Abrams inspired 40K MBT (Patoroch)

I tried airbrushing today... No, not today, not with this ratio of paint/medium/water! Probably not a good idea given the size of pigment particles used in my craft paints.

So back to the brush 1.0 and wet palette this evening!

Layering up the paint. Went too far trying to chip on the turret though. Should have just skipped the process there! I will have to review the chipping process before I tackle the hull and treads.

Finishing up the painting here with the track section and hull. Here is the chipping process and paints I found most useful for this section:



Started with the Ceramcoat Ivory, then used a couple different Valejo paints along the way down to the gun metal. If this vehicle was painted green for a more temperate climate, I might have avoided the gunmetal altogether and gone with rust streaking to reflect the impact of humidity on the exposed steel.

Final assembly! All I need now is some clear coat to seal the paint, and this is wargame table ready!

Final step completed today! Applied a matte varnish to the model and took the finished pictures on my driveway (imagine if you will, a starport tarmac where this adamantium beast has just rolled out of the hold of a massive bulk freighter before heading to the combat zone...).

Zergei619 said:

hello sudsy long time no see. first of all wow dude this papercraft is looking really good hope you can finish it. got a some questions and highlights about your build or papercraft
1) it has my attention that you alongside of your sheat paper beams to reinforce the main body of the papercraft you put some carboard sheets in some sections how you do that im interested in that (see picture)
2) not need to question how to do radiators the pictures are enough tutorials they look awesome.
3) still looking for a screw puncher to do holes in the exhaust like you do
above all else again the model looks good are you plan to paint it?

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So, for my reinforcement on the large flat sections there, I took a thicker card stock (like cereal box, chip board, or if it was big enough 3mm foam core) and cut it smaller than then panel I am attaching to. I measure the inside of the panel and then cut a piece of card 2-5mm smaller than than the panel I attach it to depending on the thickness of the card I am adding and the angle of the folds. I also don't put it on the panels that will have tabs glued to them for obvious reasons. I also follow it up with one of my "L" shaped strips of card which is just a 10mm wide by however long I need strip that is folded at the 5mm point. This is all simulating what I used to do for sheet metal, but on a smaller scale.