Ambush Camo on my Sturmtiger.

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I found a color pic of a captured Sturm in it’s original camo as I was getting ready to paint this one. A close look at the ambush dots showed a distinct five piece pattern that was repeated over and over. The idea was to represent the way light and shadow would appear through a tree.

This model was a test for me, the first time doing both zimmerit and a camo pattern. The zim on the hull is supposed to be old and damaged because they used recovered Tigers to build the mortar superstructure on. I figured that the old Dunkelgelb would appear very different than new camo on the top, but they would spray the dark colors down for continuity.



Here’s the closeups of the zim…


Let me know what you think and any suggestions you have. I’m waiting for a coat of Future to dry so I can wash and weather.

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WOW, Awesome paint job.

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Oh, that is just fantastic! How did you paint the repeat pattern?? Make sure to post finished pics

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Congratulations, nice job…

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Looks outstanding Ausf. I would call your camo job a labor of love. It lacks for anything. Be sure and post additional pics as you move toward completion. Semper Fi, mike

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Impressive. The zimmerit looks really good and it proper scale. The camo certainly exceeds my current skillset. [bow]

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Amazing pattern ! Please tell ! ! ! !

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Thanks guys, I just cut the pattern out of some heavy paper and sprayed away, turning it. The pattern in the ref pic looked like a dog bone surrounded by four drops, so that’s what I went with. I was rushed during the stages so it’s not what I was trying for but it will have to do…

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And nobody could flak you if you handpainted the ambush scheme, Ausf. After all, seems like a lot of camo schemes were applied in the field by individual units. That’s how I did the ambush scheme on my Sdkfz 251/22 kitbash (now that both Dragon and AFV are coming out with a kit of this variant…the story of my kitbashing life. Oh well, at least I’ve had mine done for several years now!). Excellent work on the Sturmtiger.



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Very nice zim and cammo job Ausf. Very different and catching.

Fenderowner, that is a snazzy cammo job on your 251. Thanks for sharing.

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As it was said…

1.) That cammo is really impressive.
2.) That ZIM is very realistic (and to scale, too) as often I see ZIM too thick for scale.

Great job but maybe it will look better in OD. LOL.

Just kidding.

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Excellent job, can’t wait to see the rest of it come together.

Joe

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Once again, excellent, Ausf ! [tup]

Great blending of colors, great proportions of colors,… awesome !

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Thanks again guys.
Fenderowner, Welcome and nice job on the Hano. I was originally going to paint the traditional ambush scheme by hand but I stumbled across the pic showing a repeated pattern and wanted to give it a try. Is the Fender a bass by any chance?

Dwight, you are starting to sound like Sherm…[;)]

Jim, I didn’t know Keanu was into models…

The truth behind this one is it’s practice as I’m trying to get up the nerve to paint my 1/16 Tamiya Tiger soon (soon being a very relative term).

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That is a very nice cammo job,it`ll compliment the overall finish wonderfuly!
Excellent work!

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LOL [:)][:D][:D] …Like , totally !

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aahhh the very famous dogbone and drops pattern.

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Ausf,

Painting something as large as 1/16 is very easy and forgiving compared to the 1/35 scales in my opinion. Much more room to operate on and the only problem is going to be how to fill up all of that space!

Okieboy

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Ausf:

Fender is:

1961 Jazzmaster
1995 American Tele
2000 American Deluxe Strat
P-bass
1965 Twin reverb reissue amp
Cyber Deluxe amp

(my other passion besides modeling, but I’m getting a little too old for either!).

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That looks great, Ausf!