Steady, wait 'til he's right on the bridge!" A 1/72 diorama

[AlanG]

I'm going a bit silly and having a go at the pea pattern or similar for the crew smocks....I don't know why either. I can just about see the figures on the sprue!!

Cocktail stick point should be able to do it

Lookin great so far Ron

[Guest]

I found the missing bolt under the work bench and stuck it on with super glue.

Is there another bolt knocking around mate, looks like you found the wrong one, that one looks like it has the wrong thread.

By the way, this laptop screen is getting a little fed up with getting covered in coffee

[spanner570]

hi there ron a question on the tin foil that u placed on some of the windows. to get the worn out metal look did u brush it with black "neo magic" (not sure what u call it over there). reason i ask is that i have tried something similar on my dio but it still looks quite shiny .... cheers lindsey

Hi Lindsey, I used ordinary Vallejo acrylics for this, but any matt paint will do.....Start with grey, let it dry. Then black, then brown/rust last. When dry, get a fine wire brush (not those you remove rust with!) and very gently run the brush down the 'tin sheet' Don't press down, the weight of the brush is sufficient. this should leave a hit and miss with the colours and leave a couple of shiney bits too.......

Cheers,

Ron

[spanner570]

Glad you approve of the bit of humour chaps, 'tis the season to be jolly!

Sorry ole, it's the only way I know...fun all the way!lol

Thanks Allyne, and I'll give the sticks a try.

Colin, you really must read things before taking a swig...silly boy!!

Cheers all,

Ron

[spanner570]

I've painted the PAK crew. I used only four out of the six crew members, the ones with steel helmets.

I tried using Allyne's suggestion of the cocktail sticks, but it proved too big for the pea pattern. I had a look on a re-enactment site and on that kind of cammo the pea is about the size of a thumb nail, so I decided on another pattern. Still using a cocktail stick I did the cammo you can see on the pictures. It's close to summat called 'burred edge' and is near enough for purpose. Thanks Allyne...

The figure shown is the officer saying "Wait 'till he's on the bridge"...Ugly cus isn't he?.......Next, I'll do the 'He' on the bridge. And another coat of varnish on the water.

Thanks for looking in and all comments and suggestions always welcome.

Ron

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[Guest]

me thinks he is tryin to surrender to you(poor little bugger)lol,good paint job,now i know they are good to paint as i`ve a few american and german crews to paint,though not sure once they are done i will show them here lol

mobear

[saguy]

hi there ron.... the paint job is totally first class ... the figures r miniscule but the painting is so precise ... u certainly have 20 20 vision .... cheers

[yak face]

Top job on the mesters ron matey! They look just right , i saw some figures the other day in a magazine and they had painted in the eyes , they looked like cartoon characters !, far better just to use a bit of dark shadow to give the impression as youve done Great job on the camo jacket too , keep it up mate , cheers tony

[Guest]

Can only agree with the others Ron, fantastic work. Good job you havent got 100 to do though, would drive you mad.

Andy

[Guest]

Simply amazing...?

Ron, your works and models are a reference!!

Love it!

Polux

[Guest]

Coming along nicely Ron,wish I had the skills to paint figures like yours.

[MORIARTY1177]

I'm with the others too Ron, fantastic work, especially at such a small scale.

Regards

Chris

[spanner570]

Thank you for your great, and humorous posts boys, all makes the day go round......

Here's the latest phase.

I've been avoiding doing any foliage and hoping not to have to do it, primarily 'cos I've never done trees and any (to my eyes) complicated greenery before, but the place looks bare without something 'Growing'. So here is my bash at a line of greenery on a bank:-

I started off by making a wrecked post and wire fence. The posts are thin slivers of stirrers and the wire brown cotton.

I thought hard and long on what to use for the tree trunks. There had to be something that was natural - and free - I was having my soggies the other day, and I always have a couple of grapes with them....Bingo! The stalks from the bunch of grapes! I let these dry for a few days, then cut and glued them in place. A coat of very dark brown/ black paint and that's it...

I then added some foliage on the floor of the bank, nicked from the wife's artificial 'Flarz' basket amd sprinkled all sorts of rubbish over the job.

Finally, I added the leaves to the trees and bushes using the same stuff as the bottom cover. I have a very finely ground green herb that I might sprinkle on later....we'll see, but I'm well happy how my first foray into 'proper' landscaping has turned out!

The pictures show the three stages, plus a general view of how the model is shaping up.

Thanks for looking.

Ron

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[Guest]

Unbelievably realistic Ron. Cheers Derek

[Guest]

well if you say thats complicated then throw us this bone,would hate to see what is really hard for you to do lol,looks like the scenery from `far cry 2`pc game.fantastic

mobear