Creating a Packard Mk I Walker

[Ithoriel]

Looking good, cammo scheme works really well.

[Terry37]

Just a little verbal update, and I hope to have a picture tomorrow. Today I finished the first cut at the black outlining, and as I was expecting, it took more than a few hours of painting black lines and touching up, and painting black lines, etc. etc. etc. But it is looking good and so far I am quite pleased with the results.

In addition, I have been working on a Pendraken Renault FT17 to also go with the army and the base coats on the camo scheme on it are finished as well, so I'll include a picture of it too. The scheme is a unique one with four colors from hew book on French armor camouflage - dark olive green, light green, reddish brown and sand. This scheme from the source is not outlined in black or I would be doing it as well. So actually I think it is closer to being ready for a wash and the highlights and details done than the walker.

But please understand, both models are very much still works in progress.

Terry

[Terry37]

It's a rainy, cold, dark, overcast day here so I had to use artificial lighting to take this picture, but it will still give an idea of how the walker is looking with the black edging done.



I also included the little Renault FT17 with the cast turret that I started working on yesterday. please understand that both tanks are still very much works in progress.
More to follow soon,

Terry

[Roy]

they look good though 

[Steve J]

Look damn fine to me

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great job there.

[toxicpixie]

Looking good, although I must say I prefer the Renault!

[Ithoriel]

I like them both but the walker is particularly splendid, IMHO!

[Techno]

Looking very good.......Hope we'll see it in 'better light', soon !

Cheers - Phil

[Terry37]

Gentlemen, first off, thank you for all of your very kind comments. I am having a very enjoyable time working on this army, and especially the walker element for it. No work done on the model today, but I thought I might share a few insights on it.

The white, although it looks very white in the photos, is an off white hobby store paint called "oyster white". When ever possible I use an off white so I can later go back and highlight with a pure white.

The same for black. It is really another hobby paint called "charcoal", which does give a nice softer black appearance. Then again I can go back with pure black for shadows and use a medium-gray to medium-dark-gray for highlights. I seldom use a pure white or black.

Since I only had a side view of the railroad gun to work from my goal was to try and have all five colors of the camo showing on each plane - front, back and sides. The green dominates on the sides, the brown and violet on the front and back.

When I do shadows and highlights by hand I use very, very thin washes and darken or lighten as fits the location/area being done. I also use Vallejo washes which I mix various ones to achieve a color I like.  I'm still deciding about how to go about that on the walker, but also expect I will use a thin wash and then have to go back and really highlight the base colors so as not to loose the look which I really like.

The walker is very close to being finished with only the machine gun being painted olive drab to represent a US Army Browning, the forward light silver or metallic blue and the exhaust pipe progressive shades of burnt-orange and red brown. Once done I'll paint the washes, which since I use an extender to allow the inks to really settle in the deeper recesses requires an overnight drying time. Then I paint any shadows that still need doing and all of the highlights. I will also paint the base the color for the base coat of the basing, and then hit it with a couple coats of clear for protection.

However, I won't actually sculpt the base for it until the entire army is done so I can achieve a constant look for the army.

OK, guess that it, just a few steps I go through.More to follow,

Terry

[fred.]

Looking good - have you tried using a pen for the black lining? I've had some success with this, but it can snuggle with the undulations of the model.

I like the FT17, the addition of the light green, changes the look quite a lot from the more typically seen 3 colour camo.

[Terry37]

OK, the painting is done on both the walker and the FT17, so here are a few pictures to share them with you. I'll spray them probably later tonight to protect the paint work in play, and glue them to their bases (I use Litko-Arrow 3 MM plywood bases, which I like as it gives me a base deep enough to pick up with out having to over handle the figure). I will not do anything further to either model however until the rest of the army is painted so I can do all the bases at one time. I do keep records of paints used for all figures and basing I do so if I ever have to go back I can match the color, but still prefer doing all the bases for an army at one time for consistency sake.

I am also probably going to add playing card emblems to both or at least to the  walker, but that would be done after the first clear coat, semi-gloss, is done. That way the carrier film on the decal will not show when I spray the matte coat of clear.







Also, for those interested, here is the source for the 4 color scheme on the Renault FT17.



I'll be back to this thread when the basing is done.

Terry

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those look excellent

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[Terry37]

Thanks Guys, I am really pleased with how they have turned out. I will say that a lot of the "too bold" highlights will soften when the clear coats area applied. Took a while to catch on to that and then to account for it in my painting. I will probably post another picture shortly after I've applied the decals and final matte coat.

Terry