Hey guys! Anyone whos been following the Great Canadian campaign knows Im working on a what-if MMEV based in Afghanistan 2015.
Welllll for that it needs to be covered in Barracuda mat and nets. (Taking my reference from Leo’s) After some talking with @DennisatAutoloader we decided the best way would be using Tin foil and AK camo netting.
I’d second @Canmedic 's recommendation! It’s probably just a matter of taking a stiff brush and running it along the netting. Definitely captures the shape and form of Barracuda! Nicely done Ezra
Not bad
I have a couple suggestions, use aluminum duct tape it has a bit more thickness to it and there is more accurate netting to be found although I haven’t tried to buy any lately. The stuff I have from AFV looks good, not as good as the s one I reviewed but that is no longer available.
Well, that is the Mother of all Barracuda net 101s. Unfortunately it only covers the net and not the mats. Canmedic is right: you need to ruffle the surface - best before the glue sets. Otherwise it looks too flat. I too agree with Dragon164 that regular tin foil seems to be too thin (mostly 12 - 16 µm). For scale 1:72 I use 30 µm thick aluminum foil as base mat. So for scale 1:35 duct tape - which I think should be around 50 µm thick - seems to be a better option. Plasticwarfares technique gives excellent results in scale 1:35, in 1:72 it did not work for me. Here ist the method I figured out:
I think with a few tweaks you should be getting where you want to. Thumbs up.