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Tuesday, 3 January 2012

7TP's another thirty minutes painting on ...

Prototype camouflage pattern done on the "command tank", time for the other two "gun tanks" to catch up (see below):


Meanwhile while technically not a deviation (see "Just a Minute" Radio 4 game show rules) it is a distraction (but in my defence it is at least on the list):


The Airfix 1/1200 KM Prince Eugen from the "Sink the Bismarck" set. Will my concentration hold or will I be a kitten chasing a butterfly? Tune in next time to find out ... 
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7 comments:

  1. David Crook4 January 2012 at 05:50

    Hi Geordie,

    Mmmm....Prinz Eugen....

    The four copies I have are earmarked for some rather unusual modifications in due course.

    Am I the only person on the planet that uses a white undercoat?

    Kitten chasing a butterfly? I reckon so!

    All the best,

    DC

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  2. Wargame News and Terrain Blog4 January 2012 at 09:35

    I love the paintjob on those japanese tanks! Who's the manufacturer, you've probably mentionned it but I can't seem to find it.

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  3. Geordie an Exiled FoG4 January 2012 at 21:14

    Thanks, but they are Polish tanks! The reason why they look similar to the Japanese tanks is that they are all based on the Vickers exported six " Tonner"

    SHQ is the maker

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  4. Al5 January 2012 at 20:56

    Great painting mate, I really like this early war stuff

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  5. Geordie an Exiled FoG5 January 2012 at 22:41

    Once I have these done next up are some TK "tankettes"!

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  6. Geordie an Exiled FoG6 January 2012 at 00:10

    White undercoats, you get "brighter" colours as a result for sure but I always thought you had more work covering the area afterwards and shading it down. I like the darker look to my kits.

    If I 'need' a bright colour (and also remember to do it before I start applying said bright colour) I do selectively paint areas/patches "white", but never the whole model.

    For my recent 28mm plastic Perry Renaissance figures I used Games Workshop Scorched Brown to give a milder base colour to work from rather than black (I also wanted to use the pot of paint up)

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  7. Geordie an Exiled FoG6 January 2012 at 00:11

    David,

    I can understand Prinz Eugen, Hipper and Blucher ... but I lack your imagination for anything else

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