The "Shades of Death" work: Tamiya 1/48.

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,

And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.

How strange it is that man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His rugged path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.

On Death -John Keats.

Bombed theatre, shot soldier, busted tank. Room for war.
And shadowy days,  and dreary seasons, until winter´s rule.
The smile of time.

Collapsed building, killed man, destroyed machine. Room for snow.
And chilly days, and frozen nights, and dreadful dreams.
The smile of coldness.

Dead stone, dead flesh, dead metal… no room for God, no room for faith, no room for hope. 
Just for doom. And the Snowman above all, laughing at you.  
The smile of Death.

Ok, now I can say this T-34 extravaganza is finally finished, I hope. It has been the first time I make two different works with the same model, and I guess the last one, but the circumstances were propitious.
For those interested you can read the "Shades of Chaos" article in Panzer Aces nº 45
and the "Shades of Death" article in The Weathering Magazine Snow & Ice issue

 And a final photo for the size comparison. Cheers!

LINK TO THE WIP PROCESS

The T-34 project (V)

A new twist to this already twisted vignette. Some snow and icicles to turn the dio into a winter scene.

And what is a snow scene without a snowman?

I don´t remember when but at some point this scene turned into some kind of  allegory of death, so the snowman ended up with this look:

And of course, what is a death allegory without a corpse? I remember a shocking scene from Jean-Jacques Annaud´s Enemy at the Gates when Soviet snipers shot dead a German soldier with a cable layer backpack. I thought it would be a nice idea. If you notice, the cable from the backpack passes under the snow figure, somehow connecting both corpse and Death:

LINK TO THE FINISHED MODEL

The "Shades of Chaos" work: Tamiya 1/48.

Chaos, destruction, death.  Law of life.  Inexorable natural laws. Order, civilization, progress. Absurd human utopias. Chaos is the state of maximum equilibrium. Leviathan, Fenrir, Kali, The Four Horsemen, always waiting their time. And it always comes.  Man creates and destroys. Order and chaos. The natural versus the human. Human nature.

Caos, destrucción, muerte. Ley de vida. Inexorables leyes naturales. Orden, civilización, progreso. Absurdas utopías humanas. El caos es el estado de máximo equilibrio. Leviatán, Fenrir, Kali, Los cuatro jinetes, siempre esperando su momento. Y siempre llega. El hombre crea y destruye.  Orden y caos. Lo humano contra lo natural. Naturaleza humana.

Diego Quijano.

The T-34 project (IV)

Ok, the thing is 99% finished. It looks quite weird but you already knew that. Didn´t you?

The T-34 project (III)

The work in the tank is almost finished. There is only some local effects to add like some black stain in the exhaust zone and some darker streaks here and there. It´s time to finish the base:

Weathering some elements of the base. These bigger elements need special attention:

The T-34 project (II)

I have decided to paint the tank before completing the base. The 4BO Russian green is painted with the modulation set by AK. I didn´t need a full modulation this time so I only used three shades of the set to get a cenithal effect.

The remains of white paint is made with the hairspray technique. After the chipping with dark brown is time for a black wash to enhance the panel lines and raised elements.

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The T-34 project (1/48).

Some pictures of the early composition. Still a lot of elements to add:

Everything is painted with acrylics. The grey blocks got some acrylic washes with brown and grey (Chipping color and Russian 4BO shadow from AK):

Time for some extra bricks for adding complexity to the debris. The thing begin to look better:

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