Some Winter Pictures- WW2 Armor

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:14 pm

Here is an example of what can be seen at the link below. I have done up some pictures, taking advantage of the sun and snow. Enjoy

TJ

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immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:19 pm

Are those 1/18 or 1/32 vehicles?

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:30 pm

The Tiger I is a 21st century 1:18 scale tank repaint. The Pzkw IVs (FOV) and the US scene with a 21st Chaffee and an FOV Sherman and Halftrack are 1:32.

TJ

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:32 pm

I thought the Chaffee was a 1/32 since I would've been surprised if there was a 1/18 scale Chaffee that I missed out on.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:19 pm

That is some very fine work!! Nice use of the BoB figures and their customizations as well as the use of your background terrain.

When some snow finally falls in the Sierra Nevada mountains (afterall, I live in California where it never snows), I'll have to go up to my family's house and try to take some similar shots.

Great work.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:52 pm

Bada$$!!! Those are some of the most realistic outdoor shots I have seen so far. Well done!

-Ski

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:49 pm

Excellent pic! I had to look hard to tell they were actual 1:18 scale and not real!

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:43 am

krieglok

Excellent work mate. I`ve had to save those onto my puter as i liked them so much & may copy one or two myself.

The Panzer MK IV,you make the skirt yourself ? as it looks great with the uneveness of the pieces of skirt.

Excellent work mate.

Ja
Steel Bonnet

mondaytanker · Post by **mondaytanker** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:53 am

damn! those are good!

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:02 pm

Thanks for the nice comments. The PZKW IV`s are actually 1:32 scale FOV right out of the box.Your comment started me thinking about doing a winter scheme IV with the shot up skirts in 1:18. Thanks for the idea. The 1:18 Tiger is one I painted a couple years ago and the figures are BOB men with some body part swaps. I was trying to workout a "forced perspective" shot using the smaller scale in the background, so to get a depth and larger size effect. Maybe soon...
Thanks again.

TJ

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:26 pm

Looks great! The only thing missing is maybe an abandoned M3 Halftrack on the side of the road, being passed by the Tiger.

I like that camo scheme of your Tiger, it reminds me of some sPzAbt. 508 Tigers in Italy.

I'm also planning of making some sideskirts for my XD Panzer IV, but I want it to be removable, so gluing skirts on the hooks is out of the question. I got the skirts all ready but still trying to figure out how to mount it properly.

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:41 pm

I think the skirts should have hoops on the back(looking like grabhandles) that would slide over the triangular points on the skirt rail. They were designed to hang like that so they would fall off if the tank was hung up by them on some obstruction. The skirts had a bumper that was at the height of the top track fender and gravity would cause the shield to tip out at the top giving them some downward slope as well as clearence for the turret to rotate.

TJ

ARMY GROUP 1 · Post by **ARMY GROUP 1** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:48 pm

IN AUSTRALIA WE HAVE A PLASTIC PUTTY CALLED BLUE TACK WHICH USING LITTLE BITS ALL THE WAY ALONG THE MARK 1V RAIL, I HAVE ATTACHED THE SIDE SKIRTS. ITS STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD IN PLACE, BUT EASILY REMOVED WITH A SLIGHT GENTLE FORCE & IS NOT VISIBLE. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE PHOTOS IS THE BACK DROP WHICH LOOKS IN SCALE WITH THE TANKS & LOOKS THE PART. ALL I CAN FIND IN MY GARDEN IS WEEDS TO SET UP MY SCENE.

wise690 · Post by **wise690** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:52 pm

Nice job! That first pic looks very realistic.

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:59 am

I made a 2 1/2 foot square base using sand and basic model railroad supplies. I made some dead trees using twigs from the backyard. To tie in the real snow scene behind my house, I sprinkled plaster around the scene. It was all glued down after spraying everything with water and detergent mixed and then spraying with a mixture of white glue and water in a spray bottle. The trick of the background is to place the display up high enough to just have background woods(which are about 100 feet from the diorama)and sky behind the subject. Depending on the light conditions, you can move the diorama around until there is a background that you like. The further away the background trees, the better it will look.

TJ