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WW1 Armour, Artillery, Vehicles, Ships => WW1 Armour, Artillery, Vehicles, dioramas, associated figures and Ships => Topic started by: ondra on December 01, 2022, 04:38:03 PM
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With the Female finished, it is time to start working on the next piece - Male variant. Specifically Hyacinth from Battle of Cambrai in November 1917:
(https://i.imgur.com/D1v7RT5.jpg)
The kit is super simple and very nicely detailed, the only adjustment to the resin parts has been predrilling holes for cannons and MGs:
(https://i.imgur.com/0i8RrSw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RLTyMcX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IyZGBfh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DagaxQm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bDE9cAK.jpg)
And I can't wait to start cleaning the PE parts. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/tmEdx7X.jpg)
Cheers
Ondra
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Blimey Ondra that's a tiddly one - lovin' the vignette idea as well :)
Paul
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*rubs hands together in glee*
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I'm sure this is going to look as fantatic as the female variant.
Are you going to place it in a diorama as in the picture?
Willem
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Many thanks for your nice comments, gentlemen, they are highly appreciated!
I would like to create a vignette corresponding with the photo, but I am not sure if this will be feasible - the tracks are partly missing on the lower side, where I had to cut the parts off. But perhaps I will be able to make it invisible using mud.
Yesterday I started gluing the PE parts in place, I was quite scared of it but eventually it went rather smoothly:
(https://i.imgur.com/Jm2B72s.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jfdCgSH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hM5Cd4s.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PHGzcPq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XYhnnZE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dLn0xNy.jpg)
Cheers.
Ondra
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Beautiful work as always my friend!
Warren
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Hello everybody,
I am back! ;)
Many thans for your nice comment, long time no see. ;)
After a long break from scale modelling I decided to return my home town Jihlava and one of the first priorities was bringing my workbench back in order. This has been finally finished now and this the current status:
(https://i.imgur.com/u9ZVSyW.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5u4cL4W.jpeg)
Even though you can see the WIP Sopwith Camel in the picture, I decided to start by continuing on the Mark IV in order to revive my modelling skills - Mark IV is more forgiving in case of mishaps than the Camel ready for assembly.
She is now assembled except for gun barrels which I will glue in place just before painting. All metal parts got a coat of Mr. Metal Primer and next up is Mr. Resin Primer.
(https://i.imgur.com/5rzYpB5.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2AQE1kv.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VZBIdyf.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FQBX2Hb.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BeOh8iX.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lPOksK2.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zwxYIDR.jpeg)
Cheers
Ondra
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We all need a break sometimes. Good to see you are back and this is looking like a lovely project, if rather small.....
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Many thanks for your nice comment, Nigel! I can hardly describe how happy I am to be back. :)
Yesterday she got a coat of Mr. Surface Primer followed by a coat of Drooling Bulldog Zinc White.
This what she looks like after preshading, next up will be greyish-green and decals.
(https://i.imgur.com/Ud7ZLC9.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bvXtmsh.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zrlwFk1.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wjuHJDR.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eMx4Wir.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QqnH4Em.jpeg)
Cheers!
Ondra
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Lovely work, amazing in such a small scale.
FWIW I would not recommend you paint it greyish green. British tanks in WWI were supposed to be painted in a "neutral brown". There is a large scale metal model in the tank museum at Bovington that was made by apprentices just after the war and the museum thinks it was painted in the actual paint used on these tanks. It is distinctly khaki brown in its shade. I have a photo somewhere, but sadly I can't find it at the moment. If I do, I will post it.
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That is a very correct remark, Nigel, according to majority of sources the greyish green appeared rather on later variants. Many thanks for the heads up, mate!
I decided to take the advice and used a mixture of Droolling Bulldog Umbraun lightened with Cream yellow and a very tiny addition of greyish green to give it a bit of khaki shade.
(https://i.imgur.com/k5EihkN.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PTmxPSN.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fIUEmye.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/H6R5Dvi.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oufy8L6.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cZxUzIc.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5TWNvnn.jpeg)
Currently the brown is rather light, but I expect it to get darker once the consequent techniques like wash and oil paints have been applied.
Next up are decals and wash.
Cheers.
Ondra
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That's looking really nice, the colour looks good to me.
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Many thanks, Nigel!
The decals are in place, afterwards I added wash and a bit of drybrush, now I will leave her to cure. I also put the first layer of oil paint on the unditching beam.
