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BattlerBritain
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Post by BattlerBritain »

Ok Troy et al,

Got some piccies of my Russky 203mm Howitzers with camo netting.

They're not as good as Troys 25lb'ers, but there again, what is? :D

The 203's are Heroics, so excuse the detail on them.

First piccy is a battery deployed on a hill:
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With nets removed they look like this:
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Close up with nets off:
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Close up of a net:
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Note that I made the nets out of a bandage from a First Aid kit just painted with Humbrol 155, a few dabs of dark green and a bit of flock on the top for leaves etc.

Once painted the material is fairly rigid but can still be folded easily and cut. I folded the material and glued it together in a similar fashion to a paper building, which it resembles in a way, being a bit square.

The net supports were made from a wooden lollipop stick cut with scissors and Copydex glued in. I painted them various brown shades to look like roughly hewn trees. Copydex is the UK name for a white glue that dries like rubber, but clear. I don't know if there's a US/Canada equivalent.

The earthworks were made from Miliput modelling putty and shaped by thumb print. A bit rough-and-ready, but I was just trialling to seeing what happened.

I placed the Howitzers in the wet putty to make track marks and painted these a darker colour.

So there you have it. Not brilliant, but a start.

Cheers,

Battler

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Post by dougeagle »

WOW...those are cool as well...I should take some pics of my German infantry and post them as I have yet too show off anything :(
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Post by BattlerBritain »

Get yer camera going Dood!

If I can do it anybody can.

And the good thing about these Digital cameras is that you can snap all day and then dump any shots you don't like.

So come on - show us yer stuff :D

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Post by dougeagle »

Get yer camera going Dood!

If I can do it anybody can.

And the good thing about these Digital cameras is that you can snap all day and then dump any shots you don't like.

So come on - show us yer stuff Very Happy
Okay you asked for it...check it out in the 'Show Us Your Infantry'. :)
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Post by tstockton »

Mk 1,
You know what? My wife does not look like "Miss March". But that does NOT mean I hate Hugh Hefner! :lol:
Off topic, but that brings a joke to mind...

Two late-middle-aged couples decided to spend the weekend at a nudist camp... After checking in, the husbands were the first ones to emerge from their cabin, and they went outside to "check things out". A few moments after going outside, they passed by a very attractive and very-well proportioned young lady. As she went past them and out of earshot, one of the guys said to his friend, "You know, my wife has a suit just like that."

And his buddy replied, "Yeah, so does mine... only hers doesn't fit quite as well!"

:lol: :lol:

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Post by Ritter »

Nice artillery position!

I like the flock on the net idea - I was thinking of how to replicate the camo nets in this scale. I think that loose cotton gauze would look good painted this way soaked in white glue and hung on the sticks.

Keep posting!

Troy

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Post by WHM »

Thought about adding another topic for my question, but seeing the author of this thread is probably the best to pose it to, I'll try it here.

Ritter sez to bake the models during the painting process, but the paints he uses are enamels, I like acrylics. So the question is, does baking give any advantage when using acrylics?

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Post by pushbike »

As far as I can see Ritter uses baking to dry his paints.
With acrylics if any thing they dry to quickly.
I must admit to using a hairdryer recently, so that I can paint one colour straight after another.
Taking the drying process out of the equation speeds the painting process ten fold, this way I can normally finish the whole thing including transfers in one evening!

I love acrylics, no smell, Vallejo make superb military colours!

The washes are tempormental though I use oil paints for the washes, these are much more predectable and end up where you want them. also I dry these with the hairdryer.
Too impatient!

Cheers Chris.

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Post by Brian-Edmonton »

Hey Guys,

Great thread. I have been using the Ritter method for a while now and love the results. I have been recently painting some FIW 10mm using Vallejo acrylics and like that there is no smell etc.

I am getting motivated again to get back to painting some GHQ miniatures but was wondering if it is possible to get the same results using acrylic paints? Or will I just have to suck it up when painting micro armour?

Thanks all for posting your pics and advice, its great to hear what others are doing, and its a great motivator as well.

Brian

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Post by kgpanzer »

The washes are tempormental though I use oil paints for the washes, these are much more predectable and end up where you want them. also I dry these with the hairdryer.
Too impatient!

Cheers Chris.[/quote]

Chris I just tried an ink wash yesterday on some buildings and they came out great...very impressed
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Post by 6mmwargaming »

Hi guys

I wrote a brief article on painting vehicles which you can see here

http://6mm.wargaming.info/page211.shtml

Not quite in the same league as Troys painting, but hopefully its useful.

BTW after I finished painiting my BMP2s I decided to give them a 3 colour camo scheme, so the end result is quite different
8)

Cheers
Kieran

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Post by jb »

Keiran,Thats a very informative site. I like the step by step for the terrain.
Thanks for sharing and, Nice job!
JB

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Post by Terrible Tim »

Hey Troy (Ritter), what have you been painting lately?

Paul.
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Post by Ritter »

Terrible Tim wrote:Hey Troy (Ritter), what have you been painting lately?

Paul.
This!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/forum/viewtopi ... start=1470
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Post by Terrible Tim »

Thanks Troy, I should look around before I send a post. :oops:
Paul.
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