6th SS-Sturmbrigade Langemarck StuG III Ausf G

[wouter]

Bill, thanks. And totally agree, whitewash and tracks, the ideal marriage eh

Guy, with pleasure mate, looking forward see you use the stuff one day ^^

Hi there T! Thanks mate!

And the fun sure has begun!
After last update I thought the white of the whitewash was looking too...errm, white So I toned it down with a very thin filter of burnt umber oil paint. When that was dry I added a second pinwash in some areas. I used AK Interactive Winter Streaking Grime for this.

And today I started to do some 'mapping' as they tend to call it. I used both Titanium oil paint and MIG productions Winter Camouflage Wash (well, I didn't use the wash itself, if the bottle sits a while on the shelf, the pigments collect on the bottom. I took some of those pigments and put them in a small mixing cup). I added small bits of paint in areas where I want to emphasise a bit more on the whitewash. And then gentle blended them in with a flat brush very slightly moistened with turpentine. The pigments from the MIG bottle (basically enamels) behave and dry differently than the oil, so this gives some different looking spots. All of this creates much diversity on the otherwise plain boring whitewash.
It's quite hard to see it on photos but hopefully you guys can spot the difference a bit.

First a photo pre-mapping :

and post mapping

Next sessions will be the 'real fun': working with oil paints...the very much fun OPR technique ^^

Cheers

[Leon]

WOW.....That looks awesome Wouts!

One question! Did you use the filter all over the hull?

[wouter]

Hi Leon, thanks
One answer to One question: Yes, I did use it all over the hull Though that's not necessary per se...sometimes I use different filters on different areas.

Cheers

[Leon]

Thank you Wouts! Much appreciated.

[martslay]

Wouter looks good, but still monotonously.  There isn't enough volume. You will add still shades?

[wouter]

Hi Martin, yes, you are absolutely right. This is just the beginning though. Next will be the most fun part for me. Using lots of oils I'll try to create much more depth and color. And after that pigments and many more oils

Cheers

[armorguy]

Stunnery stun feller Belgian !

[wbill76]

Moving along nicely Wouts, can definitely see some of the tonal variation taking shape. Keep at it!

[afvfan]

Slowly, but surely, Wouts.

[deafpanzer]

Hell yeah I like where you are heading... keep it coming!

[tigrazor]

Looks awesome so far.

[wouter]

Thankery thanks Guy

Thanks Bill, I'll do my best ^^

Hi Bob, yeah, slow is my middle name LOL

Will do Andy, thanks bud

Hi Lucas, thanks mate

So, today, next session.

I decided that the whitewash still could use that little bit more. So I took Vallejo White Glaze (I don't have plain white) and painted on some lower areas of chipped whitewash to create a fake 3D effect. Also, since a whitewash was basically slapped on by the crews, I painted some random spots and paint runs here an there.



After that, it was time for the real fun, the oil paint rendering technique. I used a whole aray of oil paints to create dirt, flaked paint, sooth etc...I tried to leave some areas fairly 'clean' like the fighting compartment sides, and some heavily dirty.


The areas where the crew would get on/off the StuG received some more dirt, simulating their muddy boots touching the paint/whitewash.

(a comparison pre and post OPR tech treatment)




Needless to say that the engine deck didn't remain clean for too long either. Bear in mind though that this is all work in progress.

Not yet finished by a mile

Cheers

[dierk]

Might not be finished, but it's Stugtastic already Wouter!

[jsteinman]

[Deleted]

Stunning detail work!

[wbill76]

Man this is really coming alive Wouter, even as a WIP it's impressive.

[Leon]

All of the above Wouter! Very impressive looking.

[wouter]

Gentlemen...thank you very much for the great comments!

Besides the Yamato I'm still carrying on with this one. Had a couple of two hour sessions with the oils, fine tuning the StuG. Still not there, but almost oilwise

I tried to give the StuG a bit more variation by weathering one side a bit more than the other. Hope it is noticeable.





Some oils were used in this process


Cheers

[deafpanzer]

WOW! I have to say that this is going to be one of your best builds ever... I love everything about your StuG!

[Tojo72]

Nice looking whitewash.

[Leon]

Beautiful work Wouts! You are a master with the oils.

[armorguy]

It's a masterpiece Wout, you really master the oils brotha ! One of the best WiWa panzers I've seen in a long long time !

[wbill76]

Definitely giving it a distinct character Wouts without overpowering it. Looking good!

[wouter]

Thanks a lot guys.

Been playing with some more weathering stuff today.




Cheers

[Leon]

WOW....That is some really awesome weathering Wouts!

[dierk]

Fabulous Wouter! Giving me something to aim for with my Panther - if it ends up looking half as good I'll be a happy camper!

[mrt51]

Just catching up on this......Great work!

[wouter]

Leon, thanks for your enthousiasm buddy, always

Hi Dierk, why thanks chap! I'm quite confident you'll do a stellar job on your Panther

Mr. Skywalker, thanks bud!

What's your thoughts on differce between the right and left sides chaps? Left side is quite heavy on the dried mud (maybe because the StuG drove through a puddle of mud with the left side couple of days before) and the right is less dirty. Too big of a contrast or should I stick with it?

Been trying to add snow to the tracks as well btw but I find it hard to get it right...will need some time to keep on fiddling with it :/

Cheers

[mrt51]

Stick with it. Since when is mud and grime sysmetrical.

Terry

[dierk]

I like the contrast between the two sides - not something that had occured to me before, but I'll be pinching that idea for future projects
Although I think the road-wheels on the right could do with a modicum more dirt - at least in the nooks and crannies where it would have accumulated.