After a few hours of airbrushing...
Added 2024-03-27 15:34:31 +0000 UTCMy friends, the scene is ready for detail painting and enamel washes. This time I experimented with a bunch of different green tones, and I gotta say, if you don't have the basic Flat Green from Tamiya, you're definitely missing out!
I used various combinations of this color with Yellow Green, Buff, and Sky. Even some diluted X-15 Light Green was applied on those tiny weeds made from static grass and Fine Turf.
The ground was simply airbrushed with Buff, just like the pre-dusting on the tank. Bark on the palm trees is a base coat of Flat Earth post-shaded with Deck Tan.
Now I'll probably continue by hitting the groundwork with earth-colored enamel washes and then proceed with the trees!
Comments
Amazing work! The tree looks perfect!
Pierre G Salazar
2024-03-29 12:59:03 +0000 UTCthe palm tree looks identical to the one in front of my house, brilliant work
Joxar
2024-03-29 00:11:23 +0000 UTCLooks nice and dusty!
Solomon Hollowell
2024-03-28 13:53:18 +0000 UTCThat already looks super realistic. Yous say you just airbrushed the ground work with buff; does that mean you didn't use a primer and just let the brown tones of the earth textures show through?
David Sutton
2024-03-27 23:33:19 +0000 UTCSo far so good! That palm tree is looking really nice from where I'm sitting.
Joshua Orr
2024-03-27 23:13:04 +0000 UTCFantastic
Travis Coffey
2024-03-27 20:26:27 +0000 UTCLooking good. Love the palm trees with the brown leafs towards the bottom. Not an easy tree to pull off but now I have this sudden craving for coconuts!!
Paul Garrity
2024-03-27 17:18:45 +0000 UTCAwesome project! Love to see a “tutorial” on making palm trees. Tried many times and failed miserably. BTW your scale pallets on the Panda project was prayers answered. Great solution for diorama composition issues if you know what I mean. Would very much like to correspond with you on texture as I have a technique that you may find interesting! Anyway your efforts are inspiring and contributing to a small reduction in the “stash”. Best wishes & highest regards to you.
Dr. Fred Hess
2024-03-27 15:57:58 +0000 UTCNailed it yet again sir. Will need to check the paint stash to see if I have flat green LOVE the palm tree color and matt tone. The bottom frond is so perfect! Love the update!
Bob Yack
2024-03-27 15:44:26 +0000 UTCDamn you uncle nightshift... too good!!!
Michael Obrien
2024-03-27 15:40:46 +0000 UTCAwesome
Mats Andersson
2024-03-27 15:35:47 +0000 UTC
