I see you are in germany and figure you might have seen one or two in person.. Please tell me which do you like better. the three on the right or the three on the left.
Yes and yes I saw quite a lot Marder AIFV in person, the most recent meeting was last week.
I like the look of both and especially how you managed to apply different colors without obscuring any details
Hoth_902 wrote:As for the camo pattern, I was looking at picture with lines and lines of Marders, and did notice that they all had the same pattern.. I thought it was how they applied it at the factory and it would differ in the field. Very interesting.
If the troops would have to apply the camo on their own (e.g. if a damaged part was replaced) they would also use the mentioned camo scheme.
Thanks for the feedback. I am finding out, from the feedback, I am probably way to picky. I just always think the brown looks off from the pictures.. I know the lighting and exposure stuff play a part. But hey, everyone here seems to like it so I should move on from this topic.
As for the lack of detail obscuring, I am happy with that as well. I use a double action airbrush for the base coat, about 1 maybe 2 coats of primer.. using 15 to 18 psi. I apply it in thin coats to the point it looks like it dries once it is applied.. Then I do about two coats of the base color, with a third for touch up. again all applied so think it looks dry once applied. The Camo is done by thinning it out a little and applied with a brush. Not much but just a little. Its an art as to what the constancy is at this stage.
**Pattern**
I think I will take the last couple of vehicles, find a patter I like and then do all the vehicles from now on to be the same.. thanks for pointing that out..
Thank all for the feedback and constructive criticism. I appreciate it.
Those look great. When I painted some modern French I used the Tamiya colours and lightened them with cream.
A light buff wash (or airbrush) to represent dust, will reduce the starkness of the camo scheme as well.
I am currently using an orthodox mixture of Model masters Enamel base coat and Tamiya Acrylic camo colors. The Acrylic is hard to put on over the smoother Enamel but I have gotten it to work.. I do like the appearance of the acrylic camo. I may have to switch over to it at some point. 6mm, what Tamiya brown color are you using? The brown colors I use are XF-10 Brown and XF-68 Nato tri color Brown.
