Mark the Tamiya paint range is excellent if a little expensive way to cover such a big model, the xf spray paint end result colour will depend alot on the undercoat which can also be a useful advantage for creating depth and shade.
Buckets and barrels.
The pics of the vehicles with the barrels at high elevation are a good example of when to use that pose ie during a road march or maintenance stop etc ( my theory just went out the window ref keeping the cannon low
) These vehicles are real so anything goes.The buckets, every unit carries them they are the toilet inside the vehicle when buttoned up and so on ( they also make good shooting targets for small arms coz they make a clank when you've hit it). My problem with buckets be they white pink or oak funnel is irrelevant, some look cool some look pants, the round bottom buckets are to lower into wells and low rivers with a rope as they fall over and fill up automatically when dropped into water ...they look nice, Gerhards Panther bucket looks very good. All fine for a still shot but its are old friend inertia again, you watch a 1/6th scale bucket swinging about on video .....it looks pants! Unless you edit some cool effects in which bring me on to the next paragraph.
We ought to have a thread for a video/filming discussion topic next, that would be interesting for me as i have tons to bang on about in that respect, and much to learn.....cheers Phil.
I have been adding weld beads to the Berges winch spade, and theres miles of the dam stuff.
