tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140451726285504841.post27756224939634317..comments2021-03-01T06:52:07.025-08:00Comments on Journey Back to the Table: German PzIVH Platoon #2SonBaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570120441435476909noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140451726285504841.post-65885811927238998702013-06-26T04:40:57.332-07:002013-06-26T04:40:57.332-07:00Whoops...Sorry Nick. Didn't answer your quest...Whoops...Sorry Nick. Didn't answer your question on the clumpy mud effect. For these, its all the pigments. Using Fixer is key as you lay some fix...lay some pigment...let it dry a bit...lay fixer..lay pigment...moving from dark to light in color as you do it. Alternate methods is to use Vallejo pumice or even Spackle mixed with a little sand or even PVA glue with sand/grit and apply that on the tracks and hull and then paint it.SonBaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570120441435476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140451726285504841.post-19433917320095189022013-06-25T04:26:11.437-07:002013-06-25T04:26:11.437-07:00Thanks all...the aluminum foil idea came to me cau...Thanks all...the aluminum foil idea came to me cause I was using folded foil to make maps for my staff team tables...it folds nice and flat. I tried paper towels and toilet paper even soaked in watered down PVA (Elmer's) glue, but they didn't fold nearly flat enough...then I put 2 and 2 together. For canvas you just add more wrinkles to so a rushed folding job...something foil holds the shape of very easily.<br /><br />WRT to the bases...I based my vehicles for 3 reasons. 1st is that Battlefront has most of their transports on some type of base. That is where my inspiration came from. 2nd is that it allows me to readily mark my vehicles with platoon identification markings (all those little colored ticks on the back edge of the base). These allow me to readily spot the Company, Platoon and even section. Helps IMMENSELY when platoons are intermingled. Also helps with my organizational disorder as I pack my stuff. I did a post in November 2011 (http://journeybacktothetable.blogspot.com/2011/11/unit-identifaction.html) that lays out my marking structure. Lastly, the bases give another spot to do some modeling and tell a story. If you look closely on these you can see some barbed wire the tanks have just run over. I was worried about the tanks being taller than the infantry at one time, but the infantry are on a base as well...and if you make tire tracks through the basing materiel that lets the tank rest on the base...than all is even.SonBaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570120441435476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140451726285504841.post-5632462121795729982013-06-24T20:10:51.800-07:002013-06-24T20:10:51.800-07:00Your tanks look great. Especially since they conf...Your tanks look great. Especially since they confirm that the camo pattern I painted on mine may actually have a historical precedent! ;-)<br /><br />Your bases look great, but out of curiosity, why did you choose to base your vehicles?<br /><br />Also, you absolutely nailed the mud. How did you create the texture? The clumpy (clumpy? Is that a word?) nature of it really sells it.<br /><br />Nick blogs at <a href="http://SpottingRound.com" rel="nofollow">Spotting Round</a>.Nick von Coverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440687993184647932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140451726285504841.post-51340395631532303062013-06-24T11:13:11.321-07:002013-06-24T11:13:11.321-07:00Kudos on the schuertzen cover up, one of the reaso...Kudos on the schuertzen cover up, one of the reasons I always hols onto gift card is for patch jobs like this but it never occurred to me to hide it with stowage.. doom_of_the_peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556973447747533412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140451726285504841.post-318982213171995212013-06-24T07:07:46.530-07:002013-06-24T07:07:46.530-07:00Look great and thanks for the details on the paint...Look great and thanks for the details on the painting.Itineranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344688763064409885noreply@blogger.com