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c4mper — Afrika Korps Spring 1941
Published: 2015-12-16 12:29:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1378; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 6
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3 crucial months of the mighty Afrika IIWW campaign in a scale 1:35. Axis was still making major progress those days.
More than 10 years of daily job, not mine but my best Friend, who continues the ongoing art-modelling project in this field.
So I decided to publish as I think it is this is worth sharing and admiring. I ll be posting 3 pics every time, since the full material is done, one day.
I wonder have anyone recognizes the names of arms and maybe even the divisions?
Enjoy but before using any picture anywhere else please note me. I keep the full rights for the images and it’s production ownership
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Wonderful Picture! Please tell your friend he did an awesome job on the Tank Model.
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Thank You but pls pls remember this is NOT mine one - I only took foto, the real builder is my friend, I tell him....
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please. did a great work x3
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My favorite, Matilda II, queen of the desert.
But I'm not sure using real sand quite works. It's like when you see a model ship in real water, somehow the real element makes the fake part look more fake.
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It's the scale. Your brain knows that the sand grains are larger than they should be, so it creates more surreal experience. I would recommend using modeling sand from a local hobby store, or using a stippling technique to create the illusion of sand grains.
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If You have better idea on "the more real sand" let me know then...looking forward.
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haha, sorry, I don't mean you can get more real than real.
I'm also not being critical, I'm just wondering about how you could get a better effect to show off these excellent models.
If you're going to be making a permanent display, you could try basing them using ordinary model basing techniques.
While this doesn't look "more real" than real sand, it fits better with a painted model.
Not sure if I can post a hyper link here, but I'll try:
miniaturemiscellany.wordpress.…
(something like that)
Of course, historical miniatures are usually larger scale than sci-fi or fantasy ones, and they tend to use more "real" weathering techniques, which can make these simple basing techniques look a little off.
It's a difficult problem, I often see people photographing their models out in the garden, and the contrast between the models and the "real" world makes it look strange.
If so, how about adding some different size grains of sand (small gravel or grit) to add some texture to the sand? Like this:
www.warseer.com/forums/showthr…
The two different scale materials contrast to make the sand look more desert like and less beach like.
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IMHO the display with the panzer III that has the sandbags stacked on it has the best looking sand. The black contrasts well with the blonde sand to help bring out the model.
I read that some people use cat litter for the larger grains. Maybe you could try raking a little through the top layer of sand to add some texture to it. Anyhow, congratulations on some really great models. They all look fantastic.
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