Final pictures

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3 July 2014, 18:03

Leandro Krindges
Soberb job! Congrats!

3 July 2014, 18:08

Heico van der Heide
Thank you Leandro.

3 July 2014, 18:15

Leandro Krindges
That backpacks look so real.

3 July 2014, 18:16

Heico van der Heide
Yes, the Black Dog bag set is really stunning.

3 July 2014, 18:21

Gábor Bélik
Very nice!

3 July 2014, 18:22

Murad ÖZER
HOAH! 👍

3 July 2014, 19:54

Mike Kryza
Great 👍👍👍

3 July 2014, 19:56

Albi Hitz
Hell yeah!!! .... wow cool ... very nice build and very nice paint and weathering ... inspiring!

3 July 2014, 20:05

Alan Rush
Looks great Heico! The weathering and desert dust look realistic to me. I especially like the coolers and the detail of the single bottle lying by the cupola. The taxi sign is a nice touch! 👍 🙂

3 July 2014, 23:05

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys. Im glad you like it! 🙂

4 July 2014, 09:15

Eelco Gregoire
Nice job Heico! I'm looking forward to see it in real at the meeting.

5 July 2014, 13:05

Frank Krause
Hups, I missed that! Great job, Heiko! 👍 I love the "busy" look with all that equipment.

5 July 2014, 13:15

Heico van der Heide
Thanks gents! Eelco, looking forward to the meeting!

5 July 2014, 18:32

Barry Lloyd
Really great detailing - good to see the crew as they're often missed out on tank models!

5 July 2014, 18:42

Urban Gardini
Love it mate!

5 July 2014, 18:59

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys! Barry, usually i don't do figures but the sunglasses made it work for me.

6 July 2014, 08:34

Barry Lloyd
Yes - sunglasses or goggles make the job easier! I wish there were more modern tank figures available though.

6 July 2014, 19:04

Heico van der Heide
Never looked at it. Perhaps some resin ones available? I know Meng has an IDF set for instance in plastic.

6 July 2014, 20:02

Clifford Keesler
Awesome!.

6 July 2014, 21:30

Thorsten Drescher
Wow....looks good. Good job Heico. 👍

6 July 2014, 22:37

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys! Appreciate it!

7 July 2014, 18:38

Mike R
Ohhh man o man o man ... very nice kit! I have one in the wings, but seeing one completed ... great job!!

1 August 2014, 17:20

Dieter Bihlmaier
Cool! Love the taxi sign.

1 August 2014, 21:54

Hunter Cummins
How did you weather this ?? Can you pm me and tell me the paintimg process and the weathering stages and how you did it?? I am new to modern armor and I love how you did it
great job 👍

1 August 2014, 23:58

scalemates
👍

2 August 2014, 06:18

Anthony Flanagan
👍

2 August 2014, 06:33

Heico van der Heide
I want to thank all of you for your comments. It's pleasing to see that so many like my Abrams 🙂
Hunter: I'll just type it here if that's ok with you. That way other people may be benefited too 😉

* I started with a brown/earth base colour, the next step was painting it with Modelmaster Acrylic 4812 Us army Sand leaving a bit of preshade.
* Then i went for fading the middle of the panels with some Tamiya XF-55 and Vallejo 075 sand.
* After glosspaint and decals etcetera i applied a brown wash to make the deeper parts like the panel lines stick out more.
* And then some pigments were used to make it a bit more 'dusty'.
* Finally i did a drybrush with a lighter colour than the US sand from modelmaster to make the rivets and bolts etc pop out some more. I believe is used Vallejo Iraqi sand for this.

If you have any more question don't hesitate asking!

2 August 2014, 14:00

Hunter Cummins
9erfect
I will definatly benifit from this
thank youverymuch

2 August 2014, 14:25

Heico van der Heide
Good to hear that! Good luck with praticing 🙂

2 August 2014, 21:21