(https://i.imgur.com/RjtJjKf.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/j7LlGQn.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tNnbgDF.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1Fms1XQ.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NOf3M7B.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OO0WKOr.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hogUA3g.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Hp0ok6R.jpeg)
Cheers!
Ondra
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That's looking really good. The colour and basic painting has turned out really well, looking forward to some weathering.....
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I'm sorry, Drooling Bulldog??? Is that a company, or actually part of the name of the color?
And this is an absolutely beautiful model... I'm in awe of your abilities, and those of the other 1:144 magicians that seem to be making their presence felt here on the Forum.
Dutch
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I'm sorry, Drooling Bulldog??? Is that a company, or actually part of the name of the color?
And this is an absolutely beautiful model... I'm in awe of your abilities, and those of the other 1:144 magicians that seem to be making their presence felt here on the Forum.
Dutch
Many thanks for your generous comments, gentlemen!
Dutch: Drooling Bulldog is a company specializing on selling WWI paints. I really love them due to their super fine pigment allowing for very subtle airbrush tricks. E. g. the preshading on Mark IV was done using highly thinnes Drooling Bulldog Umbraun with Iwatta 0.15 nozzle. On top, they are lacquer based so they work well with Mr. Color. Last but not least, they are idiot proof, which comes in handy in my case. :)
In a nuthsell, best paints I have ever worked with.
As to the company name - the owner is a friend of mine and named the brand after his fellow english bulldog Bernie. As the both of us are non-native speakers, we only found out the connotation later. :)
Cheers
Ondra
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I'm sorry, Drooling Bulldog??? Is that a company, or actually part of the name of the color?
A pretty serious attempt to produce "accurate" WWI paint colours, see here: https://drooling-bulldog.webnode.cz/zaklad/
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Yhis is what she looks like now with grease and rust streaks applied. Now I will have to wait for it to cure and apply a layer of flat coat before the next step - pigments.
(https://i.imgur.com/qKD6huk.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DRkFN2Y.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XHoBmNW.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ifsXl6p.jpeg)
Cheers.
Ondra
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She got a coat of flat varnish and metal parts have been painted with polishable past. For a while she will be on a stand by, since I have to wait with pigments until I have made up my mind on the vignette.
(https://i.imgur.com/dmSNuOW.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gH1rcAg.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fCi9Bb4.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Jld1pgL.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5BATGZi.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VAWl4JA.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BrGDQMk.jpeg)
Cheers!
Ondra
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Very nice work young man. Looking forward to seeing her in a natural setting :)
Paul
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Many thanks for your encouraging comment, Paul! I am also looking forward to seeing her in the vignette, but first I will have to study tons of tutorials. :)
In between I am getting closer to finishing the Mark IV - unditching beam has been chained in place and I made new gun barrels.
The resin parts in the kit are definitely not bad, but they are hitting the limits of the technology used, so I decided to turn my Micromote into a Microlathe and turned new barrels of the 57 cannons out of a brass tube.
(https://i.imgur.com/v1kldk2.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kpxp1tC.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ViJGPja.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RuwArqP.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5k2yuz0.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7SGrMx7.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dlEptTG.jpeg)
Next up is rust.
Cheers.
Ondra
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This just keeps getting better and better... beautiful work, those barrels are stunning.
Dutch
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Now that really does look amazing. The unditching beam looks really good and the overall model has come together superbly. Nice work on those barrels as well.
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Thank you very much for your generous comments, Dutch and Nigel, I really appreciate them!
I painted the barrels using Agama polishable metal pastes and added rust. I decided to experiment on the rust with a mixture of burnt and natural sienna. When the paint was just next to cured, I used a small stiff brush to stipple brick orange pigment into it. The result looks acceptable to me.
(https://i.imgur.com/vyrVui3.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z44aoWo.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6IiuvvF.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/w2RWSEH.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qFtYINA.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uZms5Dy.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/On23udo.jpeg)
The bad news is I ran out of excuses for putting off the work on the vignette. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/D1v7RT5.jpg)
Thanks to the advice from fellow modellers I think I have finally figured out how Hyacinth got into this position, now I just have to keep studying tutorials to do this unique photo justice.
Cheers
Ondra
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Looking very nice indeed. I can't wait to see how you approach the vignette, as I am a huge fan of dioramas and vignettes.
Just a minor point, the barrels of the 6 inch guns were painted the same colour as the tank. I can't really tell form the photos if they have an all over metallic finish or not.....