Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Repainting Some Heavy Metal

I never was happy with the powdery drybrushed look of my M1 Abrams or Challenger II or Bradley. I finally decided to repaint them in a more proper style with smooth highlights and washes.
I added a few stowage details to this while I was at it. Note the cooler on the back, nothing like a cream soda in Fallujah ;-)

Up next is Brad. He has a little less stowage but nonetheless has a couple radio antennae 

I've seen the glass effect way overdone before in my internet travels. Hopefully this is more subtle. I got my reference for this from here which clearly illustrates the funny looking effect.

The two together forever





Uncle Abrams with aunt Chally and nephew Bradley

The M81 camo may have been a good or bad idea, I've not decided. I figured with that I could use it from the 90s through now [surely there are a few M81 totes laying around Afghanistan].





Thanks for looking. Up next are my US Army platoon in Multicam. I just need to finish the bases.
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  1. Daisy Gowan DitchburnJuly 18, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    very nice. I would like to see the abrams and challenger togther a bit more its alway nice to compare them... great work and nice repaints and details

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    1. Ben B.July 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM

      Thanks Gowan. By the time I finish my new US guys my Challenger may be finished and I can show some more pics of them. An M1 would look nice roaming the streets of your city now wouldn't it...thanks for looking.

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    2. Daisy Gowan DitchburnJuly 19, 2012 at 12:55 AM

      sounds like the US commander for the forces in Oronegro is called Ben???? I'll see the abrams is cool but it would be odd to have Oronegrean soldiers and Us soldiers in similar uniform, just the difference in camo I think.

      the M1A1 is very cool I have to admite, my personal favourite is the leopard2 A6

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    3. Ben B.July 19, 2012 at 4:42 AM

      Actually the evil retired General Ben`jamina 8)

      If you like the Leopard II I've got just the video for you, I like it so much I book marked it:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xawEPd1gt0o

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  2. JonathanJuly 19, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    Nice work! I like the stowage, and the cooler. :)
    Good to see the chally next to the Abram, as I've been pondering of getting a little brother to my 1/35 chally-beast.

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    1. Ben B.July 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM

      Thanks Jonathan. I may add a few more pics of the two tanks with my next post.

      That would be a neat display by the way, the two Challengers, I would like to see that when its finished. Thanks for looking.

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  3. ShriffJuly 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM

    That is details on the M1s and Brad are amazing. Well done Ben. :)

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    1. Ben B.July 21, 2012 at 2:17 PM

      Thanks Shriff, I owe more praise to the nice kits than my work. Thanks for visiting.

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