Verthandi - Done Painting

Now I just have to mount her to the base and take care of any touch-ups.. here's a teaser.

Verthandi - Weapons

I've been home sick the past couple days, so I used some of my time to do a little painting to the shield and axe.  I started on the sword's sheath, but I think i'm done for the night.

Verthandi Update!

Since I left off, i've done quite a bit of painting to her.  Her body section is mostly done, just the hair to go.  I also painted her cloak, which came out better than I thought it would.  After the hair, it'll just be the shield and axe.. and the groundwork I guess.. still trying to decide if I want to mount her on a proper base or just on this metal display that she came with.

Panzer III - On the move

I'm still not 100% done with my Panzer, but I took it out to the park for a drive today.  It seems the internal antenna isn't good enough, so i'm gonna have to do something about that.. other than that, it seems to run ok.  It had a rough time over some rocky sand, which made it throw a track once, but that can be avoided with some careful driving.

Panzer III - Weathering

Finally the fun stuff.  Making the model look used.  Desert tanks took a lot of abuse from the elements.  I've seen reference where a lot of the paint is worn off.  This might look like overkill, but it's actually not too bad.. this is all done with Vallejo acrylic paint and a little paint brush.

 

The tools were painted to look like wood.. hard to tell in this pic.. the flash was a little too bright.

 

 

Next up..weathering the lower hull.

Panzer III - base coat

Not much of an update, but I painted the base coat and most of the markings this weekend.  Also added a little weathering to the tracks with Mig pigments.  Next step, put the grills on and weathering begins!

Panzer III.. ready for paint

I added the front track holder, more tool detail, rear rack, glued in the cannon, weld seams on the turret, some metal grab handles, commander's cupola, soldered some wires inside that had broken off, and made an external (fake) antenna that rotates up and down like the real one..

upper hull is ready for paint.