

jackwagon, yeah well, I said I was going to try ey ;D. Thanks for the compliment btw!

Cheers

[ogrejohn]

Now that is some cool looking chipping! Very nice indeed!

[eastrock]

details pops up, Wouts Nice setting on the Camera

[armorguy]

That's pretty impressive chipping Wout ! Nothing overdone. Btw I hope you didn't catch a flu ? I'm suffering from it and it's already 10 days now...

[wing_nut]

A chip off the ol' block. And fender... and casement... and mantlet... and glacis...and... well... you get the picture. Looks great.

[wouter]

well now, it's been a while since I updated this blog

Since I'm waiting for my new nozzle to arrive so I can spray the camo for the Abrams, I thought it was time to continue the PzIII. Guy's Char blog got me inspired.

a couple of months ago I decided to have a try at Michael Rinaldi's oil paint rendering technique. I tried to create interest and mud accumulations using oil paints. It's quite subtle and hardly visible on the photos I have to say. No in progress shots of that sadly.

This week I was having a go with the pigments. Although scary to work with I wanted to give it a try.

So, what's been done? First I applied thinned Streaking Grime to the sides, and while still wet, I dropped some pigments on top of that. When dry, I streaked some of the pigments downwards with a slightly damp brush.
A day later I applied Europe Dust dry to create more contrast with the slightly darker previously applied pigment (I think that's because of the Streaking Grime)
The drive sprockets received some treatment with pigments as well. Mainly I applied Europe Dust pigment dry, and then fixed it with MIGs Pigment Fixer.



For the roadwheels and tracks I mixed the same pigments with a bit of water. This was brushed on liberally. Some wheels got a heavier treatment, some a less. Same goes for the tracks. When dry I removed the excess, ending up with a layer of pigment only.


After that, I added AK Dark Steel pigment to the parts of the tracks which made contact with the ground. This pigment is highly buffeable so very suitable to create weary shiny metal surfaces.

Some details, like the boltheads on the extra armor on the front received another pinwash using Streaking Grime


Tracks and wheels were installed. On one side the track broke and it won't come together properly...bummer, will need a solution for that!




Note that only the lower sides and running gear received a dusty treatment...the lower front and rear need to be handled as well.

I'm very glad I decided during the buildstage to shave the second leg of the U in the 'ContinentaU' logo's on the wheels. With the dust in place you can clearly see the 'Continental' logo's

Hope you fellas like it a bit ^^

Cheers

[robbo]

Pz III's are one of my favorite tanks mate, luck dude it looks great. Not seen it on MM though unless you built it a while back

[wouter]

Sept 6, 2013 9:19:17 GMT -5 robbo said:

Pz III's are one of my favorite tanks mate, luck dude it looks great. Not seen it on MM though unless you built it a while back

Hi Robbo, it's a kit sent to me by Robin Buckland...the build is going on for a while now, stalled a couple of times
Glad you like it Thanks!

Cheers

[AverageJoe]

Amazing work there

[ogrejohn]

Very nice pigment work there Wouts! The whole build is looking great!

[Deleted]

Hey Wouts I like the shade of green you have on this .
Those pigments are adding the weathered look very well .

[wouter]

thanks a lot gentlemen

Sept 6, 2013 11:53:39 GMT -5 @shellback said:

Hey Wouts I like the shade of green you have on this .
Those pigments are adding the weathered look very well .

Carl, thanks bud, but errrm...which green?
It's Vallejo Model Air Dark Yellow

Cheers

[Leon]

Looking really good Wouts .Great job with the pigments.

[armorguy]

Great pigmenterization Wout ! I like the sand being collected on the lower part of the flanks, a realistic touch mate ! I'm glad to read I got you inspired for the pigment works !

[Deleted]

Awesome work!!

[Deleted]

Sept 6, 2013 13:38:17 GMT -5 wouter said:

thanks a lot gentlemen

Sept 6, 2013 11:53:39 GMT -5 @shellback said:

Hey Wouts I like the shade of green you have on this .
Those pigments are adding the weathered look very well .

Carl, thanks bud, but errrm...which green?
It's Vallejo Model Air Dark Yellow

Cheers

Wouts , well at least I didn't say it was pink .................

[Hinksy]

Looking great wouts!

I'm building and blogging this exact same kit at the minute and am around the same stage as you. I went for the same option with the DY and yellow decals.

What colour did you use for the light chipping? I'll be doing a bit tomorrow and have been thinking about the best colour to use for chipping on a DY tank.

Cheers buddy,

Ben

[wouter]

Leon, Dogfish, thanks fellas

Carl, yeah, good point . I must admit that the Vallejo DY has some greenish hue to it though indeed

Guy, the collected sand on the sides was a bit of a lucky shot , but I'm happy how it turned out. Glad you like that as well! ^^

Ben, fantastic kit indeed, I have seen yours over at MM, looking good so far!
For the lighter chips I used two colors: on the upper areas I used Vallejo Deck Tan, and on the lower areas Iraqi Sand

Cheers

[deafpanzer]

I am damn glad it is back on your bench... it was great following this earlier. Nice weathering job... looking forward to more.

[armorguy]

Lucky shot or not mate, it comes out great ! Will you come over to KMK tomorrow ?

[wbill76]

Very cool to see this come back up to the top of the stack Wouts! Nice job with the pigments.

[Deleted]

looking good! nice work old chap

[wouter]

Mister Deaf! Thanks bro!!!

Guy, thanks mate, and no, I didn't go, LOL

HI Bill, thanks glad you like it!

smudge, why thanks mucker! ^^

Some progress again...decided to continue the muffler. A couple of months ago, I painted it with Burn Siena oil paint, and dabbed some MIG rust pigments in the still wet paint. I thought it looked ok, but not good enough. So I used the spongue tech using some of the paints of AK's Rust set. Looks better I think




the upperhull sides receive some streaks...using AK Streaking Grime and Winter Streaking Grime...hard to catch the result on photo though



tools were painted as well ('bout time ) and that's about it for today I guess




Cheers

[TRM]

Beautiful work their Wouts!! Rusty stuff...chipping and streaking stuff...very nice!!

[wbill76]

I concur with the right honorable Mr. T!

[deafpanzer]

YUP! You nailed it on the muffler! Nice job on streaks!