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"La Nueve" Gets Some Detail
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Genesis of an Army:
Painting "La Nueve"
By Mike Haught
As week four rolled by, I realised that I hadn't spent a lot of time with "La Nueve". I found myself at the point in a project where you really don't want to keep going, but you're not quite sick of the project yet. I needed a little inspiration and it turns out that all I needed was a side project: a platoon of Panthers!
So, I mixed in a German platoon to add a little colour to my painting schedule. After working on that for a few hours, I felt ready to work on "La Nueve"!
Then, I put bush to model on the La Nueve project and brought them up to the pre-superdetail stage.
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I wanted to bring the vehicles up to what I call the "Decal Stage" when I'll add decals (obviously), stowage and crew. This included a quick dry-brush followed by painting tracks, tools and internal details.
I dusted each vehicle with a very light dry-brush of Dry Dust (FWP364) to pick out details. I followed this up with a light magic wash using Vallejo's Smoke (939). Smoke is a great wash to use when you are going for a gritty look because it is brown and contains very fine particulates. This adds the level of oil and grime present on all tanks and trucks in operation.
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Next, I moved onto the tracks and wheels because once you have those done, the model starts looking like the real thing. I used Panzer Grey (FWP303) for the rubber tracks and wheels and Dark Gunmetal (FWP480) for the track-links. For the tools, I used Dark Gunmetal and Battlefield brown (FWP324) for the handles.
I just noticed in the picture to the left that I could really use some help painting wheels... Anyway, something to fix. A wise painter once told me that all painting is is a series of correcting mistakes until you're done. Makes messing up easier to cope with!
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After Casey took the picture to the right, I noticed that not only do I fail at painting wheels, but can't I actually glue them on properly. Seriously, the Greyhound armored car is really designed to be idiot proof, but apparently not Mike-proof...
I wonder how labor-intensive it will be to fix them?
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Interestingly, the Priest is proving to be my favorite vehicle in this army. I'm looking forward to finishing them up with crew, stowage and other details!
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End of Week 4!
Ive got another lot of half-tracks and a few shermans to get up to this stage before piling into the detail work! Then, I'm on to the infantry!
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