A question.
!http://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/pokinit.gifHow much is a smidge, really?
A revelation.
!http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/bottle.gifI hate those stoopid lil’ bottles too.
A statement I overheard.
!http://southrnfresh.com/images/smilies/naziskie.gifI vil not allow Manstein to marry my sister!
Nein, Nein, Nein, NEIN !!!
And an observation.
As always,the paint brings on the anticipation. I think you’re spot on with this.
I’m digging this look…
Yeah, that’s hot…[t$t]
Wouldn’t it be cool to partially paint on some camo green on a portion of one side, as if the crew had begun to paint over the primer and just ran outta time???
Definitely a lot going on visually with this one Karl, look forward to the next round! [B]
Hey, thanks, Steve, Manny, Boyd, and Bill! Once again, I appreciate you guys following along and offering suggestions!
Manny, I actually thought about that aspect of it, but actually decided against it because of the nature of the poses that I have in the crew figures that I’m going to pose with it–kinda laid back, hanging out. Also, as you’ll see, the paint scheme I chose kinda tells its own narrative?
And now, without further ado…
The paint and camo is finished. You can see that I used some masks to paint the travel lock and stowage box; I made these out of index cards and masking tape.
And now the finished paint. My concept for this vehicle is a new hull which has been left in Primer Red; the gun was taken from an existing carriage and mounted to this hull. A new barrel was fitted for the new weapon, and the old muzzle brake used. The stowage bin is from a damaged tank of some sort and was thus painted with a brush for visual interest and contrast; the travel lock also a “spare” part painted in DY. The wheels are simply DY–in most of the photos of Waffentragers and indeed a lot of late-war vehicles that I’ve seen, they seems to have plain DY wheels. All paint is Tamiya.
No, I still haven’t got to the tracks…[:(] I MAY paint the front spare tracks rack in rusty, bare metal, as if it was a field expedient? Might be cool?
Next up: decals (minimal, of course) and then start in weathering…[:P]
All comments welcomed! [:D].
A stretched 38(t) on steroids?
Leave it to the desperate last days to design such a weapon!
The story line paint scheme is spot on. looking forward to how its weathered to nail down the concept.[^o)]
I would fire the first round via long rope from behind a building, that chassis looks barely capable of moving the cannon let alone firing a shell!
Kind of dropped in, is this a ‘paper Panzer’ or a fielded design?
Karl there’s more interest there than 40 people can handle. The other 60 will fall in line with the detailing and weathering for sure.[Y][H]
Cat Nip will do that to you[;)]
Tony lee
Karl - LOOKING GOOD!!!
BTW…the Vallejo primers don’t come in the little crappy bottles…check out this link
http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/gb/primers-gb.html
They are a 60 ml bottle…and yes the top screws off to pour excess back in from the AB. You could use the Hull Red primer and eliminate a coat of paint…just a thought and wanted to make sure you were looking at the right thing!! You know me, I like to try something new…At $5 for 60ml and great coverage, I adopted it…trying to share the love!!
No it is time for the King of Finish to begin his work…always fun to watch
Rounds Complete!!
Awesome work Karl, can’t wait to see the weathering! I have a question about the road wheels. I don’t know much about armor painting practices, especially late in the war. Why would the wheels have color but the hull left in primer red?
Either way, I really like it. Visually interesting indeed!
Hey, thanks guys, for the comments!
SuppressionFire, this was a concept for a Waffentrager ("Weapon Carrier) that never actually made it to prototype stage. It was apparently only a design.
Ha ha, thanks Tony!
Mike, thanks for the info on the Vallejo primers! That’s cool that they actually come in bottles! I have to see if I can find the bottled ones–I"d like to maybe think about using these paints, but only when they come out in bottles where I’m not feeling like I"m wasting paint. For the life of me, I can’t believe that they haven’t corrected the flaw of that “medicine dropper” bottle. Unfortunately, I’ve only ever seen the dropper-bottles on the stores’ racks? Thanks for the comments and vote of confidence!
Jon, the way I’m reasoning it is that the wheels were produced for the 38t series–Hetzers, Marders, etc–so they would have been produced “in bulk”, and probably painted. You can see a well-known shot of one of these related waffentragers where the wheels are plainly painted in DY. Of course, the hull is too, but I reason that the hull here is “so new” that it was just left in primer to get the gun mounted and out to the front as soon as possible?
[:D]
WOW! I have to say it is one of most weird looking armor I have seen… so pumped up on steroids? I am really enjoying your WIP. It is really good having you back!
Looking great Doog!!! That muzzle break looks sweeeeet, incedible save there.This beasty is shaping very nicely. And I know it is only going to get better.
Hey guys the eye dropper part of a Vallejo bottle just pulls out,I do it all the time.[Y]
Tony lee
Looks great…doog, IMO I would think there would be NO markings on this mutha…not even a national cross…I love the camo on the shield but I feel that the camo on the muzzle brake is a bit overdone (typically even if an AFV was heavily camoed it rarely extended on the barrel, and if it did very rarely to the muzzle brake)—I woulda left it in dark yellow. I still can’t get over how well that brake turned out!
Whoa! I blink my eyes and the doog had almost got this one done!! Amazing work Karl!! I love the Frankenstein looking effect you’ve accomplished with paint job you did! I’m very curious to see what you’re going to do with the dark gray barrel. [^o)]
Your moving this thing right along. Dig the paint scheme. The Germans were a creative bunch. I’ll be watching the weathering.
That’s an interesting scheme! Well done.
Thanks for answering my question Karl. I wouldn’t have thought that wheels were produced in bulk and painted separate from the tank. There is always good stuff to learn here. That’s a pretty neat shot of the Waffentrager as well. Keep up the good work!
Karl
As always, your work is both excellent and distinct. I like the way you illustrate your thought process for all to see.
I can’t wait to see the weathering stages you will put into this.
