Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Panzer IV slow progress


after messing them up i've decided to do another coat of base paint over the wash to brighten them up then i will weather them a bit might do a thin wash yet haven't made up my mind man its been a long time since i last paint tanks need some practise. I'm up for suggestions guys as i know there are some great Flames of war painters out there 

9 comments:

  1. Aw the Mk IV, love them with all the additional armor. I'm not a FoW guy - only 28mm/1:48 scale stuff for WW2, but I've used dry-brushing to lighten the finish. I've also used it to blend in camo that looked too dark. I've used Vallejo Green Ochre that seemed to do the trick - it came with the German WW2 set anyway. Regards, Dean

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks mate as you can see it's a work in progress that i need to get right as i am rebuilding my whole German army and this time i want them to look the same instand of all different colours

    ReplyDelete
  3. The one's on the right are the re-base coated one's I'm assuming.... if this is for desert theatre I'd leave them exactly as is - they look brilliant... maybe a dry brush of a lighter version of your base colour....

    ReplyDelete
  4. If you want to do some camo over them try getting a load of blutac and cover the tank in think stripes of it push it down at the edges to stop any seeping and the hit them with a green spay paint if you want to spent the time you can repeat with a brown spray.
    Or go buy and airbrush :)
    Peace James

    ReplyDelete
  5. both look good, but the lighter one is more to my taste.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Mine to but still i'd like to do a bit more yet

    ReplyDelete
  7. They both look good, but the one on the left looks like its been thru the desert...just my opinion

    ReplyDelete
  8. They look good but i probably would go for the left one. I myself ain't a German painter so i won't paint any camo.
    Next is a link to a German Tank Army painted by Tomwise.
    I must say that he uses a Airbrush but it is just to give you an idea how a late war tank army looks with Camo.
    And i think with your painting skills you can archive something like this too. ;)
    http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=2191&kb_cat_id=164

    ReplyDelete