Stippling. Mistakes included.
I had always avoided doing German afvs of the second world war as I dreaded trying to reproduce the superb paintwork I had seen on other built kits. Stippling was also not something I had needed to use in my builds. But I decided to give it a go on this old kit. I rescued it from scrap it had a lousy paint job and poorly assembled tracks and badly applied decals. So a good candidate for Stippling practice. I repaired the broken barrel and straightened out the tracks. I toned down the green and Sandy paint with enamel paint and washes. And then applied the red brown by stipple using an old brush I trimmed for the job. You can see in the second photo on the wheel I had too much paint on the brush. Even though I had taken what I thought was enough off of it. I tested it on a piece of card it looked ok so off I went. But as you can see it was too much. I decided to leave it as a reminder as the model is nothing great. But I kept on and I started to get the hang of it a bit. A few other parts got a little more than I intended but by the time ten minutes had passed I had improved if only slightly. As always it’s best to have too little on the brush than too much. Hope this may be useful to someone. Sadly the photos are not great. Old tech I’m afraid.
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Craig Abrahamson said on March 16, 2017
You’ll have to point out the “mistakes”….I can’t see ’em – 🙂
Anthony Conway said on March 16, 2017
Youre a gentleman. 😀
Rob Pollock said on March 17, 2017
It’s hard to overwork in-theatre armour. It all adds to the realism, unless of course you’re trying to draw attention to a specific technique, and even then there are numerous personal preferences that can come into play. Good effort.
Anthony Conway said on March 17, 2017
Cheers Rob.
Tom Bebout said on March 17, 2017
Anthony the only issue I see are some of your close ups pics seem to be out of focus. Check your camera settings. Over all it looks good to me.
Anthony Conway said on March 17, 2017
Cheers Tom. Its an old phone i have and is very basic. I hope to get a better one soon.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on March 17, 2017
Agree with the guys. It’s a tank! Out in the dirt and the mud, more often than not painted quickly by the crew. That’s the neat thing about them. As a snapshot of a vehicle at a certain time, who’s gonna fault you? Ask them how many vehicles they crewed or maintained. 90 year old veteran of Kursk shuffles up, looks at it, and grins. Now, that would be a compliment. If he could, he probably would!
Anthony Conway said on March 18, 2017
Thanks Bernard
Robert Royes said on March 17, 2017
What mistakes? Besides whose gonna argue with a Tiger. great work.
Anthony Conway said on March 18, 2017
Thanks Robert
Rob Anderson said on March 18, 2017
Looks good!
Anthony Conway said on March 19, 2017
Cheers Rob.
Terry Schuler said on March 18, 2017
Anthony, nice way to draw attention to your posting, with a picture looking down the business end of that gun. Nice work on this, looks great !.
“I have to ask, is that guy in the turret using his cell phone” ?
Anthony Conway said on March 19, 2017
Thanks Terry. He does appear to be looking at something. I have scale newspapers i think i will place one on the turret.
George Williams said on March 20, 2017
Your stippling looks fine from here, and the figure really adds to the overall effect.
Anthony Conway said on March 20, 2017
Cheers George.
Jeff Bailey said on April 19, 2017
Anthony, anyone who can “rescue” an already “finished” model & do it as well as you did deserves praise. Good on ya!!! The 1st time I saw a real Tiger I it really drove home some of what the who had to face those powerful beasts must’ve felt like. And they faced them with inferior equipment at the beginning of the war! Any-hoo, great job!
Anthony Conway said on April 19, 2017
Thanks Jeffry. Yeah I dont envy anyone who had to face a tank let alone a Tiger. Scary beastie.
bob mack said on May 31, 2018
those gun barrel shots are amazing….lovely
Anthony Conway said on May 31, 2018
Cheers Bob.