Panzer IV Ausf.G - Phase 2

I wen't ahead and primed everything last weekend. First thing I started on was the figures. 

I tried the same approach but added a bit more white to them during the pre-shading steps. Used the Vallejo Khaki for the shirts and hats. Along with Vallejo's Burnt Red, which is supposed to be the equivalent to the Tamiya Red Brown. The extra white during pre-shading seems to have helped a bit, as they're not dark like my other figures. 

I used Vallejo's Mahogany Brown as a wash on the clothing. 

Might also go back over the skin with another layer of Vallejo's Light Flesh to add a bit more depth. Need to finish the hair and few other small things. Also looking for my wire to try to add headphone cables. 

 

The Mahogany Brown wash also helps mimic dirt on the pants. 

 

I had painted the interior  a bone white. I am not going to do a lot of detailing in there, but enough to where you can catch a glimpse.

 

 

 

I then started painting all the tools. I really like Tamiya's Metallica Grey. It looks more like a realistic used tool would.  Laid down a layer of chipping fluid and then the base color of Tamiya's XF60 Dark Yellow. Completely forgetting I bought XF92 DAK Yellow Brown just for this! I'll do a test of the XF92 over the XF 60 to see how big a difference there is. If you can really tell, I'll do a slight two tone of XF92 over XF60. This will also allow me to slightly over spray the tools. 

After the base dried, I added the tools to the hull and did some minor touch ups.

 

I still need to paint the tracks a Dark Iron and finish adding the spare tracks, stowage, etc to the hull. Along with dry brushing some details on the interior and external boxes and such.