Post by garywintin. on Oct 5, 2014 17:19:47 GMT -5
Here's another one from me.
This gal is painted in Nato Green, Nato Brown and Nato Black. Scheme is per the instruction and references per the Bundeswehr as I saw that all German Leo2s are painted in the same pattern.
As this is a gift, I wanted it to look unique but I know I can't do that so I tried to make it stand out. I was looking around for camo references and I saw all these Leos with heavy foliage on them which inspired me to put them on my Leo2 as well. The branches are made from wire (I don't know if that was bronze or copper or brass) and the leaves are bought from GreenLine Product and even though the colours are very toy-like, it looks pretty nice. I got an A6 size fret with 200 leaves on it. The camo net was made from bandage and a secret weapon - Parsley ( It stunk like hell after spending a whole bottle on the net). The long grasses which looks like whiskers ( as this is a ''leopard'' ) are from Woodland Scenic.
I debated on how to weather it and I just decided to go crazy with dried mud. The mud was made by mixing my pigments into a big tub of plaster and then finally mixed with Vallejo Acrylic Resin to make clumps of dried mud. I always had problems with making clumps but I successfully made some on this one.
Here's some photos -
Well, that's about as much I can sum up about the build. The close ups shots for the mud, the crew. the on-board equipment, the exhaust, the wheels and, my show case photos from various angles can be found on my blog so just follow the link ( I tend to take 20+ photos all the time and I don't want to make the forum post too long so it's kinda like my style of posting) -
modeller-innovation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/tamiya-135-leopard-2-a6.html
Please do have a look and thank you so much in advance for any feedback you guys may have.
Until the next launch .
This gal is painted in Nato Green, Nato Brown and Nato Black. Scheme is per the instruction and references per the Bundeswehr as I saw that all German Leo2s are painted in the same pattern.
As this is a gift, I wanted it to look unique but I know I can't do that so I tried to make it stand out. I was looking around for camo references and I saw all these Leos with heavy foliage on them which inspired me to put them on my Leo2 as well. The branches are made from wire (I don't know if that was bronze or copper or brass) and the leaves are bought from GreenLine Product and even though the colours are very toy-like, it looks pretty nice. I got an A6 size fret with 200 leaves on it. The camo net was made from bandage and a secret weapon - Parsley ( It stunk like hell after spending a whole bottle on the net). The long grasses which looks like whiskers ( as this is a ''leopard'' ) are from Woodland Scenic.
I debated on how to weather it and I just decided to go crazy with dried mud. The mud was made by mixing my pigments into a big tub of plaster and then finally mixed with Vallejo Acrylic Resin to make clumps of dried mud. I always had problems with making clumps but I successfully made some on this one.
Here's some photos -
Well, that's about as much I can sum up about the build. The close ups shots for the mud, the crew. the on-board equipment, the exhaust, the wheels and, my show case photos from various angles can be found on my blog so just follow the link ( I tend to take 20+ photos all the time and I don't want to make the forum post too long so it's kinda like my style of posting) -
modeller-innovation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/tamiya-135-leopard-2-a6.html
Please do have a look and thank you so much in advance for any feedback you guys may have.
Until the next launch .
