4 wheels, 2 hp driven wagon

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Steve Hutchinson
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4 wheels, 2 hp driven wagon

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This is my 4 wheeled GB entry
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It fits in with my current painting projects quite nicely, and painting better woodwork is a skill I hope to gain :roll:
The wagon build, it didn't take very long, in fact the time of 2 recent rugby internationals
the bits
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done
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figures and horses are off the sprues and heads being chosen from my hornet heads stash

More to come, soon?

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Nice one Steve! :D High powered transportation indeed :lol:

I just bough the cart without figures to maybe use it in my planed diorama...so would this fit in both categories of the GB? :lol:


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Great idea for the GB Steve. :) That's a lot of figures to paint as well.

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Masterbox does pretty well with their horse drawn stuff. A see the big pile of stretched sprue in the background. Planning to use those as reins?

How do the horses look? I've noticed that just like any human figure, you can improve a lot of the edges around harnesses and tack with scribing.
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Thanks chaps

Go for it Raoul, its a 90 minute build, 85 minutes on clean up 5 minutes construction :lol:

Vincent, there maybe even more figures as I am trying to step up my figure painting for 2015, I haven't decided if they are all prisoners on the Eastern front, or escaping the battle :?

John, I have the Max Longhurst DVD for horse construction and painting, which was a real inspiration to have a go a some horses, the sprue is actually for all the additional weld seams on the Stug A/B, I had used the sprue from the wagon kit as it is beige against the Stug grey plastic, so I can see what I have done :roll:

Reins will be either flattened solder, or foil strips, I will scribe the horse tack as I don't fancy having to replace it all, just "lift it" ;)

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A small update

the wagon has been primed with car primer from a rattle can
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and the first figure scribed and sealed ready from primer, with the hornet head
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it is the 2nd from the right on the box cover of the German captives, I think :roll:
The hornet head does need a hat and is 1/2 way through painting, along with some others
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Glutton for punishment :lol: :lol:

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Original choice but it has really 4 wheels so it fits the GB ;)
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Excellent scribe work on the figure. Painting faces en masse is always the best way to go when you've got a lot of them.
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You are bound and determined to master this figure thing. I don't kown how you do it.

I started to build a figure to do a painting SBS but my motivation has flown the coupe for some reason. Once I get it build I will post some pics.

Great idea with the white dry brushing over the black on the heads. I remember that from Calvin Tans book. Forgot about it though. Will do it for sure with this SBS. It really brings out the eye detail which I have a hard time seeing with just the primer,

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Spot on Shawn

you will feel the need for plastic eventually, life is taking a priority at the moment and we can fully understand why.

I am dedicating 2015 to getting my figure/head painting to a consistent level and have adjusted the GB to suit :roll: ;)

The blending from shadow to highlight is the big mystery and every book I have, sort of skates over this as the big secret that no one wants to share fully.

It is also a glaze and filter minefield too :roll:

I have started to use a glazing medium rather than just water as it seems to keep a consistency with the acrylic paint mix better when using a wet palette.

I have finally come to the conclusion than you need to work in one direction from shadow to highlight rather than trying to do both from a "medium" base.

It is a leap of faith though, as it doesn't look right until you are getting to the end of the work, which is another secret than is not regularly shared :evil:

The likes of Tan, Kovacs, Bannerman, just some of the authors I have collected all have a "system" that works for them, and that is one of the bigger secrets

find out what works for you, and when it looks right in your eyes

STOP

only 12 more to do :lol: :lol:

and 2 horses too 8-)

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