1/35 Tamiya Leopard 2 A6

[DC87]

Nice work, very convincing

[Coen]

If we don't try new things Gary we learn very little.
A great experiment my friend. I learned a lot just looking at it.
Well done buddy!!!

[reelmesh]

If we don't try new things Gary we learn very little.
A great experiment my friend. I learned a lot just looking at it.
Well done buddy!!!

I second that, I really like the camo net, to me it looks really good, I'll have to try that in a future build.

Love the Leopard 2, good job!

[andreb87]

your leo looks very good! our instructors always told us to avoid straight lines and to put the camo exactly there! so your attempt on the barrel was exactly the right thing! you can camouflage the leo as good as you want but if there is a 4 meter long straight line every trained eye will see the vehicle within seconds because in nature there are as good as no straight lines! i really like the camo! the colors match perfectly the nato 3 tone pattern!

[HWGuderian23]

Excellent work on the camo net Gary ! It turns out very nice mate .

[garywintin]

Thank you all...

Coen - I'm glad my noobish works were good enough for you sir... I am honored

[Dunhill2005]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give me the keys and I would drive away!!!

[Nige201980]

WOW great work mate looks so real

[garywintin]

Hello gents .....

I got myself here, the latest update to my Leo2 before I launch it ...

I painted and finished the crew -


My figure painting skills sucks big time and almost all my previous figures had this very wide eyes. I can now put on eye-lids and these two didn't come out very wide-eyed although the skin tones are not that good yet. I have to admit, I'm slowly getting the hang of figure painting.

Those two figures will go on the tank like so -


The figures went though some surgery and modifications to get those pose.
After that, I went ahead and put in the Long Grass that I have bought and never managed to use it.




From the way I put them up, they looks like whiskers to me ... A very happy coincidence.
I took a quick look and I thought the baskets could use some stuffs in them so I went ahead and put in some stuffs I bought from Value Gear -




Another quick look made me rather dis-satisfied with a lack of foliage on the rear of the turret. Thus, with a lot of moaning and whining to myself for having to do more tedious stuffs, I braved through and put these on and was satisfied -







After that, it was time to get dirty. Literally. My hands and Tshirt were stained brown from all those pigments.
I tried plaster for the first time to get some nice clumps of mud/earth. I mixed plaster and pigments and acrylic resins and I got really nice hard clumps.






so, that's about it folks.... this is the end of this work in progress. I need to go over a few small touch ups and after that, I will launch it. The finished photoshoot will up in a day or two ( or even later as I'm busy these days )

Thanks for the supports and encouragements on this WIP.

Until the next update guys...

[rm6239]

Gary

Love the work you've put in on this mate, I do like the camo pattern you have painted on your figures, very hard to do. I think the secret to figure painting is to just keep working on them, at least that's what I tell myself.

I hope you haven't purchased that Withered leaves set from Plus Models, I recently purchased it and was very disappointed with the number of leaves in each container, you could almost count them on your fingers.

cheers

Rossco

[garywintin]

Gary

Love the work you've put in on this mate, I do like the camo pattern you have painted on your figures, very hard to do. I think the secret to figure painting is to just keep working on them, at least that's what I tell myself.

I hope you haven't purchased that Withered leaves set from Plus Models, I recently purchased it and was very disappointed with the number of leaves in each container, you could almost count them on your fingers.

cheers

Rossco

Hey Rossco ...

Well, I didn't get the withered one.. I got the normal oak ones and like you said, the amount of leaves are just .... ugh... such a small amount ... and to think, I had to pay £4.99 for just that amount of leaves ... oh well ....

[HWGuderian23]

Wow! Stunning work Gary ! The paintjob on the crew is fabulous my friend .
Very well done

[reelmesh]

That Leo is looks really good, I love the little details and stowage you've added, they really make the difference.

I know what you're going through with the figures, but the camo is really nice and the rest will get there in time. Though I really like to add figures to my dioramas, painting them is my least favourite part of the build, it takes a ton of time and trial and error to get to a satisfying result but one must persevere and you did that so well.

Remember practice makes perfect!

Love the whiskers!

Keep up the good work!

[AchtungPanzer]

Good work Gary , but i dont like the branchs ...For me not to much leafs on limbs (turret) . Give more, and will be better - for me , but this is not my model its your model .

[garywintin]

Wow! Stunning work Gary ! The paintjob on the crew is fabulous my friend .
Very well done

Thanks brother ... it was touch and go for me .. but I pulled through ...

That Leo is looks really good, I love the little details and stowage you've added, they really make the difference.

I know what you're going through with the figures, but the camo is really nice and the rest will get there in time. Though I really like to add figures to my dioramas, painting them is my least favourite part of the build, it takes a ton of time and trial and error to get to a satisfying result but one must persevere and you did that so well.

Remember practice makes perfect!

Love the whiskers!

Keep up the good work!

Thanks man ... Figure painting is just a pain in the back side and I just can't get it right ... but like you said - perseverance ....

Good work Gary , but i dont like the branchs ...For me not to much leafs on limbs (turret) . Give more, and will be better - for me , but this is not my model its your model .

Hey man .. thanks ... Me, I like to try out things ... gets out of my comfort zone and improve myself... I don't particularly like doing something that will hide or change the profile/image of a vehicle but like I said, I want to try everything so I just went ahead and did that