Trumpeter 1/35 C1 Ariete MBT

[hummingbird]

Hello All and All hello.

First time posting my noobish armour among some of the masters ... Really need feedback so that I can improve ...

A little back story of this build, I was a little bit bummed out with working on gundams and most importantly, I was sick and tired of people letting their skills in modifying their gundams get into their heads ( elitism and so on so forth) that I decided to get away from all those negativity and worked on this.

Well, more like re-worked on it cos I did this way back in my noobish days with pieces just slapped on and with some silly-full-of-brush-strokes-hand-painted camos and I have been dying to rework on it and now's the best time to do so.

Also, not to nit pick on my own kit, but I forgot to close the seams along the entire length of the barrel ... darn it.. oh well....

As you can see from the title, the brand is Trumpeter and the scale is 1/35.

I used Tamiya paint for painting and shadings and MIG pigments and some artist pastels (chalk) to simulate the mud effect.

I have to say, for my first time every using pigments and putting in such weathering effects on AFV model, it came out better then when I started building but not too much to a great satisfaction.













I took quite a bit of photos showings exactly what I have done and how they look like -
Here is the link to the Muds and weathering I put on the wheels -

LINK - http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af133/hummingbird2012/C1%20Ariete/Ariete%20-%20Wheels/

And Here is the Link to the TOP views - to see the dust and shadings from top -

LINK - http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af133/hummingbird2012/C1%20Ariete/Ariete%20Top/

And here is the Link to the Close up views of the accessories of the tank -
LINK - http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af133/hummingbird2012/C1%20Ariete/Ariete%20-%20close%20ups/

I hope this beauty is to your liking. I haven't touched scale models for quite some times, it feels so thrilling to work on this and finish this with improved standards from 2 years ago..

Feedbacks and suggestion, advice are grealy welcomed as a '' Mud-Splatter Anaylst '' ( as my friend put it) has commented that the mud splatter on the left front side skirt looks kinda ridiculous and it has been making me feel down and kinda uneasy so Im looking forward to improve myself ...

 

[andrei383]

i must say that this is some excellent work! very nice mud weathering along the sides! and im not sure about this "mud splatter analyst" but tanks get mud everywhere, it looks perfectly at home on a tank on maneuvers!

 

[letsgobrowns82]

Awesome work Hummingbird. Really nice shading on this.

 

[chriss67]

This is some superb weathering!! the mud effects are very realistic you nailed it! as for the model itself.....OUTSTANDING!!

 

[geegad]

looks amazing buddy looks the part and the mud effect is superb

 

[Jose Luis Lopez]

Nice work, keep on that way!

 

[hummingbird]

i must say that this is some excellent work! very nice mud weathering along the sides! and im not sure about this "mud splatter analyst" but tanks get mud everywhere, it looks perfectly at home on a tank on maneuvers!

Thanks soo for the encouragement Andrei ...

Awesome work Hummingbird. Really nice shading on this.

Thank you Brown ..... Much appreciated

This is some superb weathering!! the mud effects are very realistic you nailed it! as for the model itself.....OUTSTANDING!!

Thank you soo much.. but you're giving me too much credit .. Im still a noob

looks amazing buddy looks the part and the mud effect is superb

Thank you so much

Nice work, keep on that way!

Thank you and I will

 

[Wouter]

Can't see much bad about this one, in fact, I think it's a beauty, nice mudderizing!

Cheers

 

[hummingbird]

Can't see much bad about this one, in fact, I think it's a beauty, nice mudderizing!

Cheers

Thank you for your encouraging words. .. Much Appreciated