G'day guys
this is my entry for this campaign still one the way to finish it.
so far i've done wash and a little bit drybrush, and still need to finish lower hull, and add some effect with this tank
do u reckon i need more drybrush ?, any comments or critism to make this tank good , are the most welcome
thank you very much
.:: Ricky ::.
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jagdpanzer IV L/70 (progress)
ACHTUNG
Victoria, Australia
Joined: May 13, 2003
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Joined: May 13, 2003
KitMaker: 266 posts
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Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 04:02 PM UTC
Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 04:22 PM UTC
Hi Ricky,
Looking at the pic's, if I'm brutal, I would start my paint job again. The skirts look nice, but the super structure looks ..a bit... surreal?. I don't mean that your effort is no good, just that it doesn't seem to gel together, like a camo paint job would, and some times it's easier to start afresh. It looks like you have over done the heat treatment on the rear side panels and skirts a bit, as they look molten, rather than battle damaged. This can be fairly easily fixed, just use a sharp exacto or similar knive to trim the rounded edges away. You might also want to try a pair of small pliers. And the rear skirt on the right side, is only attached by one hook, but hangs perfectly horizontal. It would look more natural if at an angle.
Sorry to be so critiqual, but these things jumped out at me, and can be easily fixed. Your weahering technique looks very nice, very natural. I like that. With the paint job, take your time, do one color at a time and leave time in between to dry. Then bring them together with a wash, filter or which ever is your prefered method.
The beginning is there, please let us know how you get on..
Cheers
Henk
Looking at the pic's, if I'm brutal, I would start my paint job again. The skirts look nice, but the super structure looks ..a bit... surreal?. I don't mean that your effort is no good, just that it doesn't seem to gel together, like a camo paint job would, and some times it's easier to start afresh. It looks like you have over done the heat treatment on the rear side panels and skirts a bit, as they look molten, rather than battle damaged. This can be fairly easily fixed, just use a sharp exacto or similar knive to trim the rounded edges away. You might also want to try a pair of small pliers. And the rear skirt on the right side, is only attached by one hook, but hangs perfectly horizontal. It would look more natural if at an angle.
Sorry to be so critiqual, but these things jumped out at me, and can be easily fixed. Your weahering technique looks very nice, very natural. I like that. With the paint job, take your time, do one color at a time and leave time in between to dry. Then bring them together with a wash, filter or which ever is your prefered method.
The beginning is there, please let us know how you get on..
Cheers
Henk
ACHTUNG
Victoria, Australia
Joined: May 13, 2003
KitMaker: 266 posts
Armorama: 187 posts
Joined: May 13, 2003
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Armorama: 187 posts
Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 04:45 PM UTC
thks for ur commet Henk
i'll try to fix the skirt, thats what im thingking of
i'll try to fix the skirt, thats what im thingking of
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Joined: March 23, 2004
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2005 - 09:06 AM UTC
how did you get the effects on the skirts? as henk mentioned, its a bit overdone. Im guessing you used a flame to shape them out? And ass for hte paintjob, do you notice on your third picture seems to gloss out more than the others. iam guessing soemthign whent wrong with that part, or its the the camera view?
on The second picture there seems to be bullet marks, they dont look very natural, theres no way anything with cut throught metal natural in that way, maybe putty the holes before re-painting? if i could suggest: use a needle that you'd heat up jsut a little and stab it a tiny bit in hte plastic, then use that hole ot carve around it to get a nice effect, then you can always drybrush around.
you shoudl realy try to strip hte paint off. i used soem brake cleaner to strip soem figures the other day and it works pretty well if you let the figure soak in a little. It only affects the glue a little if the parts arnt glued well.
you can always give it a try, the campaign is far from over hopefulyl i was more helpfull than critical lol
Frank
on The second picture there seems to be bullet marks, they dont look very natural, theres no way anything with cut throught metal natural in that way, maybe putty the holes before re-painting? if i could suggest: use a needle that you'd heat up jsut a little and stab it a tiny bit in hte plastic, then use that hole ot carve around it to get a nice effect, then you can always drybrush around.
you shoudl realy try to strip hte paint off. i used soem brake cleaner to strip soem figures the other day and it works pretty well if you let the figure soak in a little. It only affects the glue a little if the parts arnt glued well.
you can always give it a try, the campaign is far from over hopefulyl i was more helpfull than critical lol
Frank
ACHTUNG
Victoria, Australia
Joined: May 13, 2003
KitMaker: 266 posts
Armorama: 187 posts
Joined: May 13, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 01:09 AM UTC
Hi guys
after gathering all the inputs from u guys here , i made some progress about my jagdpanzer.
yes the skirts looks overdone, and im struggling to put some putty on it, but i dont think it looks really good, i tried with my weathering techniq to cover it up, but still... , i think i lamost finish with this
the rust colour in this pics looks to orange , but i've tonned it down.
thks for looking. ur comments are the most welcome
http://image44.webshots.com/45/1/82/85/382718285Dlxvjj_ph.jpg[/IMG]
after gathering all the inputs from u guys here , i made some progress about my jagdpanzer.
yes the skirts looks overdone, and im struggling to put some putty on it, but i dont think it looks really good, i tried with my weathering techniq to cover it up, but still... , i think i lamost finish with this
the rust colour in this pics looks to orange , but i've tonned it down.
thks for looking. ur comments are the most welcome
http://image44.webshots.com/45/1/82/85/382718285Dlxvjj_ph.jpg[/IMG]