Bolt Action - German Tiger 1 - Finished

I have added washes to the details, mostly my mix of brown and black in a 60/40 ratio. I find this a great all round wash for just about anything.

I have experimented with a slightly darker background for the picture as I found the blue tends to skew the colours when I use my phone camera.

Sorry the last picture is slightly out of focus.

Vitor

Bolt Action - German Tiger 1 - WIP3

So I have finally managed to get both time and motivation to do some more painting and I can say that it felt so good to put paint to brush after such a long layoff.

I have completed the dry brushing, first pass over with Middlestone and the second with Bleached Bone.

I have also started to paint in the details as you can see with the tracks and tank commander.

Next to complete the deatils and add the washes .

Vitor

Bolt Action - German Tiger 1 - WIP2

I have manged to get a bit more hobby time and have been working on the camoflage scheme.

The base brown camouflage was a 50/50 mix of Middlestone and Chocolate Brown and a 70/30 Chocolate Brown and Middlestone mix for the center part of the camouflage.

The green was a 50/50 mix of Reflective Green and Middlestone as a base then a 70/30 mix of Reflective Green and Middlestone for the center of the camouflage.

All that is left to do is paint the details like tracks etc.

Vitor

Bolt Action - German Tiger 1 - WIP

My next model in my Bolt Action force is the mighty Tiger 1. I call this the big cat because from the outset until the end of the war it was feared by all opposition. There were arguably better and bigger cats but this was the first and most iconic big cat.

The model from warlord is a plastic kit which was easy to put together and looks really good.

I aim to paint it in the same scheme as this picture which is based on the famous Tank Commander Michael Wittmann.

For this model I started off with a black primer, followed by a base coat of Middlestone.

Next a heavy wash of my Brown/Black wash (60/40mix).

Then a drybrush with Middlestone again.

 Next up completing the camouflage and the rest of the details.

Vitor