Show us yer stuff!

[AllenRockwell]

This is my favorite thread on my favorite forum .... I've been away from here for a little while as I have been very busy with business and personal (non-hobby) projects for several months ... but tonight I just had to come back and my fix of GHQ goodness.

I love all the work everyone is doing and I love that people share what they are working on ... sometimes we all need a little inspiration and motivation to get back to work on our projects. That's exactly what I'm about to do,,,, I have a few dozen personal projects on my workbench right now, and it's time to get back to doing what I love, working on Micro Armor.

I'll be sure to start sharing my projects again soon ... meanwhile I'm enjoying all your stuff.

Thanks for sharing.

[7.62]

Snow Leopards, plus a few others from my 19 Group (North) BSDF.

[7.62]

Snow Leopards, double post. First time in years

[chrisswim]

Nice looking Snow Leopards and Snow CV9040, etc. Mick, (7.62), you do great work. I really enjoy what you have presented here and previous work. Thank you for sharing.
Chris

[Extra Crispy]

Starting in again on Team Yankee. T64s primed and turrets pinned:

[Extra Crispy]

T64s mounted and ready for base coat touch up.

[Peter_Fitz]

Matilda 1 — I have a perverse fondness for this little tank, even though it's practically useless on most wargames tables.



M3 Grant medium tank — this is the camouflage scheme painted on the Bovington vehicle, which I rather like. The wash I've used to shade it has softened the white lines quite considerably though; I might try painting them after the wash and see how that looks.

[panzergator]

Peter_Fitz,

I'd say you have the painting stuff down! That is fine looking stuff!

Not your fault, but those 37mm barrels look awfully thick.

[BurtWolf]

Beautiful work, how do you do your wash? Hope you post more pics, your minis came out fantastic.

[Peter_Fitz]

.....how do you do your wash?

The Matildas are washed with my own recipe, which is a mix of black and sepia inks, matte varnish, water, and a little windscreen washer fluid as a flow enhancer. I did the wash on these after dry-brushing to pick out the highlights.

The Grant is just washed with Citadel Agrax Earthshade and then dry-brushed with Vallejo Bone White.

[catseye72]

That's some great work! Love it.

[tstockton]

Peter_Fitz,

Your Matilda I's are outstanding!

And while I can see the excellent results, part of my mind doesn't see how all the different components of your wash "play nicely" with each other and get such good results. Congratulations on figuring out (or knowing) that the different chemicals involved would work together.

Regards,
Tom Stockton

p.s. Am I the only one that thinks the Matildas look like a tank that came out of late World War I?

[Extra Crispy]

I'm sure we all have a soft spot for certain vehicles based not on their efficacy but their good or bad looks.

I can't resist the T35 for example.....

[BattlerBritain]

I've been using washes recently after years of just dry brushing.

At first I thought "Oh no! It's made the model go all dark!" but then after re-painting over parts of the model it brings it back to life. I also tend to actually re-paint the model, in particular large flat surfaces, rather than just dry brush.

I've found that the wash makes the model 'less dry' looking.

I've also found that models with a single camo colour seem to come out better. I think that's because the wash heightens the contrast.

Models with camo schemes it seems a bit harder for the eye to pick out the shading. I am impressed with that M3 above though.

I'm using GW's Nuln Oil as a main wash and find that the more I splash on the better.

I'm now pondering on going back over 30years of painting and adding a wash to them.

Maybe I'll take that slowly

[Extra Crispy]

The Red Tide