Hi everyone,
About a year ago I got inspired to build an U-Boot after seeing photos of fellow Belgian modeler Werner De Keersmaecker. I plunged into the deep (pun intended) and got me a HobbyBoss 1/350 U-Boot Typ VII C. Initially I wanted to keep things out of the box, but in the end I decided to replace the plastic guns and periscopes by Aber parts.
A couple of months later I painted the hull and conning tower in their respective colors. Decals were added as well. The kit only gives you options for two ships. I decided to use the black devil insignia, which seems to be inspired by U-552 Rote Teufel.
And so the U-Boot was becoming a shelf queen.
Untill a couple of weeks ago the new Das Boot series got aired, and it made me take the kit again and continue where I left.
First I started out with a pinwash.
After that a filter was applied. Several oil colors were added to a slightly wet surface.
This was then blended in using a clean brush slightly moistened with thinner.
The result is rather subtle, yet difficult to capture on camera
The same process was repeated, but with enamels this time: Humbrol Flesh and Radome tan, to simulate salt spots and streaks.
The pinwash was a bit obscured by the filtering stage. This made me try out a new technique. It's used succesfully by Marijn Van Gils. I painted the shadows with a mixture of Humbrol Flat Black and Raw Umber oil paint
Next I blended the edges a bit.
It's indeed a lot more time consuming than just adding a pinwash (it took me about 5-6 hours in total, 2 for the conning tower alone) but I think it looks better.
Mind though, the photo of the conning tower is blown up so the result look very stark on photo.
I hope to continue very soon ^^
Thanks for watching
Wouter