I continue to be "mothballed" and unable to do any painting at the moment, so I wanted to keep the theme of sharing my old work going. These photos are from a large North Africa project that I painted a few years ago; it included Italian, DAK, and UK forces. I've posted a few photos of this project, but here are several more. Enjoy.
Just as I remembered them......Brilliant! I may have to send a link to this post to the wife in order to justify my future purchases. Thanks for being my fall-guy ;)
ReplyDeleteMy wife is mad at me for ordering a bunch as well, so I don't mind being the hated one at the moment :)
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But you, being the consummate strategist, positioned yourself in the laundry room, allowing for the tactical flexibility to paint micro armor while doing a load of whites.... a move that even the great von Manstein would applaud.
ReplyDeleteYour work looks awesome in any scale. ! A pleasure to watch.
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6 mm !!!!!!!! Amazing work !! You are the best
ReplyDeleteexcellent work keep it coming
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Tanner, you are one of the talented painters around the net with a sufficient healthy dose of self-doubts to make you a) humble b) accessible.
ReplyDeleteTake your time and paint more when you're ready! We're with you.
Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words :)
ReplyDeleteBraxen, thank you. Humility isn't hard when I know that I borrowed my techniques and learning from many of you :)
Tanner
Tanner, your GHQ desert vehicles are amazing and I have no idea how you managed to get such clear definition. Any chance of you putting up a brief guide on how you achieve such a stunning finish?
ReplyDeleteThank you, I appreciate those kind words :) To be honest, I painted these probably 2-3 years ago and my style is ever-changing. For example, I used to use MIG Washes (Neutral Wash for desert) but these days I've moved away from anything oil based. As best I can remember, here's what I did:
ReplyDelete1. Primer in Vallejo Grey Primer (airbrush)
2. Basecoat in Vallejo Iraqi Sand (airbrush)
3. Apply MIG Wash in the recesses, panel lines
4. Light dry brush over the whole vehicle with Iraqi Sand lightened with white.
5. Paint the tracks Vallejo Track Primer.
6. Drybrush the tracks carefully with a metallic color of choice.
7. Paint the details/tools and apply decals
8. Apply varnish
Hope that helps, good luck!
Tanner
I should add that I think much of the smoothness and sharpness of the details in my finished painting is due to the fact that I use an airbrush for the primer and the basecoat... this ensures the paint is very smooth and exact.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I use Testors Dullcote for varnish which helps produce the very fine and sharp finish.
Tanner
That's a great help. I tend to use enamel paints so I'll need to find an acrylic wash as I've just realised that it's reccommended to not use the same medium as the underlying coat and that may be where I've been going wrong. On the upside, I already use Dullcote so that's not an issue.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Paul
This is certainly one of my favourite blogs and the quality is outstanding. Lovely job on the PSC stuff - well, everything really!
ReplyDeleteInsane painting I love this site it gives me something to compare, although I am not nearly as good as painting as you are i like to see where my flaws are and this site really helps with what I'm doing wrong. I have a question are you using the Vallejo auxiliary primers? I was going to pick up black and grey like you suggested
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Jon
Jon,
ReplyDeleteI'm using the Vallejo Acrylic-Polyurethane "Surface Primers" and they are great! Vallejo has come out recently with colored primers as well, like Russian Green, Panzer Grey, Dunkelgelb, etc. I have them all and that's what I use. The Black and Grey are excellent too... just depends on what color you want underneath.
Thanks for the kind words guys,
Tanner
Hi I seem to recall that you had a tutorial about how you made the desert terrain which is fantastic. Is there any way you can repost that tutorial.
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William
Hi William,
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for the past hour and I can't seem to find either the original article or the photos that I used for the tutorial. I may have lost it when I closed down my site; if I can find it I will certainly post it.
Thanks,
Tanner
I've just come onto your blog today for the first time and I'm often critical of paintwork but I have to say form what I've seen your work is all first class, I'm very impressed.
ReplyDeleteTimmo
Hi, total admiration for your skills. You mention you use Iraqi sand for the DAK vehicles, do you recall what you used for the brits, or Desert Italians for that matter
ReplyDeleteHi Steve, I'm taking a guess here since it's been a few years since I painted these... I believe the Brits were mainly 837 Pale Sand, with a little 976 Buff added in. The Italians were 977 Desert Yellow + 914 Green Ochre; if that is too dark you can lighten with a little bit of White.
ReplyDeleteHope that helps :)
Tanner