Hello all! I've been browsing this forum for around a year now but this is my first time posting. So I thought I would start with the Sturmtiger i just finshed painting. Looking for some feedback and if anybody has any tips for painting and weathering tanks I would appreciate it!

Looks like you did a great job to me

Looks awesome! I like to weather my tank by driving it . Nice T29 avatar BTW!

Thanks Roboticus! Yeah, I'd give any amount of money for an RC T29 in 1/16th

Nothing wrong with that at all. Give it a gentle blow over with some muddy/dusty colour and you're good to go - remember the mantra 'less is more' and you'll be fine

I need to get mine fixed - anybody got an elevation / traverse mechanism going spare

It shouldn't be too hard for someone to fab one up. It's basically a stretched Pershing with a fat turret.

I think I saw somebody do one once on one of the UK forums? The turret would be a monster to enlarge and shape, but for somebody with traditional foundry pattern making / model making skills its certainly not impossible - the engine deck would take a bit of Frankensteining too...

Nice Sturm. It will be very handy making holes for your spring plantings. You are in VA. Where about? WHY DON"T YOU COME TO DANVILLE?

^ What he said. Get a battle circuit in that monster (I use El-Mod because they have the rocket launcher soundset), and get on down to Danville one battle weeked - you'll make friends for life.

Hey, and welcome. If you've been hangin' for a year all I can say is it's about time.

Great job on the Sturmtiger. How do you like driving it so far? One of my favorite tricks for weathering is promodeler wash in dark earth or black. I think it really makes a tank look like it's been driven, and not fresh out of the paint shop. It does an especially good job on roadwheels. Makes all the detail stand out even more. It's incredibly easy to use, and if you mess up it wipes right off with a wet rag and you can start again. Did you model that after a specific tank from history?

I'm in Ashburn. I actually went to a battle weekend at danville with another member, Martellus, last year. I really enjoyed it and I certainly hope I can make it to an event or two this year!

Thanks Max! I enjoy my sturmtiger, It's probably the smoothest driving of my tanks. Doesn't drive off to either side and is very responsive. Thanks for the wash recommendation! I've been looking for a good wash for that exact purpose (road wheels). And for your last question I didn't base it off anything particular, I just went with my imagination.

Since you're looking for a wash, try checking out this stuff



They have a great tutorial on using it here

http://www.florymodels.co.uk/weathering-wash/

It's about the easiest I've found yet. Let me know what you think. Have you done much static stuff? I really like 1/32 and 1/24 WWII aircraft, mainly fighters. I think I've posted a few pix so you may have run across them.

Nice looking SturmTiger!!!! I want one, but have so many starts that need to be finished!!!

Wash seems pretty good. I'll probably order some later this week. I have a small collection of 1/35th tanks (King Tiger, Jumbo sherman, Churchill, Walker bulldog, T28, M48 and an IS-2.) but I haven't painted any of them. I just like assembling them.

Wash looks good Gary. Is it available here in the states?

Yes, this is sprue brothers and they have a bunch of different colors, as well as different brands. Just search wash at the sprue brothers website and there's a whole bunch of different kinds and colors. Most of the online static hobby shops have this stuff. I love it because it's almost fool proof. If you mess it up it washes off with water. Just remember that it will act differently on flat surfaces than it does on a gloss coat. I like using it on flat myself, but it's more dramatic on flat than gloss.

http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/prodw.htm

If you have some acrylic black or brown already laying around you can just thin it with water and get the same effect.

Close, but this stuff has a pigment or medium of some kind or something in it that really simulates dirt. And their system of brushing it on and then taking most of it back off with a wet paper towel seems to work better than trying the same thing with acrylic. Don't know why, but that's been my experience. And I've always found tempra (sp?) paints easier for me to use than acrylics. I do like artists oils for stuff like dark sienna pin washes, though. I just wish I could learn how to do washes on faces and have them come out right. Hmmm ... try, try again. No, wait ... "Try Not! Do or Do Not. There is no try." - Yoda