Kharkov Tripod carrier 1943

[John van Pelt]

Hi Planeteers,
first project of 2015 is finished. Had a lot of fun.

grzzz John.

 

[smudger1960]

Great work john and I'm glad you went for the weathered look,it's a great piece of painting mate,congratulations,hope to see more of your work in the future

 

[sam b]

nice work John I especially like how you've handled the wood grain on the stock

 

[Dad4]

Wow...that is really good! The wood grain on the rifle is some of the best work I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

Brian

 

[luisg]

Excellent !!

The weathering effects and the wood are superb!!!!

 

[John van Pelt]

Thanks for looking guys!

 

[pmfs]

Hi!

You handled this difficult bust with sucess. Great weathering and very realistic miniature.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[Range Rat]

Great piece of work matey

 

[Chris Mortimer]

Super job mate. Lots of great elements all working well together. Keep them coming.

 

[Grod]

Very nice.
Gordon

 

[John van Pelt]

Thanks mates!

 

[Ferris]

That is excellent John!
Particularly like the rifle, binoculars and gun belt. Very realistic. How did you do these parts?
Your style seems to be maturing nicely!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[John van Pelt]

Thanks Adrian.
The rifle was primed and preshaded with my airbrush. Metal parts pure black with the first layer.
Wood in yellow sand acryl. The wood grain was done with Van Dyke Brown thinned and applied with a flat brush. Every few strokes I cleaned my brush. This way the oil becomes more and more transparant and the wood grain starts to show.
It is a matter of trying until you get the rigth effect. Metal effects with were created by using a simpel old school 4B pencil. Some highlights on the woodgrain with a very dilluted orange tone.
Gun belt also primed and then applied a heavy black wash. For metal parts I used Model Master colours. The copper effect was created by adding burnt sienna to the golden tones.
Leather parts are highlighted with orange and yellow tones. For the base I used Valley Leather Brown or another acryl base that suits me.
I gave the bonoculars a wash with a hevay dulluted mix of Napels Yellow and Burnt Umber to create some dust. Chips were applied with Model Master Chrome.