Painting 6mm german Sturmtiger

[Stug]

I have just finished painting one of my four german Sturmtigers. I used the saddle brown color, as mentioned in the book Colours of war from Battlefront but I must say I don’t like the result at all. It’s way too red.

What do you think? Should I stick with this color or instead use chocolate brown like I did with my last miniatures?

[Tony S]

I once took a one week technical course on colour for work.   Not quite as boring as it sounds (I actually rather enjoyed it) but one could sum it up as “matching colours is fantastically difficult”.

The first thing is that your photo in my screen looks quite fine to me. But obviously it looks somewhat different to you.   Have a look at it under the type of lights you game under.   Might help?

Personally, I’d slop on a wash, maybe brown, probably black.  It would help pick out all those gorgeous GHQ details, as well as darken the camo up a bit.

By that time of the war, German colours weren’t very consistent between batches or factories.  That may make things more palatable to you?

[Stug]

Tony S wrote:

I once took a one week technical course on colour for work. Not quite as boring as it sounds (I actually rather enjoyed it) but one could sum it up as “matching colours is fantastically difficult”. The first thing is that your photo in my screen looks quite fine to me. But obviously it looks somewhat different to you. Have a look at it under the type of lights you game under. Might help? Personally, I’d slop on a wash, maybe brown, probably black. It would help pick out all those gorgeous GHQ details, as well as darken the camo up a bit. By that time of the war, German colours weren’t very consistent between batches or factories. That may make things more palatable to you?

Tony, thanks for the tip about using a black wash. I have just done that on my model and it looks way better. I can see so much more details. It’s not dry yet but when it will be, I will give another two layers of matt varnish.

Thanks again!

[Stug]

Finally, I have repainted the four of them and, for the first time, I have been able to add the tiny decals. The vehicules appear glossy but that’s because I have just added a layer of matt varnish and it’s not dry yet.

[Thuseld]

They look good, but my questions is what on earth do you need four Sturmtigers for?

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[Darkest Star Games]

Thuseld wrote:

They look good, but my questions is what on earth do you need four Sturmtigers for?

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[ian pillay]

Lovely brush work.
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[Stug]

Darkest Star Games wrote:

Thuseld wrote:

They look good, but my questions is what on earth do you need four Sturmtigers for?

For more bigger BOOM!

All the miniatures I buy are from GHQ and they always come in package of five or sometimes four vehicules. That’s why.

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