Chris's Humber ***FINISHED***

[ShaunW]

Try driving them on dirt and mud roads......

You've not seen the state of Britain's roads recently then Chris?

[ntrocket88]

Great mud work!

[Chris]

Thanks everybody.

Time to paint Monty and his driver



First they are given their brown uniforms (monty needs a touch up) and monty's leather coat is painted dk brown


Next the cuffs are painted cream and the scarf is olive drab


Flesh is next, and a process called 'black lining' is used to highlight the figure details


The driver's face is next, first the eyes and mnouth are painted lt brown, next white for the eyes and black for the pupils. The hair is painted Dark brown and a Mustache is added for interest


Monty is painted in a similar fashion, his stache is lt brown (it should be gray as monty was showing his age, but that wouldn't look right at this scale)

[Chris]

The door handles and all the other little fiddly parts are added


The plastic folded roof had no detail so I wraped it with a paper towel that had a nice pattern to make it llok like heavy canvas, then the vehicle is sprayed with model master medium green




After it dries the top will be painted lt brown.

Monty gets his silver and gold berret badges and is now complete

[ShaunW]

Nicely done combination of figure painting and building. I'm also a bit of a tissue tarp enthusiast as you may have noticed

[Chris]

That I have Shaun!

Top cover is painted tan, headlight hollows painted silver


Seats and interior side bags painted a medium dk brown


Headlight clear parts attached with white glue, general star plate painted red


Monty's driver, steering wheel and front windscreen attached


Monty and rear windscreen aparatus added


Taillight is painted red, rear flag plate painted and stars added


Wheels painted black, and underside weathering spread to side boards and is complete, wheels will get a dusting eventually


Future applied to areas to recieve decals, and decals added



All that is left now is flat finish and upper weathering.

[ShaunW]

Just about done Chris, a great looker.

[Chris]

A little weathering and the job is done

[Sissel]

Splendid! Weathering looks very good.

[ShaunW]

Great finish Chris. How have you weathered this? bit of drybrushing and washes?

[Chris]

The upper part is entirely dry brushed, I used modern british armor sand because it was a nice light color like road dust.

It looks much dirtier under the camera and lights then to the naked eye. The way I did it is I start on the wheels, then move to the wheel cover area and lower sides and slowly move it higher, going lighter as I go.

At first I was going to go very light dirt, but looking at pictures it shows clearly that one drive on a dirt road and the car was filthy, and Monty would not get on his driver for it as its impossible to prevent dirt on unpaved roads. The window frames would be wiped down, especailly Monty's fold down rear, so they should be cleaner. I simply missed the front rear view mirror!

[Molly-new]

Very smart Chris, the weathering really sets it off.

[ntrocket88]

Very well done. Monty's coat looks especially impressive.

[Chris]

Thanks guys.

I love doing figure work Neil, thanks.