My way in to historical
The Germans are coming!!!
Painting the Panzer IV
So here I am again.. Stand by for the ramble!
So.. I started the Germans from Hit the Beach. I think that they are put together really well, the plastic was easy to trim etc.
I coated the tanks in dark sand, about four coats, I am finding that Vallejo paints don’t cover as well as the Citadel paint that I am used to.
Once dry I tried to get a decent representation of the camo scheme that the Germans used in the late war. I’m not a history buff by any means so I had to google a lot!
On looking at the colours I found them a bit on the light side so I gave it a generous coat of a sepia wash to try and get it a bit darker. This I think worked a treat!
I then hit all the tank with a dry brush of the dark sand again to try and pick out the bits. I then point washed all the hatches, hinges and rivets with Nuln Oil and dry brushed the tracks with gun metal. Then for the final step, with help from the old YouTube I used my rust pigments around the base of the tracks. The result? OK I think. I’ll let you be the judge!
All the PanzersThere you have it.. I was going to start the sentence with So.. But I know i do that quite a lot so I’ll have to keep an eye on that one.
Next is the gun team and the Infantry.. They are soooooooooo small!!!
Let me know what you think of the models, I can defiantly use some advice from you guys. If anyone actually reads these things I post.
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