Figures are looking good. 
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Thanks matey… Once the flesh goes on and hair colour along with the shoulder board and cap piping etc, that should make them look a lot better
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How are you going to paint the flesh?
That camo uniform looks quite good!
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That camouflage looks great! 44 dot?
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Not sure about 44 but definitely 2022 off the cuff SWAG … Glad you like it though
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Looks like 44 dot. From part of the Stanton repro German winter reversible to white parka collection: spring/fall 44 dot and splinter A.
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All joking aside, I was just trying to follow the lower pattern on the box painting instructions…
The one above it looks like a 44… Nice collection though
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Did you use any particular method, follow any particular painting guide or just wing it based on the boxart?
Looking good either way.
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Total wing it… Glad you like it though. I did the initial cam, then left it for a day or 2 and went back and did pin point detailing using xf 27 to gap fill.
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Great stuff - looks oak leafy enough to me. I think I’ll try the wing it method instead of trying to follow painting guides on YouTube in the hope it’ll come out as good as yours.
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Well spotted
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I had a quick look at the guide then really just winged it. I started with a base coat of Tamiya xf52, then patched in areas with xf27. Let that dry and mixed Tamiya xf 5 green 50%, xf 3 yellow 30% and xf4 yellow green and xf2 white about 10 % each and put in patches and small spots of that over the previous 2 then after all that had dried, went back and did the pin prick dots of xf27 to gap fill.
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Nice job n the uniform Johnny
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Seriously didn’t realise how much time had gone by…
So, let’s get the Tiger done.
The wagon is pretty much there. Some detailing to finish and I need to find/make a Notek convoy light, the Commander will get the Archer collar tabs and cuff band ( and hand and cap lol) and the loader will get tidied up.
Then the base display needs a tidy up and rejigged
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Dragged the display base out, it’s my old go to generic one I did years ago. Still works ok and with a bit a TLC will bring it back to life.
Made the main start on the commander…
Collar tabs, sleeve eagle, cuff band (Das Reich) are on.
I need to double check the collar rank against the shoulder boards and see if they are black with pink edging or silver with pink edging… I can’t remember about the collar tabs … were the non edged black ones NCOs and the white edged ones officers ? Will try and look it up tomorrow…
The decals are the Archer dry set. I will be using a German generic number set I came across for the turret rear bin, so that was a bonus.
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In fact I may need to do the SS one again as it slipped down slightly and only just noticed it, and it has a white edge as to the rank one doesn’t… Will need to check that tomorrow 
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Those figure decals look fantastic John. The perfect ending to trim out your Tiger. It looks stunning now - can’t wait to see it done.
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