Old male armour
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GaryG64
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Looks fantastic, Mike!
Great detail!
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I found that pink insulation board works best for carving and shaping. Just a thought.
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Agree with Tim, though pink or blue depending on where you live.
You can also use plaster cloth over about anything. The plaster cloth is just gauze with plaster on it. You get it wet and then spread it over the surface like paper mache. I usually do 2 layers, does not need to dry in between layers. Once that's down any type of paints or anything else can pretty much be used on top. It's a great base for any landscape surfacing. Do a search for plaster cloth it's a typical craft store item.
You can also use plaster cloth over about anything. The plaster cloth is just gauze with plaster on it. You get it wet and then spread it over the surface like paper mache. I usually do 2 layers, does not need to dry in between layers. Once that's down any type of paints or anything else can pretty much be used on top. It's a great base for any landscape surfacing. Do a search for plaster cloth it's a typical craft store item.
I like that. You do good work. On a lighter side? Who's that idiot dumbass watching the guys go up and over into enemy fire sitting there with his foot on a box eating a damn hot dog?
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That's a fantastic idea, thanks!
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Nice. Great job Mike
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Looks really nice!
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Mike,
What paint did you use for the metallic looking portion of the machine gun and the rusty looking piece beneath it? I think you did a particularly nice job on the machine gun.
As far as the yellow appearance of the paint on the Model T. It's probably a combination of the room lighting and the algorithm used to process the digital image. Most digital cameras and in particular cell phone cameras are programmed to oversaturate colors and make everything brighter and more contrasted than it really is. The manufacturers have been doing this since they started selling digital cameras because people think it looks better on a typical snapshot type photo. Not true on an indoor macro photo typically.
If you don't have natural or the harsh white LED or fluorescent light, there is always a yellowish cast in a room. When the camera boosts the saturation it really brings out the yellows. Professional photographers used to take pictures of a white card (probably still do), in a high end digital camera you can use that picture to calibrate the camera by telling the camera, that is what white looks like in this particular setting. The camera would then adjust all of the colors based on the adjustment needed to make the white card actually white instead of yellowish or reddish or whatever the sensor picked up. Then the photo looks much more like the real scene. Needless 2 cents worth but now you know.
What paint did you use for the metallic looking portion of the machine gun and the rusty looking piece beneath it? I think you did a particularly nice job on the machine gun.
As far as the yellow appearance of the paint on the Model T. It's probably a combination of the room lighting and the algorithm used to process the digital image. Most digital cameras and in particular cell phone cameras are programmed to oversaturate colors and make everything brighter and more contrasted than it really is. The manufacturers have been doing this since they started selling digital cameras because people think it looks better on a typical snapshot type photo. Not true on an indoor macro photo typically.
If you don't have natural or the harsh white LED or fluorescent light, there is always a yellowish cast in a room. When the camera boosts the saturation it really brings out the yellows. Professional photographers used to take pictures of a white card (probably still do), in a high end digital camera you can use that picture to calibrate the camera by telling the camera, that is what white looks like in this particular setting. The camera would then adjust all of the colors based on the adjustment needed to make the white card actually white instead of yellowish or reddish or whatever the sensor picked up. Then the photo looks much more like the real scene. Needless 2 cents worth but now you know.
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The rear of the gun was painted with Vallejo Metallic Gunmetal and the part below it, which is the elevation and traversing adjuster, was painted with Vallejo English Uniform. The gunmetal was more silver in appearance than I expected but I thought it worked okay.
Thanks for that info on camera colors and lighting. That makes a lot of sense. I am betting I can adjust the color saturation settings. I'll play around now that I have some idea as to what is going on.
Thanks for that info on camera colors and lighting. That makes a lot of sense. I am betting I can adjust the color saturation settings. I'll play around now that I have some idea as to what is going on.
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Looks like it would fit right in next to the Mk I. Nice work
@Bear43 I would love to have painted those especially the little gun.
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OUCH! Casualty of war. LOL
I was drilling the gun barrels out with a .30mm bit. It slipped off. In looking at the bit, it appears it went in the full length.
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Ouch, well i guess you could add some real blood to your diorama or that which you are building lol. Sucks when stuff like that happens.
