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| A pair of PzKfw IV Hs that have been sitting around for a while. These will be strictly gaming pieces at this point. That's the Warlord Games version on the left and the Rubicon version on the right. This particularly Rubicon kit is no longer available, its currently being redone to meet their new standards. |
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| The Rubicon version, note the separation of the plastic joint on the turret angle. Accidentally left these in the car. The poor glue joint came apart from the heat and I lost both halves to the commanders hatch. |
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| The Warlord Games Version |
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| Rubincon on the left, Warlord on the right |
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| Warlord with the extra filter mechanism, that could be left off of most of the H's |
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| The Rubicon kit. I really need to pull out the wire and replace the antennas on kits with wire from the shop. Of course that wire has disappeared right now. I'll find it in a month when I have forgotten why I needed it. |
Competition work
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| Hogan, and the initial primer and skin color. Yes its green, I'm trying an experiment with skin using green paint as the undercoat. Will see how it goes. This diorama idea is coming together, we will see if I can pull it off. I received the POW miniatures from Ebob but they are just to small to match up with these from Stoessi's Heros. |
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| Hogan, Klink and Schultz, all in green face |
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| Sven, from Knuckleduster in 1/48. I might well enter this one as well, so I'm going to paint him for competition. |
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| The Heroine from the "It Came From Outer Space" Diorama. I'm working on two of these and the best will be entered as a single miniature entry and the other will go into the diorama. |
Why the green undercoat for the Hogan's heroes?
ReplyDeleteThe concept is that with a green undercoat combined with thin layers of regular skin tones will make those skin tones stand out better. There is actually quite a bit of green in skin tones (relatively speaking) and its not reflected accurately in the paint. Will see how it all comes together over the next few sessions. Worst case scenario is I strip it and start again. I have certainly done that a time or two!
DeleteInteresting! I have heard of a few different methods for making skin paint seem more like skin... one I have always wanted to try is silver, which is supposed to give a better highlight.
DeleteThat's a new one for me. That would be interesting to try too. Maybe the next round.
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