Ubi Caritas! FINISHED!

Hi Laura!

...nice job on these figures...very impressive!...keep going...

Forte abraço!

Luiz.

The figures are way cool . I really love the shading .

When I post your parcel I will also send you some better stands to paint figures with , I have to make them but I may do a step by step in Tips & tricks .

Give Bob a good spanking Laura , No he will just enjoy that . Hmmmmmm Shaggy , go to the corner ...... AND NO SNICKERING !!!!!

Jenny

johnny, luiz and jenny you all are too kind! thank you for you support!

jenny - you don't need to extra make some stands for the figures, i don't want to cause you extra work!

Kreighshoer wrote:johnny, luiz and jenny you all are too kind! thank you for you support!

jenny - you don't need to extra make some stands for the figures, i don't want to cause you extra work!

No worries , mine are nicer , neater & work bettererer , they are easy peasy to make ! We need some new ones too

Jenny

As usual, I'm late on posting on your Marder III. It looks fantastic! Very well done! The figures are also great! You and Jenny never fail to impress me! I am looking forward to seeing it complete!

Bob

I been watching all along and I gotta say that those figures are so cool they look down right cold.
Great job so far.

bob and gary thank you very much! highly appreciated!

good news ... for ME! i made it to ressurect my old laptop after completely disassembling and reassembling it!

- power supply problem! fixed so far!
- keyboard not working problem! fixed to 99,5% (only right shift key not working)
- dvd drive dead problem! fixed!



that means i not only can take my babe with me and listen to my music in a more friendly volume but i also have my reference books handy all the time (two dvds full of books with heaps of piccies!)

Nice figures, Laura. Figures are my nightmare. I have a lot of them and I have to face up to them some day, but meanwhile I always find a new model to assembly

Happy modelling
Jose

thanks very much jose! figures once were my nightmare also but once you have discovered the secrets of painting them they start to be the funniest part of modelling (besides airbrushing the models themselves!)

soooooo ... thanks to "INTERNATIONAL RESCUE" i'm back on track!

the lackey of the yellow pest(ilence) (german postal service is yellow colored) just delivered a parcel from JENNY and RICHIE packed with wonderful stuff!

i'll be upstairs in a few moments and will assemble the awesome looking ww2 production tracks! (a comparison review between them, tristar, dragon, friul and modelkasten will follow!)

richie has added a nice surprise to the parcel: six phantastic infantry figures - five verlinden telling from the resin color and one warriors if i am correct! they all look like they freezed their a** off ... since i saw them (and tried to figure out what part belongs to wich figure ) i want them in the diorama - they will add enormously to the atmosphere! they will lift the drama to another level!

the other stuff will stay classified until i will start working on them! the ruined building that was in the parcel is looking awesome after i found out how to put the puzzle of broken pieces together ... a ruin ruined by the postal service! (thanks to international postal service the originally three parts now have been 9 parts! but nothing mr glue couldn't help to repair!)

jenny, richie: YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

I feel like making some gloves for your poor figures...they all look so cold!!

Looking very nice, Laura...

Rick

Propaganda

thanks rick!

i just returned from the bench, having both runs done! total assembly time: 30 minutes (!) - T-H-I-R-T-Y!!!

those tracks are impressive from detail and from ease of handling! never witnessed anything like that! as crisp in detail as modelkasten, as easy to handle as friul and casting numbers on each and every link!

awesome tracks!!! the first tracks i had fun to assemble!

two runs, 93 links each:



now comes the toothbrush to clean them up!

Hey Laura
I was wondering what happened to this build! Those tracks look really good, let us know how they hold up to thre toothbrush cleaning.
Can't wait to see more prgoress on the little marder now!

Shaggy

They arrived !!!!!

Ooooh Goodie

Yes the tracks are the way coolest ! I told you didn't I ? you may need to get a new scalpel to get rid of the stuff ! Oh I hope the ruin will be okay ! Did the other stuff all make it intact ?

