1/24, Tasca Panzer II F...and dark grey

[Steve Sprague]

Hey James, thanks for the information and that great pic showing the true Panzer Grey Ive got colors real close to that.

[Jamie Tainton]

Glad they are of use.

[Markus Lack]

That´s an quite interesting thread.
I got to agree with you guys (and I doubt Murat is gonna be pissed), most of the times, the Panzergrau we put on our tanks is to light and I´m not the biggest fan of the blueish shades as well, but I think we got to think about what the modeler is trying to achieve. At the moment it seems like modelling splits in two groups, the Artists that try to work on new techniques and on the other side the guys that try to be as accurate as possible. I guess it´s a matter of taste.
I´m guilty as well when it comes to light Panzergrau, but for me a kit, sprayed with pure Grey is just a tad too dark and it´s hard to make out any details, especially on pics. Which leads to another point we shouldn´t forget, most of the guys on here are only able to see our builds on the pics and a very dark kit neither does look very interesting or pleasing to the eyes nor makes it possible to see the details if you know what I mean .

To show that I´m guilty as well:








And here is a pretty cool video with some vehicles in Panzergrau (the music sucks big time though ):

[Jamie Tainton]

[Markus Lack]

[Dan Reed]

I think another way to put it is that the hobby is big into fads-it started with Verlinden and making your models look like his (The Verlinden Way) and it changes every few years. The hobby has a way of most of all of us thinking something model-wise "should look a certain way" such as certain colors. I think it's the same in 35th scale figures faces-theres alot of detail in such a small area-is that really right?
Another book to look at for color dark panzer gray photos is Osprey's book on the 6th Panzer Division.
Dan

[Jamie Tainton]

[Jamie Tainton]

[Markus Lack]

I don´t know James, to me, being able to "breathe" life in some pieces of plastic, metal, resin or whatever IS some kind of art.
In my eyes it´s not very different from people painting on canvas with the exception that we don´t need a sketch if you know what I mean .

[Jamie Tainton]