hi,
I'll post here (at last I'll try) a work on wich I'm doing some practice of different techniques...

the recent miniart's kit is outstanding, and really demanding, one of the most complete kits I've ever built.
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I decided to divert from the instructions here and there, and to improve few details...
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and to add on a plusmodels resin quadriple maxim, a little, beautiful nightmare...
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the idea was to have a winter camo not totally washed away,
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and almost covered by mud.
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all because I wanted to recreate an environment full of mud and slush and ice snow, and... well, you know.
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something like that. this is a test bed for mud and snow.
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and here the base. mud.
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and water.
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I worked out some really basic figures to give a little life to the dio, an began to work on the snow...
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now I'm out for work, but I hope to get back home to continue on the winter side of the base...
hope you appreciate,
greetings, p.

I'd say that oooks pretty stunning. Love that Gaz. The painting and weathering looks awesome and very realistic. Also the diorama and figures are really good. Promises to be a masterpiece.

Paolo

Great looking dio.

The details on he vehicle and the maxim guns are outstanding.

Your figures are beautifully posed and painted.

The groundwork is excellent and I can't wait to see the finished product.

Cheers

Gerry

Very nice.

Very well done.
I like your building too, nice colors on the wood!
Your test for water and snow looks god, you really could use it for a vignette.

Do we have an italian day on the board?

Welcone to you also

Claude

Paolo- that is some truly excellent water and mud effects and the GAZ looks at home amidst all the dirt!

If you want to have it correct:

The solder's coat of the red army was gray, not khaki.

Great work, I really like your log work, looks simple but well done. I am curious about it. Your truck is marvelous also. Overall theme is great..You crushed this one Sir..awesome.

Yes, the red army coat was of a sort of brownish - gray color. A good basis is Vallejo US field drab, with some gray and/or a drop of blue.

hi all, thank you very much!

in particular, to ejasonk and durruti (ehi, man! the world it's not so big!)... my references show a sort of dark brownish kahki, but I started a new research, I'm still on time to correct the coats, and the thing don't disturb me, instead can be interesting to change a little the uniform's well, uniformity!

do you think that a greysh wash can achieve the right result? or it's better to scrap away all the colour and restart from zero?

thanks again, read you soon, p.

I never use washes on figures, however I think you can simply add a layer of color on the coat.

Fantastic, It looks absolutely brilliant, there is a lot of detail gone into the whole diorama, well done!

Tom

Acutally this is sort of myth.
The coat was steel gray this is the right color: http://voenspec.ru/products_thumb/F1578.jpg

In most movies or reenactment photos the color is grey-brown. But this coats are after WW2 finished. I have one of them. The material and color is different to the original WW2 coat. There was an military order for the right look of the coat before WW2 and it says it should be grey. In most movies the color is wrong. But otherway there are also rumors that a few later finished were brown.



However. I've bought one of Miniart's GAZ-MM 43 today

Sort of a mith ? I don't think so...

Steel grey was just one of a long series of shadows...

unless all of these are wrong:

http://englishrussia.com/2011/04/03/uniforms-in-the-red-army/

This is realy really nice in all aspects from groundwork and vehicle up to the house and figures. Nicely done!
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mmmmh... it seems that I must do something about these coats... nice references, guys, thank you!

meanwhile, I started the winter session, just the first layer, it will keep several steps, I think....
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PS ejasonk, right shopping, you'll love it.
however, there are some hints that's better know before starting the assemble... here the complete wip about my build up:
http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/discussione.aspx?c=15474&f=15474&idd=10266702
and obviously, I am here for any question.

greetings, p.

Wow Paolo! Very nice so far.
I love the truck! Great weathering!

This is quite an excellent dio you have going here.

thanks, bill!

really, I love this kit. when I discovered the following picture, I begun to mumble about another one...


but now, since I cannot sleep if something rattles in my brain, I brushed some grey on the coats:
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better? I can still (and will) work on them, for sure, now they are pretty different from the others...
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see you, p.

The coats seem to be right, after the cure.

Dear Paolo, your dio looked great and still looks great, even by changing the colours. If you look in the book , ISBN 978-2-35250-100-8, by Philippe Rio, you will see that uniform did not have one single colour. Being produced in many factories, using various batches of colour and fabrics, but also due to use and weather influences, the colours, even within the same unit, had big varieties. The book uses photos, so the give the real appereance.It is remarkable to see that eg. pants varied from some sort of grey to khaki (pag 140 and 141). Looking forward to see more from your hands. Thanks for showing it.

yes, paul...
in fact, I have tried to differentiate tones uniforms, creating different shades of khaki ... then with age I have made ​​all very similar, unfortunately!

I think I will try to differentiate at least a little the uniforms of the two on the truck, at the cost of redo them again...

little progress today: icicles from the roof, slushy snow on the road, and white snow on the plants.
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now it is almost, but not if the postman comes, I can not continue with the electric pole!

Nice dio Paolo. Love the mud and snow effects. They look great.
I find it hard to believe that every coat in the WW2 Russian army had one single colour only .... and remained that colour with wear and weathering? There must be some variance?

The snow effects are stunning- love the icicles!

well, after a loooooong wait, here they are: the RB insulators!



now I can proceed toward the end of this work, in few, simply steps.... maybe.

greetings, p.

Looks amazing Paolo.