I should take photos of my best paint work for warhammer

Tamiya/Italeri Sd.kfz 231

https://tenor.com/view/will-smith-thats-hot-youtube-rewind-youtube-rewind2018-fortnite-gif-13080022

The metal finish looks real

I've never dared making land vehicles specifically because of how much detail is required for a nice finish. 1/700 warships are nice and easy

That's German Grey paint.

Imagine posting nazi vehicles you painted. Your gonna get buzzfeed to write an article. Smh

kek

I mean stuff like the chipping and wearing of the paint along the edges

It goes a long way to make the surfaces look like metal and not plastic

Currently working on this problem child, background toaster for scale

Can't worry about weathering if the model is too small to weather <:mmh:539854862746255395>

Dry brush it?

I might, but effort/skill

if done correctly you can raise details out from the ship

Yeah

I need to make some black enamel wash as well

buy some liquid skill from GW [Agrax Earthshade]

Y'all virgins tbh

Nice Kongo-class BB, @Mu . Which one is it?

Derp, that's a Nagato-class. Probably Nagato herself from early in the war.

I've seen folks do really well at weathering ships at that scale. It really does come down to time and patience, both to learn the skills and apply them. In the end, they're not that much different from 1/35 scale armor, just far more tetchy.

Yee, post refit, pre AA barge conversion Nagato

_nods._

Oh I've seen some extremely skilled people weather 1:700 models down to absolute perfection but it's far beyond my skill level

Two words: photo etch.

Yes, photo etch <:monkaS:430210831750529044>

_hates having to use photo etch, btw._

I've done 1:700 PE parts before and it's an absolute nightmare

I have trouble with 1/200 PE ship parts.

Yeah they're so finnicky and hard to get right

I have the Trumpeter 1/200 HMS Nelson.

Ah lucky bastard

That thing is huge.

My experience with Trumpeter is that they make really good kits but they take a bit of skill to put together. I have their 1942 1/700 HMS Warspite and I made quite the mess of the PE parts

Their Missouri in that same scale is fucking massive, and the upcoming Yorktown is even more so.

Yeah 1:200 is huuge

Trumpeter is...interesting. They seem to have an A-team and a B-team, with certain subjects being relegated to their second-stringers. It's annoying, because the difference in quality is visible even to the average kit assembler.