{"id":23694,"date":"2021-10-03T00:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T23:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23694"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:36:58","slug":"sitrep-painted-vbls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/10\/03\/sitrep-painted-vbls\/","title":{"rendered":"SITREP &#8211; Painted VBLs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-opt-id=360203971  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_232854242.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1440\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_232854242.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:113\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_232854242.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VBLs are done. Sat down after a long day of work and managed to do the finishing touches. Touches such as &#8220;painting green&#8221; and &#8220;washing&#8221; and &#8220;hitting with two types of tan. I really like these little things, and can&#8217;t wait to get them on the wargames table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1287753900  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_233933601.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1440\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_233933601.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:113\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_233933601.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing I hadn&#8217;t noticed until started drybrushing was that I managed to get some pretty obvious contouring on the left-hand VBL (you can see the texture on the hatches). This was the one I printed at a shallower angle and I think the five degrees of horizontal brought it into just the wrong alignment. The model isn&#8217;t ruined, but next time I&#8217;ll take the extra time and supports I used on the first model and get the smoother finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VBLs are done. Sat down after a long day of work and managed to do the finishing touches. Touches such as &#8220;painting green&#8221; and &#8220;washing&#8221; and &#8220;hitting with two types of tan. I really like these little things, and can&#8217;t wait to get them on the wargames table. One thing I hadn&#8217;t noticed until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1093,1069,903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sitrep","category-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211002_232854242.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/sitrep\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SITREP<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SITREP<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"3","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 03\/10\/2021","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 03\/10\/2021 12:55 am","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2023 1:36 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-6aa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23647,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/09\/27\/sitrep-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":23694,"position":0},"title":"SITREP &#8211; Weekend","author":"Michael Charge","date":"27\/09\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"That's me on the right of the image, hiding my face behind the face mask Had a busy weekend - a few friends visiting and a Sunday airsofting up at Dirty Dog close to Darlington. 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