Good and beautiful work! I learned a lot, for which I am very grateful. After thinking about it, I see some inconsistency - there is mud on the armor and fenders, but not on the tracks.
Thank you very much! The tracks received the same mud splatter effect like the rest. I just did not film it. But they are not that muddy in general like they could be i agree.
I have a hard time with figures. I haven’t used any really in any of my builds but I paint them for practice. Sprues and Brews has a good figure tutorial if you haven’t seen it, similar to your method. That’s what I try to do anyway. Watch a bunch of different ways to do something and try to figure out a mixture that works for me. I like the airbrush idea for speckling, I’ll have to give that a try.
I watched Sprues and Brews and Nightshift to get an idea how to paint figures. Watching different people and their techniques is a really good way to learn a bunch of things to try out yourself
You sir, earned a subscriber. Literally the best Tiger 2 painting I have ever seen. I will try to copy this when I build mine :) BTW when do you plan to make a diorama?
Thank u very much. Good luck on your Tiger! I am currently in the middle of moving into a bigger space. If that is finished I will have more space for Dioramas and will begin to work on all the missing ones :)
@@dreamzzscalemodelling the porsche one tracks are far better imo than the henschel ones ,the way the connect is better..on henschel they tend to pop out of edge joins...so far as I had to glue in situ ..kits tho are great imo...good etail...metal barrel and some decent PE
I have some more questions, I hope you don't mind :D 1. can you please tell more about gloss/Matt coat, since I am a beginner, how many layers it takes, why do you spray it, etc? If you can share some other info, I would appreciate it very much. 2. What is "white spirit" liquid? 3. Can we paint parts like the hammer, iron rope etc separately from the tank base, I think it will be much easier? Thank you very much for the reply in advance.
You can ask as much questions as you want. I will try my best so answere them :) 1. I usually apply 1 layer of clear varnish after i finished painting. I use water based acrylics for the camo, tools, details, etc. For weathering effects i usually go with enamel based products. And the enamel products have a risk of attacking the acrylics because their thinner (white spirit) is a lot more agressive. The clear coat protects the acrylic colors from this thinner. And at the end i use another layer of clear varnish to protect the enamel effects again. 2. White spirit is the thinner used for enamel colors/effects. Its sometimes called Terpentine aswell. 3. You could paint all tools and accessories seperatly aswell. That would make painting them eaiser but leaves you with more small parts while building and you have to glue them later with super glue which may leave visible marks. But painting them seperatly or on the tank is purely a personal choice and both have their pros and cons. I hope i could answere your questions :)
@@dreamzzscalemodellingFirst of all, thank you very much for your time, I really appreciate it! So you put a gloss coat two times, and at the end a matt coat, right? As far I saw on the video. One more question for today 😂 Can I use other type of paint other than this enamel paint?
In this case i added an extra one to protect the decals. It was basicly: acrylic colors -> gloss varnish -> decals -> gloss varnish -> enamels -> matt varnish. Gloss Varnish makes the surface smoother for decals and lets the enamel effects flow better. Matt Varnish at last because the real tank would not be shiny in real life. Of course you can choose other paints then enamel ones. You just have to search if the effect you want to achieve is possible with non enamel products
I have one more question DreamZz: you’ve got a battle-damaged Tiger II. It took two direct hits to its front glacis which was one of the thickest and hardened in the War. Whatever anti tank vehicle or emplacement knocked that tank out was big and close enough to penetrate a King Tiger (not an easy feat). Did you contemplate fire/explosion/smoke/ammunition cook-off on this build? If not, why? I AM NOT BEING CRITICAL. I’m simply more of an intermediate modeler learning from obvious professionals so that I can learn. I often like to ask professionals like DreamZz about their choices so that I can adapt techniques and build plans to my own. Many high echelon modelers use historical references as guides and often factor in real world experiences and ballistics into their builds. Obviously DreamZz made the choice not to and I’m sure he has a reason. Forgive me if this was already covered in the comments
Dont feel bad for asking questions :) I think calling it "damaged" was a little bit of an translation mistake from my part. Those two hits on the front plate were meant to be non penetrating hits. I thought that maybe a lonely Sherman got lost from its group and was suddenly infront of the king tiger. The Shermans 75mm gun would not have been able to penetrate the Tiger obviously. It fired two shots, both failed to penetrate, and then the King Tiger took out the sherman and went on. It was more of a scenario i thought of myself without any historical references. I hope i managed to explain my intentions a little more clearer this time
Can you please recommend any other paint for wash, instead of brown wash, also from abteilung 502? My store has everything else, only brown wash is sold out 😅
Hi, how many coats of gloss varnish do I need to apply before weathering? :) And also, can I use acrylic paint over gloss varnish if I want to fix anything? Thx in advance
Dont worry about it, I am always happy when I can help u. And also TH-cam really likes videos that get comments so you are helping me grow the channel in return :)
Me again. 😅 I started masking and painting, just finished my first coat of green. Do you wait 24h for the second coat or we can apply second coat after a few hours?
