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White-Washed
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 09:58 PM UTC
Nice work, Koen. How did you achive such whitewash? It looks really great.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 11:46 PM UTC
Hi guys,

Finished my 251 for the campaign. Pics can be seen along with a description on how I did the whitewash on my thread HERE

But here's a taster for you:



Thanks, it was a great campaign, made me do a little experimenting with this kit!

James
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 01:34 AM UTC

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Hi

You should upload at least one picture of finished model to campaign's gallery ( GALLERY ) and then you can share your pics here, at this thread


Hi Marcin

Now I am very confused. There are now two campaign galleries for the white washed campaign. I assume you will be checking both galleries when you award the ribbons?

Is there any particular reason why there are two campaign galleries?

BR
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:00 AM UTC

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Hi

You should upload at least one picture of finished model to campaign's gallery ( GALLERY ) and then you can share your pics here, at this thread


Hi Marcin

Now I am very confused. There are now two campaign galleries for the white washed campaign. I assume you will be checking both galleries when you award the ribbons?

Is there any particular reason why there are two campaign galleries?

BR
Jesper


I'm confused too. I will have to clear that with Mark. I'm sure that it's some kind of mistake.
Thanks for pointing that.
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 01:24 AM UTC

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Nice work, Koen. How did you achive such whitewash? It looks really great.


thanks,

i used the same technique as James did: hairspray and acrylics!!

greets

koen
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 01:52 AM UTC

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Nice work, Koen. How did you achive such whitewash? It looks really great.


thanks,

i used the same technique as James did: hairspray and acrylics!!

greets

koen


Good work Koen, you really went to town with yours, it looks great.

Is that the Tamiya kit you used?

James
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 06:29 AM UTC
heh, I'm going to try the hairspray one too. I've been so short on time I had to submit the father and son ones with a lot less done to finish them then I liked. I'm trying to finish the little hetzer, I'm thinking in captured with russian markings repainted green with a white wash for a little twist
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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2008 - 12:05 AM UTC
It's high time to start thinking about ribbon.
My proposition is make it look something like this:


Pls let me know what you think about it. Is generally good idea, do you prefer another colour of background, etc?
You can also post your own projects.
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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2008 - 12:29 AM UTC
I like the ribbon. Simple and to the point.

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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2008 - 01:42 AM UTC

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It's high time to start thinking about ribbon.
My proposition is make it look something like this:


Pls let me know what you think about it. Is generally good idea, do you prefer another colour of background, etc?
You can also post your own projects.


You should definately keep the Sherman in there, but maybe you could change the background to more of an OD color. Just a thought.

Good job, though.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 04:48 AM UTC
I do agree with Samuel - ribbon is great but I think that darker background will do the job - it should make white a little whiter.

Great job
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:15 AM UTC
I'm not in the campaign, but as far as the ribbon is concerned from a design point of view:

the bright green has an inherently warm feel to it and is also considered a "spring" color.

try a background color in the "winter" range - black, most (non pastel) blues, grays, dark greens, etc... (obviously white, which is another winter color, won't work with the white sherman in the foreground)

Frankly I think a medium to dark blue-ish gray for the background will convey the winter feeling that should intrinsically come with your campaign theme.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 09:01 PM UTC
You're right about the color of background. With darker the ribbon looks much better.

black

dark blue

dark grey

grey

OD

violet

You can vote which one looks the best and should be official ribbon.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:26 PM UTC
For me dark grey looks interesting. Olive drab looks also good (may be a little darker but it's OK!).
Nice job on that!

Andrzej
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:33 PM UTC
Dark Blue or Dark Grey, they stand out better... the black background is "too black"
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 12:10 AM UTC
Looks cool. I would go for the OD or dark grey background.

Looking forward to get the final ribbon
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 12:31 AM UTC
So far dark grey background leads.
Maybe it would better to save Sherman profile for Sherman! campaign (although tank would be left OD instead of white) and use Panther profile?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 01:34 AM UTC

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So far dark grey background leads.
Maybe it would better to save Sherman profile for Sherman! campaign (although tank would be left OD instead of white) and use Panther profile?


I like the Sherman and the dark grey background.

BTW, where do you get the images (like the Sherman) for these ribbons?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 01:57 AM UTC

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So far dark grey background leads.
Maybe it would better to save Sherman profile for Sherman! campaign (although tank would be left OD instead of white) and use Panther profile?


I like the Sherman and the dark grey background.

BTW, where do you get the images (like the Sherman) for these ribbons?


I search them through Google images, f.i. "sherman profiles". Then I process them in Photo Fitre (free for private use).
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 02:00 AM UTC
Hi all
inspired by Tim Sloane's Marder II, I tried to build same kit for this campaign.
these are several pics of my progress. I'll put this kit in small dio













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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 09:05 AM UTC
Chris,
Outstanding job so far - painting looks very good and details (especially cables) are great! Very nice weathering too.

I have to seat and finish my Mader III for this campaign...

Andrzej
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 09:09 AM UTC

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So far dark grey background leads.
Maybe it would better to save Sherman profile for Sherman! campaign (although tank would be left OD instead of white) and use Panther profile?


Marcin, I like both your ideas - dark grey seems to do the job after all, and if you use Sherman, or Panter, it doesn't matter much... (BTW - I love Panters and I'd be happy to have one on my ribbon )

Andrzej
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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 11:37 PM UTC
Nice entry, Chris.

And now it's time for some update of my T-34:
few pics to compare before (one right side) and after (the left side) thinned off-white Vallejo acrylic being applied






turret painted the same way few days earlier




the results








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Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 01:18 AM UTC
Marcin - nice effect with acrylic - it gave "the whiter shade of pale"
How do you paint exhaust pipes?

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Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 01:31 AM UTC

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Marcin - nice effect with acrylic - it gave "the whiter shade of pale"
How do you paint exhaust pipes?

Andrzej


Usually I use Model Master Rust (often mixed with different shades of brown) but lately (KV-1 and T-34) I started using Vallejo German Cam. Brown Black (I don't remember the no. now).
On this T-34 I think I will also apply thin layer of white on exhaust pipes to minize dark spots (as real crew would probably do) as I did with spare tracks.
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