M706 Vietnam 2

Man !!! Thats some fast work !!! Those steps look awesome ,you got the foiage /moss looking spot on . Have you tried AK Interactives green slime ? ..would be ideal for that kind of work . ;)
The vehicle looks sweet to fella ,as the the figs . Keep it coming :)

Chris.
 
Excellent work on this.
Love the work on the steps.

Vehicle and crew are coming along nicely as well
 
The set of steps is awesome, all for a diorama style base, gives it a bit of a story for your imagination to play with.

Alan
 
Thanks for the comments guys

I'll have to pick up some AK products Chris, trouble is the range is so comprehensive with is a bottle for every scenario, that I could go bankrupt buying them!

The scene is coming along fast, I get so involved I just have to get the next thing done, and then the next thing,... I only stopped today because everything was drying!
 
Geez, someone has been busy! The groundwork is looking excellent already and very convincing. The plastics are looking great too! Nice work Leighbo!
 
Hi Guys, here's the latest progress on my Vietnam build

I cut insulation to build up the groundwork by the steps and fixed the front bamboo slat in place
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Then painted it brown,
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And mixed real earth, white glue & water to give a more realistic texture,
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Before sprinkling on different types of flock grass and gluing in some moss.
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On to the vehicle, I used some umber oils around all panels to make them stand out and also did some streaking with the same colour as an undercoat to the lighter oils I will do next.
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Whilst this dried I turned back to the base. I wanted some jungle vines running through the scene so I made some using rolled milliput, which was then painted and washed over.
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Next I went over randomly with the airbrush using different thinned shades of green to give some depth and stuck on the first of a few jungle plants I bought. I will describe what I had to do to get these loking right in the next post!
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Now the M706 has dried I clear coated again and used a variety of lighter oil colours to give a dirty rain streaked appearance. I also did some chipping with acrylics to suggest a hard life in the jungle.
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Thanks for looking
 
Incredible work Leighbo, fantastic work with the oils. Can't wait to see it all put together.

Al
 
Man !!!!! That base is soooo cool , really very well put together and planned ! ,the vehicle is coming on great too ,cant wait to see this all tied up ;D

Chris.
 
looks great Leighbo the base is top notch really well put together
 
This looks stunning. I'm not sure what the contest is but you win 1st place in it!
Very creative and great execution on every portion of this. Can't wait to see it all together.
 
Hi Guys, thanks for the great comments I really appreciate them all.

So here I am on the last stretch!
Firstly I bought these plastic jungle plants which looked great in the photos, but the photos didn't show the big ring in the centre! Some modification required.
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I cut the ring mostly out and then the plant in half. Then the two ends were glued together to form a base for adding more leaves inside. This is sounds easier then it is as the plastic wouldn't superglue to itself at all! I had to stick the base to some card and once this had dried (finally) I then cut more individual leaves and glued them one by one into the centre, only to find that half of the leaves hadn't stuck and needed gluing again. Man this stuff really doesn't like glue!
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I then wasn't happy with the shine that the plastic was giving so I mixed some matt varnish with some vallejo dark green and started spraying mixing in lighter greens to give the plants some depth.

Once these were dried I pinned and stuck them to the base (with white glue!)
Next I added some more moss, vegetation and last details, and the base was finished.
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I always like adding stowage to vehicles, but I like to make it look like it was secured there and not just placed on top, to fall off when the vehicle hits a bump. After much pondering I guessed that the handles above each door would make suitable attachment points and used some fly screen to represent a cargo net to hold down some ration boxes and a rucksack.
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The final piece was to paint the figures. I started with an overall acryllic skin coat as a base.
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Then I painted a thick layer of umber oil paint over the whole skin and left for a while to soak in slightly. The majority of the umber was removed with a cotton bud, whilst trying to leave umber in the creases and crevices.

While this was still wet I mixed up a skin tone of oils and then dotted this on the highlights and then used a clean soft brush to blend this in. This was repeated dot by dot until I was happy with the result. I sometimes finish by blending dots of white for the very extreme highlights, but I figured that in the jungle the skin tone would be darker and dirtier so I left this step out.

I left this to dry, which took about 5 days, before adding the details in acrylic such as the boots hats and the cola can of the seated soldier. The figures were then glued to the M706.
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The final step was to use different mud coloured pigments fixed with rubbing alcohol to give it that used jungle look. I first started this with the tyres off to get a heavy coat underneath, which was completely hidden once the tyres were on! At least I know it is there. Once the tires were on I repeated the process in relevant areas with a wash of pigments over the tyres and splashes of mud up the side of the vehicle thrown from the tyres.

The final job was to white glue the vehicle to the base and throw a little pigment on the base and the job is finished!
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Good timing too, as I have been to Scale Model World this weekend and have purchased a Bronco A13 cruiser which requires my attention, and will be appearing in the diorama section any time soon!!

Thanks again for looking and for all your great comments
 
What a fantastic dio! Great idea, great execution, great creativity..., love it!
Congrats on a great finish!
 
Great idea for a dio. Nicely executed. Just the guy on the front armor looks like he would slip of it.
Regards
 

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