That's fantastic! You have inspired me to paint mine.
Please excuse my ignorance, but is that unpainted one the colour these ship in now? I have blue ones, a colour similar to GW's Shadow Grey. This looks more like the "BattleLore grey".
These are the Tigers that come with the "Tigers In The Snow" battle map (and are used in all four of the included scenarios - two overlord, two standard).
These were molded in a gray similar to the Battlelore figures and are a fair bit bigger than the blue-gray tanks from the standard game (probably about half-again as big). This isn’t a perfect comparison shot but it does show both figures in frame:
That's fantastic. How long does that take per tank? I can't imagine the total time investment!
I wouldn't have thought that each tank would take evry long at all. The techniques used are simple. I would say perhaps 30 mins per tank, including drying time. Of course, this becomes manageable if you do a lot of the tanks in one go.
This great "step by step" pictures shows us (non painters) how difficult it is. This is really lots to do even if You are painting "simple" tank.
Thanks for this lesson.
My understanding is that drybrushing is pretty easy compared to other methods. The idea is that the details and crevices naturally attract paint, so it looks like you took the brush and hand detailed every single bit on the tank. There's a lot of easy paint step-by-step things I've seen on BGG. I'd like to try the dipping method sometime where you just dip the piece into a stain (some people use just diluted ink from an inkpen) and shake it off, again the paint naturally goes to the details and crevices, so it looks good.
Keep in mind that not every tank has to look 100% the same, and its ok if you get a little too much paint in one area or too little in another, it will just look extra rusted there, or not much rusted there
Note: I'm not saying this to detract from the job here, its a fantastic job. I'm just saying that it's not as hard as some people think from what I've read about it (from my understanding).
Perhaps some people with more painting experiance can chime in?
This great "step by step" pictures shows us (non painters) how difficult it is. This is really lots to do even if You are painting "simple" tank.
Thanks for this lesson.
My understanding is that drybrushing is pretty easy compared to other methods. The idea is that the details and crevices naturally attract paint, so it looks like you took the brush and hand detailed every single bit on the tank. There's a lot of easy paint step-by-step things I've seen on BGG. I'd like to try the dipping method sometime where you just dip the piece into a stain (some people use just diluted ink from an inkpen) and shake it off, again the paint naturally goes to the details and crevices, so it looks good.
Keep in mind that not every tank has to look 100% the same, and its ok if you get a little too much paint in one area or too little in another, it will just look extra rusted there, or not much rusted there
Note: I'm not saying this to detract from the job here, its a fantastic job. I'm just saying that it's not as hard as some people think from what I've read about it (from my understanding).
Perhaps some people with more painting experiance can chime in?
You're correct. While what he did required alot of skill and practice, drybrushing is considered one of the easier painting techniques, at least in the group I model and paint with and others I've spoken with.
While what he did required alot of skill and practice
Actually, I haven't painted any miniatures before... or painted anything else for that matter (okay, I've painted three little miniatures to test my newly bought paint on... my first acrylics ever, which I got the same day I got M'44), and the first thing I did were my Panzer IV (then came the Shermans, and then the Tigers). I've read a lot about the different techniques before I've started, but it really IS easy. It might help if you have an idea of how you want it to look before you start painting, but to me even this idea was quite faint, as I had no idea how those colors I bought would look on the models, and act together.
The drybrushing step took the longest, as it is usually just used to highlight any of the protruding details (so that the little paint that's in the brush sticks to them). So, having to cover the whole thing with paint this way takes a while. Still, it's quite easy, as you don't have to watch out too much and can be sloppy. I just knew that I didn't want the tracks to be as strongly colored as the rest of the chassis, so I put only little paint on them. The "dirt/rust-pass" was just slapping some brown paint here and there (well, okay, you might think a bit about where the dirt would go if you drive a tank, but again, I wasn't too exact with it).
The "wash" part is actually quite similar to that "dipping" you're talking about. But instead of dipping the whole tank in a can of this "wash" (which is basically very thin paint), you just fill your brush with it and slap it on. Again, no need to think about anything, just put that wash aaaall over the model. The nice thing with that stuff is, that it runs into the little crevices on the model, while running off of most of the flatter areas. Once dried, it just darkens the crevices, making the paint job look very detailed, although you really didn't do anything to it.
The "detail" step is really fast. It basically simulates the paint being chipped off from protruding areas, or any scratches in the paint revealing the metal beneath it. This is just drybrushing silver paint on any sharp edges (or surfaces you want to look metallic). Plus it helped me make the tracks look more metallic (as those were still quite dark). This step took maybe 1 minute per tank, max.
What slowed me down a bit though when painting these (especially the Tigers, since there were only six of them) was, that I already had in mind doing those little "step by step"-tutorial-photos of it. That meant that afterwards I had to go back and prime the first model, drybrush the first and the second one, put rust/dirt on the first, second and third model and so on. With the other tanks it was a little easier, because after all you're doing each step for ALL the models you have before moving on to the next step. This makes it a bit faster. I think I've finished all Panzers and Shermans in 10 or 15 hours altogether (not in one sitting though). The Tigers probably took 3 hours or so.
I've already started doing the supply trucks and finished my first batch of (12) US soldiers. Those take considerably longer though, since they are so small, and I can't just cover the whole thing with only one color. I have to paint all those little areas. like faces, guns and shoes separately. But slapping the wash on in the end again makes it look so much better already. I'll post a step-by-step guide for those as well.
But, to sum all this blah up: It is a lot easier than it looks (and easier than the result might suggest).
See anyone can paint miniatures . . . very well done for a novice Han. Painting the infantry your could apply your slap and go . . . err, dry-brush technique until step 4, paint in the flesh, weapons and straps then wash. Best of luck in this new aspect of the hobby.
I havent played with those tanks, but it seems to me they are way to big for the gamingboard, even the regular tanks are rather big, especially if it is a 4 unit unit.
I havent played with those tanks, but it seems to me they are way to big for the gamingboard, even the regular tanks are rather big, especially if it is a 4 unit unit.
Tiger tanks are 1 figure per unit. They are compensated by requiring all hits to be rerolled and then at least one rerolled hit has to be a hit to kill it.
. Just some dunkelgelb, weathering and wash. Result is down here.
