I would like to introduce a project I recently finished. An LVT-(A)1Alligator.
This was actually the third model I have ever buildt, then I placed in in a corner and started working on other stuff. Just recently I decided to give it some paint and finish it.
It was a great deal of fun painting the "gator". Since I am still fairly new to the whole modelling business, I was just rying different techniques.
It was a first for me to do filters. Which I absolutely loved doing. It is amazing how the whole look of the model just changes with a little oil paint and a few brush strokes. Since I decided to try different techniques on this one I have to say that of course I learned a lot and I also figured which steps during painting are useful and which aren't. I tried to create permanent water stains in the front, which were dried out by the sun. I also tried to create salt remains on the tracks, from wadding in the water on the beaches. Anyway, I experimented a lot and it was fun.
Anyway, please have a look at the pics yourself. The first picture shows the "gator" after a coat of dark sea gray and a few highlights placed on spots that were exposed to sunlight the most.
By the way I am sorry about the picture quality,.. the ones I took outside turned out ok, the ones I took inside though, show the model in an overall very red-ish look. In natural the tank does not look like this at all.
Anyway, as I said, it was fun and I have learned a lot.
Now see yourself!
Hope ya'll like it!
Cheers
Heli