If you want to apply the same color over the same mask i usually dont wait beacuse the parts i started with are dry after i gave everything one coat. If you want to apply a new color and new masking over the previous one i wait about an hour usually
I dont have a set ratio. To be honest most of the time i just eyeball it until it feels thin enough. I try to get the paint thinned enough until i can see the bristle color from my brush i use for mixing. But i dont think thats an easy explanation. If i had to guess its like 50/50 for most colors
@@dreamzzscalemodelling would be awesome if you could do your king tiger diorama, as you mentioned in the video. :) Anyway, whatever you do, I am looking forward to it
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great video friend, thanks for sharing, cheers Liam
Thank you Liam!
Good and beautiful work! I learned a lot, for which I am very grateful. After thinking about it, I see some inconsistency - there is mud on the armor and fenders, but not on the tracks.
Thank you very much! The tracks received the same mud splatter effect like the rest. I just did not film it. But they are not that muddy in general like they could be i agree.
Great build and great video my friend.. 👍
Thank you :)
I have a hard time with figures. I haven’t used any really in any of my builds but I paint them for practice. Sprues and Brews has a good figure tutorial if you haven’t seen it, similar to your method.
That’s what I try to do anyway. Watch a bunch of different ways to do something and try to figure out a mixture that works for me. I like the airbrush idea for speckling, I’ll have to give that a try.
I watched Sprues and Brews and Nightshift to get an idea how to paint figures. Watching different people and their techniques is a really good way to learn a bunch of things to try out yourself
Very nice
You sir, earned a subscriber. Literally the best Tiger 2 painting I have ever seen. I will try to copy this when I build mine :) BTW when do you plan to make a diorama?
Thank u very much. Good luck on your Tiger! I am currently in the middle of moving into a bigger space. If that is finished I will have more space for Dioramas and will begin to work on all the missing ones :)
Really like this one,I'm on my third tiger2 hobbyboss,and one zvezda Porsche turret zimm one,love the rich colours m8 looks like suns got to it n1 m8
Thank you very much. I also have a HobbyBoss King Tiger in my stash. I'm curious to see how it compares to this Meng kit.
@@dreamzzscalemodelling the porsche one tracks are far better imo than the henschel ones ,the way the connect is better..on henschel they tend to pop out of edge joins...so far as I had to glue in situ ..kits tho are great imo...good etail...metal barrel and some decent PE
Honestly the tracks are always such a hit or miss. Some kits have perfect ones included in the box and other ones you want to replace immediately
Nice work man
How did you glue the track after all those painting ? Is there some special glue?
Thanks! Whenever I have to glue painted parts I use regular cheap super glue
I have some more questions, I hope you don't mind :D 1. can you please tell more about gloss/Matt coat, since I am a beginner, how many layers it takes, why do you spray it, etc? If you can share some other info, I would appreciate it very much. 2. What is "white spirit" liquid? 3. Can we paint parts like the hammer, iron rope etc separately from the tank base, I think it will be much easier? Thank you very much for the reply in advance.
You can ask as much questions as you want. I will try my best so answere them :) 1. I usually apply 1 layer of clear varnish after i finished painting. I use water based acrylics for the camo, tools, details, etc. For weathering effects i usually go with enamel based products. And the enamel products have a risk of attacking the acrylics because their thinner (white spirit) is a lot more agressive. The clear coat protects the acrylic colors from this thinner. And at the end i use another layer of clear varnish to protect the enamel effects again. 2. White spirit is the thinner used for enamel colors/effects. Its sometimes called Terpentine aswell. 3. You could paint all tools and accessories seperatly aswell. That would make painting them eaiser but leaves you with more small parts while building and you have to glue them later with super glue which may leave visible marks. But painting them seperatly or on the tank is purely a personal choice and both have their pros and cons. I hope i could answere your questions :)
@@dreamzzscalemodellingFirst of all, thank you very much for your time, I really appreciate it! So you put a gloss coat two times, and at the end a matt coat, right? As far I saw on the video. One more question for today 😂 Can I use other type of paint other than this enamel paint?
