Jagdpanzer Spinne

[Dave Diaz]

Hello fellow modelers and good friends.

This is what I have been working for the past week. It started when me and Ruben got into a conversation about how vehicles for an alternate universe would look like. (What a mental trip..and we were sober!!!)

Anyways, this vehicle would be the equivalent of am Assault gun of Jagdpanzer. I used the copula and gun from a Panzer IV, a few random bits and lots and lots of plastic! I hope you guys like it, any suggestions are greatly appreciate it, especially color wise I am still unsure as to what scheme to use for it.

dave

 

[Iron Mike]

Pretty wild, Dave! I dig it!

 

[Leopard2]

Thats sweet

 

[rob ferreira]

Holly crap that is toooo cool. What a great way to use some extra dragon, Tamiya parts. Man I can't wiat to see that thing painted.

Rob

 

[Kreighshoer]

dem voodoo boyz go crazy!

that's an interesting idea and brilliant execution dave!

 

[G Cooper]

So. You are standing by your claim of "sober" :hmmm

Well. It really looks great to me . I personally like stuff like this, but I am afraid of it because of the same reason that Laura is afraid of doing a Sherman (being sucked into the bottomless vortex of not wanting to do anythine else once I get started) . It is interesting to see both the scratch work, and the use of pirated kit parts. It reminds me of the Star Wars X-wing fighters with all the Tamiya Panther pieces all over it.

As far as color, I would suggest to get some type of camo with a base that matches what ever color you are going to paint the groundwork and any vegitation.

Gary B)

 

[MrT]

Ahhh Man is that cool or what!!

Terry B)

 

[chukw]

As they say in Boston- "Wicked awesome!!"

 

[StuG]

Graet..! :woohoo:

 

[kaleu]

Awesome build! I love the sci-fi stuff and can't wait to see it painted. This would look very funky in an ambush scheme or perhaps the King Tiger Octopus pattern? ;-)

 

[Dave Diaz]

Thanks for the kind words.

I have been wondering about color schemes and I think I will get some work on the base and once that is done I will decide on a color for the beast.

Happy New Year!!

dave

 

[G Cooper]

Maybe something like an Avatar two tone blue tiger stripe with blue ground and glowing thingy-ma-jiggys for plants.



Gary B)

 

[Iron Mike]

I'm still thinking Panzer Grey, with dark shading and grey highlights. WICKED!

 

[Dave Diaz]

Hello fellow modelers and dear friends,

Its time for another update. As I decided last time I will continue work on the base before painting the walker. I had originally envisioned it operating in a wooded area so I set out to make some trees.

For this I followed Anthony Reeves excellent tutorial on how to make trees out of wire.

Here is the armature of the trunk made of wire.

Next I covered it using masking tape

Here you can see the roots on the terrain.

Once I was happy with the position of the roots and limbs I made a mixture of Vinyl Spackling, Plaster, Water, a few drops of liquid soap and fine sand. This is how it looked.

I applied the mixture to the entire tree to create the bark. I was careful to cover all the masking tape and wires.

I also added some gravel and sand to add variety to the terrain.

The base as it is now.

Next I will make a smaller tree and start painting the base. Thanks for stopping by.
Until next time

dave

 

[G Cooper]

Hi Dave.

Oooohhhh. That is a cool looking tree you got there.



Now where did I put my chainsaw. :evil:


Gary B)

 

[Cheyenne]

Dave , this is just too good !!!

Brilliant conception and follow through !!!

 

[Dave Diaz]

Hello once again fellow modelers and dear friends. After a long time without updating my threads I finally found the time to show you guys what has been going on at the "Voodoo Works"

After some suggestions from some of my friends I decided to add more smaller branches to the large tree before continuing with the smaller ones. Here it is with the extra branches.

I then went on to make the smaller trees. I built these in the same way as the large one.

After a plaster coat.

Once all was dry I was ready to start painting the base. I started by airbrushing Vallejo Burnt Umber onto the ground.

I then painted the rocks and trees in tones of gray. And highlighted the ground with successive shades of lighter earth and tan colors. Now the base is ready for the greenery.

Next up I will be adding some static grass, silfor, moss etc…Thanks for watching. Until next time.

dave

 

[MrT]

Oh Wow your base is looking great!! Can't wait to see the walker on that base. WOW!!

Terry B)

 

[Iron Mike]

Dave, that looks amazing! Excellent work and VERY creative!

 

[Matt Beattie]

Dave , that ground works awesome and the tank walker ...... WOW

cheer's

Maee