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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2005 - 04:59 PM UTC
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2005 - 11:16 PM UTC
wow! that's very very nice...
btw how u get the mud effect on the wheels and tracks?
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2005 - 11:46 PM UTC
Hi Danial
The 'mud' is done by mixing : Hamster bathing sand (sand that hamster loves to roll around in) + MMP powder(for the mud colour) + white glue.
I then used an old paintbrush and apply it on to the wheels.
For the tracks, i only use MMP powders.
Thanks !
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 01:36 AM UTC
Man Danny.. you're good at this Camo thing. :-)
Nicely done once more.
Cheers,
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 02:32 AM UTC
Hi Ike,
For this model i did not use filters, i mix the camouflage colours with Tamiya "Buff" to lighten up the colours. I wanted to depict alittle faded camouflage.
Thanks guys!
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 08:47 PM UTC
Hey.. the scale for this DML kit? 1/72 I suppose?
Those tracks from DML aren't individual tracks right?
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 12:37 AM UTC
Hey Ike,
This is the 1/35 scale kit.
The tracks are indi-links. Typical of DML products.
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Posted: Friday, June 03, 2005 - 08:24 PM UTC
sorry but i don get it, what is mmp powder?
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Posted: Friday, June 03, 2005 - 09:48 PM UTC
There are two famous brands of pigments, MMP and MIG.
Pigments are basically in a 'powdery' form and is used to do weathering. Used properly, they can be used to depict mud, dust and grime etc etc.
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 12:09 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 02:05 AM UTC
I thought you were talkin about your first figure..
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 03:14 AM UTC
Very nice King Tiger u got there Danny! Love the camo and also the weathering on the tracks & road wheels. Shd try this mmp stuff. btw, did u guyz know that Tamiya is coming up with a handy weathering kit. it looks just like womens' make-up kit (blusher). There's also another type (stick form). I tink i want to try these out if they're not expensive. Will drop by Tamiya showroom to see if they have brought them in.
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 04:00 PM UTC
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did u guyz know that Tamiya is coming up with a handy weathering kit
Yup... I read about them in TMMI August Issue.. There are 2 sets of compressed pigments in three shades... A (Sand, Light Sand & Mud); B (Snow, Soot & Rust)
Those so called "stick form" are called "Weathering Sticks"!! :-) in Mud and Snow form (2 types so far) based on a glue-stick type dispenser..
Thanks Psyfool... do keep us posted if they brought them into Sg already.. Would love to know how much they charge for these makeup kits..
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 11:33 PM UTC
The track-links are quite hard to put together...
Before i glue them together, i 'stick' 6 links together and straightened them with a metal ruler then i brushed on the glue.
I like to work with 6 links and then glue up all the 6 links sections together to form a longer length.
The Tiger 2 spots 2 tones (Green and yellow or Brown and yellow), 3 tones (green,brown and yellow) and also the ambush scheme, basically its the 'polka - dot' pattern.
I think the ambush scheme came about because of some misinformation but i'm not too sure and i hate that scheme! i personally think it's ugly as hell so i won't paint my tanks in that scheme.
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 11:35 PM UTC
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Those so called "stick form" are called "Weathering Sticks"!! :-) in Mud and Snow form (2 types so far) based on a glue-stick type dispenser..
I think its a rip-off of your good money. We might as well get pastel sticks for a fraction of that Tamiya's cost!
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2005 - 12:03 AM UTC
Those are like pastels, its recommended all around the work for use to weather Uniform on 1/6 figures
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2005 - 01:08 AM UTC
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The track-links are quite hard to put together...
Before i glue them together, i 'stick' 6 links together and straightened them with a metal ruler then i brushed on the glue.
I like to work with 6 links and then glue up all the 6 links sections together to form a longer length.
The Tiger 2 spots 2 tones (Green and yellow or Brown and yellow), 3 tones (green,brown and yellow) and also the ambush scheme, basically its the 'polka - dot' pattern.
I think the ambush scheme came about because of some misinformation but i'm not too sure and i hate that scheme! i personally think it's ugly as hell so i won't paint my tanks in that scheme.
ic..well, the polka-dot camo looks interesting but hell no, im not doin it...haha, save me lots of trouble frm doin the dots...i tink 3-tone should do juz good...
thanks danny...
btw, did u use the aluminium barrel or the plastic barrel?
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2005 - 02:41 AM UTC
Danial,
This kit is the older one, not the one with the 'magic' tracks.
This kit has no extras except for the engine grilles.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 12:10 AM UTC
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I think its a rip-off of your good money. We might as well get pastel sticks for a fraction of that Tamiya's cost!
That's very true... pastel sticks come in a pack with lots of different colours...
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 02:21 AM UTC
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I think its a rip-off of your good money. We might as well get pastel sticks for a fraction of that Tamiya's cost!
That's very true... pastel sticks come in a pack with lots of different colours...
Pastel sticks? They're not crayons rite? I bought a box of 'Soft Pastel for Artists' from Popular. Is this it or did i get the wrong one. Have not tried it yet. I intend to use it for the first time on my Panther Type G Dio (in progress). Let's see how it turns out.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 02:40 AM UTC
These sticks are like chalk... use a pen knife and scrib off the pastel and then you can mix it with water. After that you can just apply them on to your models.
Yea... try out and show us how your panther looks
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Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005 - 07:45 AM UTC
Yup, they're like chalks and dont get the 'oil' pastels as adviced by fellow forumers in the international forum.
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Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005 - 06:00 PM UTC
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Yup, they're like chalks and dont get the 'oil' pastels as adviced by fellow forumers in the international forum.
Thanx for the advise & tips. Still not sure which one I got though. My panther has just completed it assembly stage. I'll start on the painting soon and when the time comes for weathering, I'll find out how the stuff that I bought works.
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Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005 - 08:36 PM UTC
Sounds good... do keep us posted
Hey Psyfool... I've looked through your dios in your gallery again and realized most of your dios are of muddy groundwork. I use putty, mix them with paint+soil+junk for muddy groundwork. What do you use? Your method looks better than mine.. :-)
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 02:07 PM UTC
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Sounds good... do keep us posted
Hey Psyfool... I've looked through your dios in your gallery again and realized most of your dios are of muddy groundwork. I use putty, mix them with paint+soil+junk for muddy groundwork. What do you use? Your method looks better than mine.. :-)
I use plastercine as base + fine sand most of the time. If you want to give a muddy feel, try making puddles, like water trapped in tracks made by the tanks. I use the glue usually provided in Academy kits to make the puddles..
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