Historical Accuracy vs Artistic License

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Schwerepunkt
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Historical Accuracy vs Artistic License

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I am aging as well. Most of my camouflage schemes are made up based upon what I have seen on model boxes and on other minitanks. I am stuck about base colors for French, Polish and Italian units. Some of my armored cars and tanks are painted for desert warfare but I include them with my European vehicles because there are wheatfields to cross and a little brush can hide the tan or yellow.
But I do not begrudge those who stick to absolute historical accuracy. No, I admire their skill and craftmanship in achieving beautiful models. The scratchbuilt and show yer' stuff pages on this forum are beautiful and I cannot hope to match the accuracy for detail not only about the paint scheme itself but in shading the details and making the tank or vehicle look absolutely realistic. :) :D

Yes. Mk1 please move it. THanks.
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Re: Historical Accuracy vs Artistic License

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Schwerepunkt wrote:I am aging as well. ...
Perhaps this was meant as a reply under the other, prior, thread on Historical Accuracy vs Artistic License?

Would you like me to move the posting for you, and delete this seperate thread?
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Schwerepunkt
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Please move it, thanks

Post by Schwerepunkt »

Sorry about mislabelling the reply. Please move it to the correct thread. Thanks MK 1. :D

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