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Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 18 Aug 2015, 09:46
by Rob Matthews
Hi Raoul - sorry to hear about the base because the Clay looked Fab
Really like where you are going with this
Rob
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 18 Aug 2015, 16:04
by Raoul Kunz
Thanks Rob
!
It turned out not all
that bad...I'm just currently a bit... "
emo" as my students would say... to put it in proper terminology:
currently somewhat lacking in emotional stability .
Turns out just glueing another plate under the base with "hardcore-fixes-up-to-20tons-on-20cm²" glue and fixing it with three screw compressor clamps and some minor clamps fixed the curl and the liberal application of some acrylic scenic paste fixed most of the cracks. The ones I didn't fill will be either under the vehicles or on the wood floor and will be invisible anyway.
So I'm back on course..yay!
After "uncurling" =>
Having filled the worst of the cracks =>
Next I will probably give it a brownish base colouring in several shades and then move on from there with the "Forest in a Pot", artificial water and liberal amounts of white glue
.
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 18 Aug 2015, 21:42
by Raoul Kunz
HA! It's actually starting to look halfway decent! *insane cackling*
Posed previews =>
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 20 Aug 2015, 02:33
by Shawn Ramsey
Man that looks great. Really coming together Raoul.
Shawn
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 21 Aug 2015, 00:09
by Vincent Power
The base is off to a great start Raoul.
Vincent
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 21 Aug 2015, 19:55
by Raoul Kunz
Thanks Shawn and Vincent!
I started doing the ground and immediately was
exceedingly unhappy with how the "Forest in a pot" looked.
I looks a bit like the annoying stuff that railway enthusiast throw onto their little kitschy alpine "dioramas" .... sorry.... I didn't mean to badmouth railway fans, it's certainly not everyone who acts like this
.
Nevertheless it all looked very ...artificial...
=>
So I moped a bit around, threw a minor tantrum...because I'm currently somewhat emotional unstable
, and then went ahead following Philipp's advice and used some filtered local earth to dust the whole thing, added the first layer of artificial water and did (some) work on the various things that should be damp or wet. I'm now
way more happy with the look, and added the figures to test the scale effect.
It's still lacking all the autumn leaves and smaller branches that fell victim to the recent mortar fire, so still a lot to do
. =>
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 21 Aug 2015, 23:09
by Philipp Gross
And it all worked out fine in the end
Philipp
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 23 Aug 2015, 12:53
by Vincent Power
The wet effects look fantastic Raoul
Vincent
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 23 Aug 2015, 16:02
by Raoul Kunz
Thanks Vincent!
It's a bit annoying however... I'm now at layer no.5 because the artificial water looses roughly 2/3 of it's volume when drying
.
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
Re: SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. C two times at the crossroads
Posted: 24 Aug 2015, 00:12
by Raoul Kunz
3 further layers of artificial water, half a can of clear acrylic shine and a layer of detailing oils on the trees later
=>
(the white-ish stuff is yet so dry acrylic shine)
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz