efcee

Hey everyone, here's my first attempt on painting and detailing my Tiger...haven't done anything on the tracks yet, but I figured I'll just apply and brush on a dark grey mixed with flat black...kinda just started on air brushing and mixing paints and ended up with this...so I'm not so sure what this color theme falls under on the history of German Tigers, anyone know???

torpedochief

Hey,

Nice job on the weathering for a first try. However let's look at a few things.

1. Your base coat really is too light. This makes your great weathering look as though the TIGEr has been sitting alone for years, not moving just sitting.

2. Your rust is great, but look again and see if your rusted areas make scence. Water would not have pooled or found a place to cling on the pistol port. Couple of other areas that might need a second look.

3. I recommend you go in with a fine brush and some dark color and make some small long and short scratches. As it is your Tiger does not look like it has moved.

I think your scheme is a very faded DAK.

Rocomendations

Give her some camo. If this is a DAK then some very light almost brown green would work. Large wavy lines. Just be sure you fade them like the rest of the tank.

Add some mud. You are doing a tank that has seen a lot of action so she would be a mess.

Give us a hint that the engine and gun are still in working order. Little soot here and there on the gun tube and the engine area.

Give us some bare metal IE steel color along the edges. This we show us the crew has been waqlking around and the tank is not abandoned.


Don't get me wrong. You have done a first rate weathering. Almost too good. Now go back do a bit of research and then bring her to life.

Remember the only person who has to be happy with the paint is you.

Enjoy and learn by doing


Don

efcee

thanks for those advice torpedochief... yes I originally planned on adding a darker color, perhaps a shade of german grey...then I will be using a silver pencil crayon to mark my scratches...as for the engine area, there's still a painters tape covering them, as well as the utility box, and the shovel...i'll be doing the detailing on those next...i'll be adding flat black and mud on the track wheels as well...i'll post new pics so you can see the new look :^)

YHR

Some very nice battle damage. I like what you have started there.

chinito_03

good outcome for your 1st paint... keep it up

daryl

Ern

I'd have to agree with Don. Great battle damage, and I think the color is OK, but you're a bit heavy on the rust. Looks like a Tiger that had a rough life and has been retired to a salvage yard instead of a tank that is still in the fight and looking for more. Nice work though, just tone the rust down a tad perhaps.

Oh, and my Tigers are still rattle can Panzer Grey with no weathering... I'm still working up the courage to try, and will soon when I get my airbrush, so I'm soaking it all in and learning from everyone here and will be looking for input in the over the next couple months [daughter is moving back home from college and remodeling the basement for her is taking up most of my free time right now]

daisycutter redux

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Dmon1996

It looks right beat-up. I really like it, shows how hard the Germans were getting kicked at the end of the war. One thing I noticed though....the exhaust are WAY too pristine. The covers should be dented to he** and rusty, and the mufflers inside should be all rust. Those things got hot and burned off the paint pretty quick, and the covers seemed to catch all the tank's abuse. Other than that, needs mud and dirt. But it looks great otherwise!

hdbeast

Looks good for your first attempt, nice thing about these tanks is you can keep adding and changing as you learn.
Show us more pics as you go.

Gary

efcee

Thanks everyone for all your comments and suggestions on my tank [sm=49_49.gif] This is phase 1 of my detailing and weathering...on the next following phases I will be adding mud, detailing the engine grills, adding dents, adding a shade of german grey to lighten up the rust, and possibly add bullet holes...so as you can see my work is cut out...but it's so much fun doing it...

BTW, I plan to detail and paint my tank commander as well, any tips, guides or how to's on this...much appreciated...

daisycutter redux

one thing i will say about the commander is to give him a good spray with some sort of good primer or only use acylics, the plastic the figure is made of has an aversion to enamels i painted mine and it stayed "sticky" and wouldnt dry properly so i gave him a swim in some sprirt to start again

efcee

good to know, thanks daisycutter...I'll post some pics once it's done [sm=regular_smile.gif]

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efcee

wow! those are really goog looking paint job...I'll check out that site...I don't if mine will come out as good as that, but I'll try...thanks edoubleaz