Sunday 20 December 2015

From ByronM - 15mm Sherman Tanks (30 Points)


I only had about 3 hours to paint today, so picked something FAST!  A platoon of Sherman tanks to add to my Canadian contingent for Chain of Command.  They are Plastic Soldier company and I built three as normal Sherman's and 2 as Fireflies.


Knowing I only had a few hours, enter the airbrush fast paint method! I had these primed black, then hit them with edge highlights in a light grey / tan mix. Then sprayed a few thin olive glaze coats, then edge hit them with a lighter tan in a glaze to just bring the edges out a bit lighter still.


That sat to dry for a while, then I touched up the tracks to dark grey, dry brushed them, then inked them.  Onto the few small details on the tank that that would not be the same colour as the main body, then a thin wash over the whole tanks.  Let dry again, then add weathering powder for dirt, and we are done.


I would love to add some decals, but need to find some and had only American ones here.  Maybe someday I will find some Canadian or British decals and add them in.

Quick and fast, but still OK to put on the table and not be embarrassed, and am on the board!

Great job Byron! I've never really learned to use an airbrush properly and whenever I have to do some vehicles I really wish I did. These really look fabulous for 3 hours of work - amazing really. I quite like the use of the airbrush to do glazes as it gives a very subtle effect. Nice!
 30 points for your place on the roster - well done.

29 comments:

  1. Canadian tanks for Chain of Command - fantastic, Byron! You did all that in 3 hours?

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  2. yup, took 40 min to get the green on and shaded, the airbrush is fast. Then the rest is all the little crap.

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  3. Excellent work in such a short time span

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  4. Excellent technical work with the technique

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  5. Very nice work Byron! Brilliant start to the challenge!

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  6. great work. must get an airbrush

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  7. great work. must get an airbrush

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  8. That's some power brush setting you have. Great to see plenty of weather on them. cheers

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  9. well that is 3 hours NOT wasted. They look FAB

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  10. Nice tanks for just 3 hours work Byron :)

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  11. Wow! in just three hours?? I'd need 3 days at least
    Great work

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  12. Wow these look outstanding for 3 hours work. Never tried an airtight myself - hence no tank companies!

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  13. That's great work, and in only 3 hours! Outstanding job!

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  14. Great work, and more so cause of the time! I have some FoW to do up, so this will be great to check out again when I get to them!

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  15. Great stuff, the lenses on the pheriscopes really do look the part as well!

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  16. Very good work, they have the dirty but squared away look I go for in military modles and figures. I'm a pure bursh painter mostly do to not having a space for air brushing. I'm always impressed with what you guys can pull off in a short space of time.

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  17. Great looking vehicles. Three hours you say? Perhaps I need to learn how to use an airbrush.

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  18. They look great and seem to already have aquired some European mud. Very nice work!

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  19. Wow. Cracking paint-jobs and so fast too. Wonderful stuff :-)

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  20. Great job Byron - they should brew up just as fast on the table...

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  21. Really nice work and it would take emfar longer than 3 hours to get them to look this good.

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  22. Wonderfully subtle paintwork and weathering for all they were speed painted mate. Love em!

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  23. That's some serious airbrushing skills there. Well done!

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  24. I have to get me an airbrush... (and learn how to use it)

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