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Modeller Build Logs
Monroe Perdu Sunken Road |
| By John Steinman | | Started: | Sep 12, 2007 | | Updated: | Dec 26, 2007 |
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Well let's see. My buddy Saul Garcia asked me to do a build review on this wonderful set about a year and a half ago. If he only know how slow I really am, he might have had second thoughts! But all the work is done and I am ready to share my little adventure with you!
I am going to use the Sunken Road base as a basis for an early morning D-Day vignette where 3 paratroopers from the 82nd ariborne have surprised a speiss and his helper hauling food to their unit behind the lines. What a surprise the Para's get when they discover BEER! Unfortunatly for the Germans, the boys at Battalion don't want prisioners, but they do want the beer! I will leave it up to your imagination if the Para's pull a Lt Stone, or just let em go.
So begins my Vignette "Just the beer, sir?"
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| Putting the cart before the horse | Dec 23, 2007 |
| Putting the figgies aside for a bit, let's concentrate on the cart. I scratchbuilt the cart from evergreen strip and used the wheels from the Tamiya 1/48 scale road sign set. Painting and finishing started with a base coat of Vallejo flat flesh. When set, it was given a heavy brushed on coat of burnt umber oil paint - ie unthinned - and left to dry for 20 minutes. Then with a wide flat brush just damp with turpinoid the oil paint was removed in a linear fashion. The brush was cleaned between each stroke. This is a slow process, but with practice you can make convincing wood grain with swirls and all. One completed this is set aside to dry for a couple of days. The next step was a random application of masking agent - I like gunze mr masking sol - then an appliation of blue delta ceramic craft paint. This was then post shaded with some mudstone added to the blue. When set the masking was removed with a soft gummy eraser. Stay tuned the next issue will be adding the little details to the cart that make it pop! |
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