Now that I’ve figured out Photobucket…here’s a few more photos of some interesting and different builds. One is of the ancient Tamiya (1970’s?) Pz IVH, alongside a DML StuG IIIC that was modified with a later 7.5 cm L/48 saukopf. This was photographed near Altdamm in 1945 and was attributed to the Assault Gun Replacement and Training Unit 200, inthe Schiffer book “The German Sturmgeschutzein WWII 1939-1945” by Wolfgang Fleischer. (Yes, I like the winter schemes!) The Pz IV is an older build, and prettymuch OOB, with a Dragon figure and putty zimmerit applied w/ a sawblade. The other is a kitbashed DML late Hummel, combining the fine recent “early” kit with the relevant upper hull parts from the older, inncorrect “late” kit. I put protective shield mods on the air intakes, and “lost” a return roller–the figure is DmL. Enjoy! (criticisms welcomed of course!)
Nice of you to post all these fine builds. Yes, it appears you do like winter schemes. How do you apply them? I will add that you’re a fine figure painter too. Thanks for sharing.
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It’s pretty darn good [;)] I love it.
I’m kicking around the idea of an eastern front winter dio right now, i’m going to use these pics as color references lol. Great builds.
Thanks, guys for the nice comments…I do my winter schemes in different ways, depending on the look I want to achieve. For the late winter Pz IV, I lightly oversprayed diluted white acrylic, letting some basecoat show through. Then I wash it with raw umber oils. This soils the white to an old hue. Then I’ll use white oil with a wide brush, and pull the color down from the top exactly like doing rust streaks. I finish up with a good drybrushing in the basecoat.
For the StuG IIIC, I dabbed white oils on with a long soft brush, like they wouldve done with a rag or brush, being deliberately sloppy and simulating drips and runs. I always do one coat which is washed with raw umber oils, then another sparser coat with pure white for depth. Always follow with a drybrush in basecoat
The Alan Marder IID (in another post) was sprayed white over the gray basecoat and then gray painted with brush over the heavy drybrushing of gray
Raw umber oil washes are the key to providing depth. Random stippling with white oils and different brush widths breaks up the dullness of the monochromaticism.
The toughest criticism I ever got was from an old vet who told me as a newbie that my figures were blah, with lifeless skin tones and bad expressions; it took a couple years of tough practice and endless experimentation (plus my INDISPENSIBLE “Optivisor”!!) to get to the point of where I’m no longer embarrassed to put them in a photo or alongside their respective vehicles. Thanks for the support, guys!
I feel sorry for the poor guys that have to drive that Hummel, but it’s not the first time I’ve seen a Panzer missing a return roller. You really went to town with the wear and tear, it makes them look like true veterans. Nice job.
Lookin good man! The figs are very impressive! I like the snow build up on the suspension of the stug! Gotta build me one of those!!! Thanks for the inspiration!