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panther/dio progress #2
HILBERT
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 09:48 AM UTC










This is a further stage of my project.
Hope you'll like it.
This was my first attempt to make camo on a tank.
It was also my first try with my airbrush.

Commends are welcome

Greetz Hilbert
andy007
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:02 AM UTC
Hi Hilbert,
I think you have done a wonderful job of the camo......but if you want the tank to look well used you could try and blend the camo into the base coat a bit more.
I also like your foilage what did you use for this?
KellyZak
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:36 AM UTC
Lookin good so far, Hilbert...cammo looks good, it will blend in when you slap a wash on it (if you haven't already) and start drybrushing. Groundwork looks good as well, nice foliage!
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:14 AM UTC
jsut a quick note, german panthers had tracks, maybe if you add them it would look more right fine, bad joke, i jsut had to give it a try :-)

looks great, first attempt at camo and ab camo hien? looks great, and freakin awsome for the first time!

Frank
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:27 AM UTC
Ola Hilbert

Looks like you got the taste of the fine art of Dioramabuilding. Welcome to this dark world mate.

You are very good at following the so called rules of not putting things parallel to the lines of the base etc. etc.
I like the foliage you have very well done also it is good looking at the color which makes the scene lively.

About the tank... A little coloration of the musclebrake. Looking at it now it did not fire a single shot yet. The Camo looks topnotch but I second what others said you could add some Washes and filters to make the vehicle look more used. I like the touch of the silversides on the roadwheels great touch as it is often overlooked.
I would like to see some closeup shots of the tank itself..Don`t know if you already made those and posted those somewhere else. Maybe you could shoot some pics if you are willing to do that. But as to what I can see you are quite up to a good dio... Will you add any figures?

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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:46 AM UTC
I really like the paint scheme on that Panther.
Hohenstaufen
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 12:38 PM UTC
Nicely posed diorama Hilbert. Is that a Dragon Panther? Looks superior to the last Tamiya one I made. Very good groundwork, love the hedge, very Norman!
By the way, don't be tempted to do a lot of black around the muzzle brake. The paint needs to be worn to show bare metal, it won't be sooty unless the barrel's worn out.
Henk
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 05:29 PM UTC
Looks good Hilbert, but I think that the travel lock (for the barrel) should be down flat when not in use..

Cheers
Henk
HILBERT
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:18 PM UTC
Thanks....

I still need to do a lot of work, like you guys said it need a several washes.
But also drybrushing, and I paint the ground work also.
I do not add figures on it becouse they are terrible with my figure skill.
And the dio is called ready to fire (but then in deutsch)
My brother Jurjen didn't put the tracks on it, and the wheels aren't correct.

I used for the foliage parsley.
This was also my first try to paint camo.
Like Faust said I will a few close ups of the tank
Yes this is the dragon panther.
The barrel lock is moveble so I will put it down
KellyZak
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Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 03:21 AM UTC
Faust,
what are the "rules" you were reffering to? Is it a poor choice to put a vehicle running in the same direction as the base? That's odd, that's the way I usually do my dios! LOL
Thx.
Kelly
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