Principality of Gallia experimental tank "EDELWEISS" 1/35 Zoukei-Mura from "Valkyria Chronicles" SEGA game.
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The "Edelweiss" is a tank from Valkyria Chronicles, a SEGA role-playing game for PS3.
Never played the game, but I found the model on HLJ.com.
Can't remember why I had this box in my pile; a quick afternoon build.. and even faster if you don't mind adding the full interiors: combat chamber, turret and engine; actually you can open the main hull after painting to show interiors.
Commander cupola interior and hatches absent; the only one interior detail you really need.
Quite soft plastic, Dragon '90 details quality.
Base colour: "decayed sand yellow"
Tamiya acrylics with lacquer thinner.
Old school chipping: no hairspray nor salt but old brushes and a small sponge for chipping.
Worn out sand yellow using "chemical abrasion": rub an old brush moist with a really tiny bit amount of lacquer thinner; old dry brush technique with german grey here and there. A bit of "magic" with oil colors.
Giovanni Barberio, a friend of mine, kindly offered to paint the DAK Panzer NCO from Alpine Miniatures.
A "What if?" or "Fantasy" subject? Does it really matters? It was fun! ^^
