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Ready for paints!

My friends, the Sicaran tank is ready for painting. In fact, it's already broken down and covered with Mr. Mahogany primer at the moment :)

You might've noticed that it doesn't have a comman...

It's beefy!

My friends, here's some progress I made until Friday. As it turned out, the tank is actually quite big! Assembling the hull was more fun than the track sponsons because there was much more variety ...

Let's get this show on the road

My friends, yesterday I started working on the Warhammer 40K Sicaran Battle Tank. I did a full assembly on one of the sponsons where I tested ideas and approached it more like a concept. Then I dup...

Early video

Just like the old days, my friends! Going to sleep at 4 AM just to finish it in time! :D

Sadly, I didn't manage to film the intro in time. But you're not missing much, just me making a coupl...

Finished

My friends, here's the finished diorama. It was SO. MUCH. FUN. from start to finish! I'm hoping for more similar projects in the future!

But right now, it's time for the next project, the Wa...

HD photos

Now you'll have a nice collection of BEFORE and AFTER shots, unpainted and painted :)

Almost there!

My friends, we're almost done, just the lamp post remains.

The most off-putting part was painting the rail ballast, but it wasn't that bad! I sprayed it with Deck Tan and gave the whole patc...

Pancake ready, base underway

My friends, the loco is finished using the same methods as the cabin.

After the wash I proceeded with natural scatter in the corners fixed with Balladt Freeze, then some airbrushed dust with...

Chipping away at the exterior!

My friends, the outside of the pancake locomotive is coming along steadily. I'm using the same methods as on the inside, it's just a bigger area to work with :) As a result, I spent more time on so...

That might do just fine!

My friends, the interior was a quick job and more of a testing ground for the ideal techniques.

The chipping was done with hairspray, and most of the rust effects are painted with an airbrus...

Off to the painting booth!

My friends, here's the completed scene ready for painting.

I included more animals from the Mantis Miniatures set - a rat, and a couple of pigeons. The dumpster with the cat had some casting...

HD photos

It would be a crime not to photograph the entire scene in its raw state :)

This is becoming the most fun diorama ever

My friends, I've been working on the scene since Friday and it's close to being ready.

A circular base was the best option here because just like the VW Beetle, it allows you to observe the ...

After som metal work

My friends, the pancake train is finished and ready for painting! But before that, I'm going to construct the diorama as well! Firstly because it's fun to get all the construction steps out of the ...

Tall boi gets taller

My friends, most of the basic construction is now done. What remains are some details and parts made from copper foil - the roof and some improvised weather shields seen in the original photo.

Let's go!

My friends, here are the initial construction steps on the rusty Breuer IV rail shunter.

The undercarriage needed a lot of filling and sanding, and also some tedious work due to the nature o...

Early video

Fresh off the press, enjoy!

HD pictures

The final dot after this project! :) Well, except for the diorama video that comes out for you tomorrow! :)

What's cooking?

Well, my friends, here's the next subject: a rusty pancake locomotive (an old rail shunter) from AK!

Here I want to have fun with the rust effects, faded paint, my first work with a railroad...

Finished!

My friends, this long project is finally at its end. As a finishing touch to the diorama, I added a bunch of paper plants from AK and Model Scene, and, of course, two very important background char...

After some brush treatment...

My friends, the vignette is almost ready. At this point, I just have to make some finishing touches, add a few more details, and paint the monkeys in the background. A baby monitor lizard is alread...

After a few hours of airbrushing...

My 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 Ta...

Vegetation

My friends, here's the vignette ready for painting! The additional palm leaves still didn't arrive (probably tomorrow) but in the meantime I can focus on airbrushing all the foliage on the ground! ...

Rumble in the jungle

My friends, this is a story all about how I ruined an entire diorama and had to make another one!

It's also a good tale about the importance of good composition! And even though both scenes ...

Early video

Happy Easter! Happy Spring! Happy, Happy Everything!

Easter eggs... a little bit too early, but just in time!

My friends, here's a quick fun project I've been planning each year, but never found the time because I was always behind schedule. 

I mean, it's just for laughs and giggles.... but I ac...

Early video

Enjoy and let me know your thoughts! 

This time I tried to implement a few "live entries" from the studio with my thoughts. As I found out, my studio has terrible acoustics so I had to m...

HD photos

My friends, the video is ready and although this must've been the most complex video edit (you should've seen the different audio/video channels in the project file 😂) I managed to finish it rat...

Sun’s out, guns out

My friends, the crew is ready, and boy, painting them long arms is the hardest job ever!

It’s hard to believe, but this concludes the Sherman and I can now put the video together and then ...

Figure painting warm-up

My friends, the driver is ready and he doesn’t look stoked 😂

It seems that the goggles should’ve had a green tint but my bottle of clear green dried up, so I went with the next best t...