In this case i added an extra one to protect the decals. It was basicly: acrylic colors -> gloss varnish -> decals -> gloss varnish -> enamels -> matt varnish. Gloss Varnish makes the surface smoother for decals and lets the enamel effects flow better. Matt Varnish at last because the real tank would not be shiny in real life. Of course you can choose other paints then enamel ones. You just have to search if the effect you want to achieve is possible with non enamel products
@@dreamzzscalemodelling it's much clearer to me now. Thanks so much, wish you all the best! 😊
I have one more question DreamZz: you’ve got a battle-damaged Tiger II. It took two direct hits to its front glacis which was one of the thickest and hardened in the War. Whatever anti tank vehicle or emplacement knocked that tank out was big and close enough to penetrate a King Tiger (not an easy feat). Did you contemplate fire/explosion/smoke/ammunition cook-off on this build? If not, why? I AM NOT BEING CRITICAL. I’m simply more of an intermediate modeler learning from obvious professionals so that I can learn. I often like to ask professionals like DreamZz about their choices so that I can adapt techniques and build plans to my own. Many high echelon modelers use historical references as guides and often factor in real world experiences and ballistics into their builds. Obviously DreamZz made the choice not to and I’m sure he has a reason. Forgive me if this was already covered in the comments
Dont feel bad for asking questions :) I think calling it "damaged" was a little bit of an translation mistake from my part. Those two hits on the front plate were meant to be non penetrating hits. I thought that maybe a lonely Sherman got lost from its group and was suddenly infront of the king tiger. The Shermans 75mm gun would not have been able to penetrate the Tiger obviously. It fired two shots, both failed to penetrate, and then the King Tiger took out the sherman and went on. It was more of a scenario i thought of myself without any historical references. I hope i managed to explain my intentions a little more clearer this time
British three and half pounder loaded with anti tank damaged a few tiger II in Normandy it was a good gun
Can you please recommend any other paint for wash, instead of brown wash, also from abteilung 502? My store has everything else, only brown wash is sold out 😅
I am sure almost all brown colors work for that. Maybe you could try Burnt Umber or Sepia.
@@dreamzzscalemodelling I was thinking too that I could use sepia, since the color is very similar. Thank you for your reply 😊
Hi, how many coats of gloss varnish do I need to apply before weathering? :) And also, can I use acrylic paint over gloss varnish if I want to fix anything? Thx in advance
I usually go with one. I never had problems with acrylic paints over a gloss layer so that should probably work fine
@@dreamzzscalemodelling all right. Thanks again for your reply, I troubled you a lot 😂
Dont worry about it, I am always happy when I can help u. And also TH-cam really likes videos that get comments so you are helping me grow the channel in return :)
I have the AK and Silly putties. Actually the Silly Putty performs better and doesn’t tear and leave dollops and globs
Yes they are both viable options for masking depending on ones preference
Me again. 😅 I started masking and painting, just finished my first coat of green. Do you wait 24h for the second coat or we can apply second coat after a few hours?
If you want to apply the same color over the same mask i usually dont wait beacuse the parts i started with are dry after i gave everything one coat. If you want to apply a new color and new masking over the previous one i wait about an hour usually
@@dreamzzscalemodelling understand. Thanks :) cheers.. Can't wait for your new video
what PSI you used for painting with AK paints?
I use my airbrush usually at around 2 bar or 30 psi
Hi sir, I forgot to ask. What is your ratio of thinner : paint for airbrush? And do you use that ratio with all the colors? Thank you in advance.
I dont have a set ratio. To be honest most of the time i just eyeball it until it feels thin enough. I try to get the paint thinned enough until i can see the bristle color from my brush i use for mixing. But i dont think thats an easy explanation. If i had to guess its like 50/50 for most colors
@@dreamzzscalemodelling thank you for your reply, it is really helpful info. Is there any new project on sight? :)
Currently doing the painting and diorama for the FT-17. After that one probably another world war 2 tank. Any favorites for you?
@@dreamzzscalemodelling would be awesome if you could do your king tiger diorama, as you mentioned in the video. :) Anyway, whatever you do, I am looking forward to it
Then i will try to do the King Tiger diorama first once i have enough space to build all the missing ones :)
What is the purple masking tape Sir?
Just a cheap painters tape from a local hardware store
Btw I found you listening to this song Know Myself
I have a collection of tanks
What are your favorites?
@@dreamzzscalemodelling my favorite are World War 2
mine too. especially german vehicles
Dude.
Germans used red oxide as factory color. Not rootbrown.
Thats true. But thats just the name AK gave their color
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