Wednesday 23 December 2015

From MarkH - 28mm Panzer Mark III Tank (18 Points)


 Hi Everyone

Here is my very first entry into the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge.  I honestly wasn't sure i was going to make this one with all the issues with my back and my camera and light box deciding they didn't want to cooperate - none the less i got something done.

A Rubicon plastic Panzer 3 tank for my bolt action DAK army.

Here are a couple of side views.



And here a couple of close up shots.


I'm pretty happy with how it turned out - 3 hours of work spread over the last 5 days. This was a great little model to put together and paint up and I'm looking forward to my next Rubicon model.

I think a 28mm vehicle is 15 points for the competition - I'm sure ill be corrected if I'm wrong.

Till next week. Mark :)
Oooh, that is a rather tasty Panzer Mk III.
Absolutely top notch work Mark! Your weathering is brilliant, especially the chipping and spotting of rust. The only thing I might suggest is adding a little more dust to the bottom of the chassis.  In looking at period pictures of these vehicles in North Africa you can see that they were often virtually caked with sand and dust.  

And you are correct, this Panzer will give you a base of 15 points, but I'm going to give you a few extra for the excellent detail work. Well done.


32 comments:

  1. That is a lovely looking vehicle indeed!

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  2. That's a nicely beat-up Panzer - great work for your first entry Mark :)

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  3. Great first entry. I'm a real fan of your chipping.

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  4. Great job, great effect paint damage

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  5. That's a real beauty. The chipping and weathering are excellent. Wonderful entry!

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  6. Great work, welcome to the Challenge

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  7. That is a very nice pice well done

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  8. That weathering is fantastic, lovely work.

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  9. Well done. While I have my issues with the details on this particular Rubicon kit, I do agree their newer stuff is absolutely amazing and well worth the money.

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    1. oh i agree its lacking details (no escape hatches between the tracks irritates me) but i look at it as a cheap gaming piece. they look to be getting better as well.

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  10. firstly well done Curt for the extra points.

    A top notch pz III I would be more than happy to own this tank.

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  11. Gorgeous weathering! I'm impressed that it only took 3 hours to do as well!

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  12. Fantastic painting work, really nice!

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  13. That is some of the most convincing weathering I've seen in a long time. Care to share your technique?

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  14. Excellent work - as others have commented your weathering skills are top notch. I really like the Rubicon kits.

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  15. I can almost see the sand stripping the paint, love it

    Ian

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  16. Awsome job on the weathering (as others have said) I to woudl like to know your aproach.

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  17. Very nice and excellent weathering!

    Christopher

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  18. thanks for all the great comments and thank you for the extra points curt. It's certainly not the best ive done but based on my current situation im pretty happy with it and that i got something finished.

    for anyone who wants to know how i did the chipping check out my blog in a couple of days.

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  19. thanks for all the great comments and thank you for the extra points curt. It's certainly not the best ive done but based on my current situation im pretty happy with it and that i got something finished.

    for anyone who wants to know how i did the chipping check out my blog in a couple of days.

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  20. This is great! I love the Panzer III, and I love the setting. Excellent work on this fellow.

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  21. Great work mate. Looks the business here!

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  22. Great weathering! (which is also, I believe, the name of a village in Dorset)

    I love the battle-weary look of this Panzer, top work!

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  23. Lovely. One of the strongest entries thus far. I look forward to the tutorial on your blog.

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  24. The weathering really is top-notch! I aspire to that level of skill on my tanks. Great work!

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  25. Very nice beastie! Really good weathering too, I can almost see the belching diesel exhaust!

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  26. So realistic! Incredible weathering effects.

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