PzAufklL. I-C "Hans" (Early Production)

I finally got around to finding my memory card today and so I charged up the camera and took some pictures of the walker I finished last week.  This is the early production Hans that comes in the Dust starter set which I split with one of my friends.  I primed this walker at the same time as I did the medium panzer walker and as such I did not have my new airbrush and did not attempt any color modulation.

Even still I don't think any of the colors turned out looking flat or too uninteresting.  For the chipping I mostly used a blister pack sponge piece to dab and a brush to add scratches and larger scuffs.  After that is a rather light highlight to look like the edge of chipped paint. I used a lot of AK Interactive weathering products for this model.  A couple of filters, the brown wash for DAK vehicles, and three of the streaking grimes. After the clear coat I add some MIG Productions pigments for a dusty finish.  Especially on the feet and lower legs.

Here's the front of the model.  The only thing I am unhappy with in these pictures is how the color of the grass shows up as really quite yellow.

More after the break.

Back at it.

So, August went by with very little work on the hobby front.  I spent one night working on a warcaster and a talon light 'jack for our Iron Kingdoms RPG game and then put them aside due to a lack of drive.  After that I went ahead and finished my scratch built Neptune Frigate.

This only took a couple of nights to finish up, but it felt good to finish it up.  After that i started work on an orbital drydock for BFG, got it rough built and not much more.  Felt the need to paint something since I had just scratch built the frigate.

So, a couple of days ago I started working on my Hans light Panzer walker for Dust: Warfare.
The first night was spent doing the filters.  The second night I did chipping and some chipping highlights on all but the legs.  Tonight I finished up the chipping and went on to some washes.  I picked out all of the seams and corners and other details with AK Interactive's Wash for DAK vehicles.  This step is what really brings out the lines and actually helps the colors look much more interesting.

Summer slump

So, it's been quite a while since I last updated this blog.  This is mostly due to some of my other hobbies being weather dependent. I always have less time to paint in the summer but this is probably one of the longest times I have gone without painting anything.  Aside from having less nights to paint, work at the store picks up during the warmer months this tends to take my work ethic out at the knees.  Excuses... excuses

I finally picked up the brush again a few nights ago, but working with power tools and such at the shop has kinda messed up my hand.  I painted for about 5 minutes before the pain was too much and I had to stop.  Right now, I'm going to try and not use my hand as much at work and at home until it starts to feel normal again.

My gaming group is currently playing through a campaign for the Iron Kingdoms RPG and so I have ordered a model for my character and for his warjack.  Hopefully by the time it arrives I can get back to painting and put out a real update.