Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:30 am
by localjedi
I've read about the Ultimate concrete wash. Seems to be a great product, so I'm going to get me one of those. I think I'll try the water effect on another dio. I've already put so many hours into this project that I don't want to ruin it now by noobing around... Where can I see your result of the Italeri fountain?
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:27 pm
by MikeyKb
It got completely mashed in my latest move, sadly
Hamilkar Barkas used it on a chimney for a factory dio that he did, as well. Works wonders.
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:41 pm
by localjedi
MikeyKb wrote: It got completely mashed in my latest move, sadly
Too bad, mate. A least you didn't spend too much money on it. By the way, here's another update for my dio:
I painted the figure sitting on the Sd.Kfz. 222, or "Frankenstein", as felisbarcinonensis called him earlier.
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Along the painting process I gradually took a strange dislike on the figure until I realized why: I know that guy.... Of course!
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It's Dolph Oberreich, former member of the Nazi boygroup "The Blitzkrieg Boys" . Before Dolph left the band to join the Wehrmacht, their biggest hits were "I want it the Führer's way" and "Hitlerjugend one more time".
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Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:49 pm
by localjedi
Dolph's favorite activities are singing, dancing... and of course invading countries.
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I'm not too happy about the fact that Dolph is now sitting right in the middle of my dio, but what can I do?
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He's smugly hanging out on his Sd.Kfz. and ready to check out the hot french mademoiselles...
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Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:56 pm
by MikeyKb
HAHAHAHAHA, the commentary is awesome. Masterbox makes a set of Women during WWII. I have it - still haven't opened it. A few of those lovely ladies would look pretty amazing on here!
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:58 pm
by localjedi
Oh no! Groupies!
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:28 pm
by felisbarcinonensis
Yeah! That's it; Dolph. I knew it. Definitively that face rang a bell!!!
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:27 am
by UKguyInUSA
Wow! I love it....fabulous job, mate!
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:45 pm
by localjedi
Here's the last update on my dio. I've finally found the time to paint the other cavalry man.
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This figure probably didn't turn out as good as the first one, but I really wanted to finish this project so I thought this is good enough.
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I've also added ivy on the stone wall and some more foliage in the background. The stuff is from a company called Mininatur (I think in some countries the company's name is Silflor). GREAT STUFF! Honestly, I've never seen anything this realistic and to scale. If you haven't tried it yet, go get yourself some. It's definitely worth the money.
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Anyhow, so the dio's finished and I can say that I'm very proud of it now. My goals were to arrange the objects in the dio in an interesting way, not to use a flat surface again but go for a rather tilted terrain and to make the whole thing look as realistic as possible. In my opinion I've achieved these goals.
Big thank you to everyone who gave me supporting and constuctive comments. I really enjoyed this. I'll put pictures of the finished dio in the land gallery section and you can watch a slideshow here on youtube:
[youtube]Xqdl5sZQ-HU[/youtube]
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:02 pm
by felisbarcinonensis
Awesome job and great vid! Just subscribed your channel
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:11 pm
by localjedi
Cheers, Felis! I appreciate it.
Re: Tamiya Sd.Kfz. 222 and Dragon Cavalry in France 1/35