Jenny

yeah! bob i had stored the marder away until i got the stuff and started with my whippet ... and when i just started the washings on the ww1 bugger on friday after some intensive compgame interlude/hiatus the parcel arrived on saturday!

those tracks are awesome!!!

Jenny Croft wrote:I told you didn't I? Oh I hope the ruin will be okay! Did the other stuff all make it intact?

yes you told me several times! and you were correct! now that i have proof i cannot but recommend them to anybody! the best tracks out there!

after some surgery the ruin stands like stonewall jackson in all it's glory! looks tremendous! all else stuff made it in perfect condition!

oh i'm so happy! thank you so much! i want to repeat myself: jenny + richie = awesome people!

taking a deeeeeeep breath i did no haka this time but a safety dance:



weathering is still my weakest point!

first made some footprints with brown oil color, followed by drybrushing with the same color! this i covered with black oil color drybrushing! THEN i did a pin wash followed by going mad with pigments. for the first time i applied them wet as per rick's tip - much better than applying them dry!!! next time i will use a smaller brush - promised! i will go back and forward now with the three pigments i used until i am satisfied!

it looks quite heavy but the final dio will be in late autumn 1942 after/while mud period ... so a lot of dirt on the lower vehicle and fighting compartment!











the upper hull outside and the gun itself will get fading only as nobody would have walked around there and mud won't make sense on these upper and vertical parts high up!

Hi Laura ,

I love the Mud effects , I like the shinyness of the rounds in the ammo boxes !

I would think that the crew are eagerly awaiting some more ammo ? I guess those WWII Tracks will dissapear under mud too ! ( I think I can just see them in the distance in one shot !

Jenny

Hey Laura!

...I don´t agree with when you say that the weathering is your weakest point...you are doing a good job...just complete some void spaces on the undersurfaces...it´s my opinion...the weathering on the rear upperdeck looks cool!

Best!

Luiz.

Now we are getting to the best part of modelling . Where it all comes together and starts looking like the real thing, instead of just little pieces of plastic glued together. And you are doing a great job of that .

Jenny Croft wrote:Hi Laura ,

I love the Mud effects , I like the shinyness of the rounds in the ammo boxes !


Jenny

Oh yeah, my experience is that all girls like shiny things. especially if they glitter and sparkle in the light

G Cooper wrote:

Jenny Croft wrote:Hi Laura ,

I love the Mud effects , I like the shinyness of the rounds in the ammo boxes !


Jenny

Oh yeah, my experience is that all girls like shiny things. especially if they glitter and sparkle in the light

Well send me some & we will see if I like you more Gary ! Send some to Laura too !

Jenny

Very nice, Laura.

Kreighshoer wrote: THEN i did a pin wash followed by going mad with pigments. for the first time i applied them wet as per rick's tip - much better than applying them dry!!! next time i will use a smaller brush - promised! i will go back and forward now with the three pigments i used until i am satisfied!

Glad it helped.

Rick

Propaganda

jenny, luiz, gary and rick - thank you very very much for your continuous support!

eagle eyes jenny - yepp in one pic the tracks can be seen if you take a closer look (i didn't even notice before you mentioned them!)

a voice called me back to the bench yesterday



and i did the fading plus glued the spent shells, idler and the roadwheels in place (i know i shouldn't have but i gave in to the impatience devil inside me )











in the meantime i painted the rubberbands on the left side and gave the tracks their first paint coat!

Looking really nice , lots of character & tonal values on the Panzer Grey ! Very nice ! Have you done any work on the other diorama bits ?

Jenny

Jenny Croft wrote:Looking really nice , lots of character & tonal values on the Panzer Grey ! Very nice ! Have you done any work on the other diorama bits ?

i glued the ruin parts together and am in evaluating stage about the base size - still undecided!

As usual - your much shades of German grey look so nice!

Johnny Dioramix Winter wrote:As usual - your much shades of German grey look so nice!

thank you very much! in fact i can't see why grey is considered as boring ... it can be as lively as a three tone camo on yellow or green base coat!