Catwoman / D4C

[Bill76]

Some pictures of the final assembly. First coat of gray Panzer paint and brown from Prince August paints.

[Bill76]

All the other little parts as levers or lights are painted seperatly.

[Bill76]

I painted some faded and brighter areas with Dark Flesh and Vermin Brown from Cidadel paints.

[Bill76]

The HS and sponge techniques are gonna be used for this first stage of painting. I add some scratches and rusty colors from the Lifecolor ''Rust and Dust'' set. The whole kit is worked with this process.

A coat of Worn effects from AK is sprayed before the yellow paint.

Georges.

[Gordon Ferguson]

Georges,

this is a great little build, and you have done wonders with the basic kit!.

Look forward to seeing how your painting works out

I really must get back and paint my crawler 

[michael mott]

Georges, the model look great it always amazes me when all the different types of materials are unified with colour.

Michael

[Bill76]

Thanks guys for your comments. You're right Gordon : the gray paint is very cool and gives a very different strenght when applied.

I finish the primer paint with a yellow foundation from Citadel. This paint has a good coverage rate and the other forthcoming coats of yellow paints will be easier.

All the acrylic paints are from Prince August. For my first real test of the modulation technique, I choose five different colours : three yellow, white and a brown (cholocate) for the darkest areas. The aim is to create a lot of fading and contrasted shades. They are used straight from the bottle and mixed.

[Bill76]

The main work is on the hood and the canopy. As noticed before, I spray Worn effects from AK on all the parts for weathering.

[Bill76]

The hood shows the various shades made with the airbrush. Fewer layers of paint hane been laid before a good result.

Georges.

[finescalerr]

It is really starting to come together. -- Russ

[Bill76]

@Russ : thanks.

First test : the engine. With warm water, I start the chipping process softly to feel the different reaction between the water and the AK fluid. Good starting. For the moment ...

[Bill76]

Depending the thickness of the paint, the reaction is sometimes a bit surprising and a good control of the brush is needed. A primal scratch operation with brush and toothpick is done in a random way but realistic (I suppose ...) way. It appears rough but this will be less in the next stages.

[Bill76]

Another shot. This operation is very funny and it's very interesting to see how the HS technique is going on. This helps to know how thick or thin the AK fluid must be and how much water or brush work is needed ! Very interesting work.

I try to respect an usual wear on this type of crawlers.

The seat is roughly paint with an black acrylic paint from Citadel.

Georges.

[Malachi Constant]

That's a real nice tractor you've got going there!  Following along & looking forward to the finishes ...

Cheers,
Dallas

[Ray Dunakin]

Looking good!