WW2 Historical M26 Pershing Pt 1

Here is a M26 Pershing tank I am making to go along with some homegrown rules I am making for Dust Tactics.

Basically add regular non mech units,I have a Tiger I and a Sherman to do as well.

I used Procreate to replicate the canvas mantlet cover,using a mechanical pencil to add the fasteners

The Bottom chassis is completed and weathered the top has the base coat and oil filters.

I have painted the barrel in a camo style Shermans used to use to give the impression of a

smaller barrel.

The filters should be completely dry by tomorrow so I can start the varnish and decal layer.

Anyone know if the finish should be shiny gloss or satin for water slide transfers?

Either way after the decals I will add rain marks and pin washes

Kilroy Close Up shots

I added some weathering to him with oil paint,dot filtering and weathering powders.

A bit more work and he'll be perfect

Selling quite a bit on E-bay,good deals for all

I have decided to cut back on the sheer amont of stuff in my collection.
I have decided to start selling some of it on E-bay
There are pieces off of my IG force such as the well painted Valkyrie.
A really cool Ultramarine High Command consisting of Both Calgars,and just about every brass in the Ultramarines
Space Wolf Box Sets
Land Raider
Bikes
Deathwatch Killteam(The founders from the early days of this blog)

Check it out everything has a very low starting bid,not $1 but the bear minimum I could let it go with hitting myself in the head.

http://shop.ebay.com/wilis1/m.html

Dust " My name is KILROY"

I finished the main paint job on him,removed the mask and added an Archer dry rub stencil to his chest.

He is a work of art.

I am now going to be going through the fun process of weathering him.

Dust "Kilroy the painting process"

Here I am showing you how I go about painting a guy like Kilroy.

First I paint him in the colors of the materials he is built with in this case Steel and Copper.

I used Alclad II for the Steel and Copper over a basecoat of Tamiya Primer and Armory Black primers.

After that is dry I use masking fluid to sparingly hit him on a couple of spots,mainly the edges.

I then used Tamiya Hull Red to replicate the Red Oxide primer that armor is painted after they come off the assemby line.

After which once again hit it with masking fluid,the key word is sparingly.

After this I used Testors Model Master(MM) Olive Drab and painted him up in about for light layers as to opposed to all at once.

This I will leave to dry for a few hours before I start panel fading and hightlighting with MM Faded Olive Drab

Dust"Attack of the 30ft tall Robots"

I like the back story to Dust.

But like with anything I like to add my own twists.

In my head in the alternate reality of Dust,the revelation of the alien spacecraft and Germany's tech leap has made the US keep the Los Alamos scientists together after they built "The Bomb"

Together with Einstein and Tesla the US has also invented giant automated 30 foot tall robots.

Armed with a mighty wrecking ball and the frightening Tesla Disintegrator.

Christened, "Kilroy" this engine of destruction dares any Kraut to stick his nose out so he can blast him to kingdom come.

Dust "The First Batch"

Here are the first few Dust minis that I am working on.

I painted the Germans in a SS theme,not because I love Nazi's or anything but only the elite troops would have access to this kind of gear and that would mean the SS.

I painted the Recon Grenadiers in an Autumn Pea Dot,the Battle Grenadiers in Winter Smocks with regular Pea Dot pants,and the Laser Grenadiers in traditional Field Grey.

I have also started work on the first unit of Airborne Rangers too(the Elite thing goes both ways)