Show us yer stuff!

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:36 pm

Some close-ups.

One thing about using a high mega-pixel camera that can take macros is that it shows up all the mistakes!

Ah well, you might like these..

and...

and..

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:41 pm

A couple of Panthers....

Paints I use are Humbrol. base colour is Sand 94 (quite a light sand), Green 105 for the camo, Red 100 for the red camo (seems to match the colour plates in Panzer Colours). Track colour is either Humbrol scenic track colour 173 (no longer available) or Games Workshop acrylic Scorched Brown - a kind of chocolate brown.

Mud is Humbrol Matt USAF Vietnam Tan 118 applied with a cheap 00 brush.

Markings are either hand-painted, Trafalgar decals (from Navwar in the UK) or some old Micro-scale decals.

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:43 pm

A GHQ JagdTiger:

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:47 pm

How about some Ivans?

Now I know there's an un-written rule about not posting piccies of non-GHQ products, but I don't have any non-GHQ infantry, so my apologies. You'll have to make do with my piccies of Adler+Heroics inf.

What it does show is that if the models have the detail then they can be painted, and I am just a normal mortal, not an artist like Ritter

So some GHQ ISU-122s posed with some Rusky inf:

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:48 pm

A close-up of the Adler Rusky gun crews with a Heroics 76mm (yeah, I know):

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:50 pm

Close-up of the GHQ ISU-122:

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:52 pm

Now, the best bit of kit that GHQ have ever done is that Flak 36, so here's a shot of mine. Adler gun crews, by the way.

And the Sdkfz 7 with the Gun in tow mode:

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:55 pm

How I label my figures - paint the bottom of the base matt black and paint the text in white. Looks good and is easy to re-label, if needed:

Oh, and the Squad Leaders have their 'Squad Leader' counters attached

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:00 pm

Some scenario based stuff.

How about Wittman meets back up with the Pz Lehr boys at the Railway station outside of Villers Bocage after the initial brush with the Brits, morning of June 13th 1944:

GHQ MkIVH close-up:

GHQ vehicles (except Heroics Opel Blitz), Mainly Military railway station, Hornby quarter-scale track planner railway track, plastic card road, Adler+Heroics inf.

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:04 pm

Some moderns - I really love the GHQ T-80 with ERA.

Here's one in a Belona(?) vac-formed hull-down position (painted by my mate Dave):

Up against some GHQ Challenger 1:

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:28 pm

And some planes.

My favourite planes are those from the Battle of Britain (hence the pseudonym) and years ago I picked up a couple of 1/300th scale models made by B+M Models of Southampton, England.

Unfortunately these guys are no longer making models but the ones they did make were real beauties.

So how about some Hurricanes:

Some 109Es and Spit Mk1s:

And a close up of Adolf Galland's Bf-109E. All markings are hand-painted (which is a bit noticeable):

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:37 am

Great work there BB - the scale of the cammo on the Tiger is right on the money, and the aircraft look perfect!

Some helpful (hopefully) hints. The Black soot on the barrels and exhausts is a bit out of scale - try a thin black wash (built up in thin applications) if you dont have an airbrush or - like me are too lazy to drag it out

A few pic pointers - Im just finding this out myself as I recently got a new model digi cam - (the new one is a Canon A620 with 7.1 MP - the old one was a single MP!) The digi zoomed in is always going to make your work of art pale under the microscope. It shows detail that you normally cannot see with the eye alone - EVEN with a pair of magnifier glasses!)

The best resolution I have found is 800x600 or 640x480. No higher.

Here is a bit of France 1940 with the new Camera -working out the kinks...

Keep on Painting!

Troy

Mickel · Post by **Mickel** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:14 pm

Troy, in case you're not sick of hearing it... Fantastic work.

I'm beginning to think never use the macro function on the camera - too hard on the paint job.

Thanks for the motivation.

Mike

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:35 pm

Oh wow Ritter - they're great!

I love those Char B1's - good enough to eat.

Thanks for the painting advice - I'll try it.

With the Camera I've just got a Samsung Digimax A7 7Mp and have been using the 4cm macro on max res then resizing the image back down to 640x480. Might try taking the picture at 640x480 first. Taking the pic at max res certainly does pic out more detail than the human eye normally sees.

Cheers,

Battler

PS Keep those piccies comin'

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:11 pm

Hi all,

excellent models and very good shots of 'em as well.
I especially like the paint job on the French ones.

Keep posting such stuff!
Best greetings from Hannover,
Ben