Das Reich S33 Tiger I painting finished

Have been lazy for the last few days and haven't done much except doing some research and preparation for my next project. I am thinking about doing a painting of the SS Pz.Rgt.503 Tiger II during the final battle in Berlin. Got 2 photo of this Tiger and is now trying to establish roughly where it was in front of Potsdamer Bahnhof. Also, the German Das Reich S33 Tiger I tank is finally finished before the holiday. Attached is the image of the finished painting. I have a bigger image in my site:Kursk Tiger and the painting will be available as limited edition art print in late Jan. German Pz Kpfw III Ausf M, Kursk 1943

2nd Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy 1944

This is a painting I had done a few years back. It's about the 2nd Rangers scaling the cliff of Pointe du Hoc during D-day, 1944. Their mission was to destroy the German batteries on top of the cliff but finding the guns were moved away when they finally got to the top. It's my first attempt to do a military art limited edition print, feedback is quite good, I even have five 2nd Ranger veterans who were in action during D-day signed on 5 of these Ranger prints and is still in my collection.

Update of the USMC at Guadalcanal painting

The painting of the USMC at Guadalcanal is finished. Posted are the images of the painting and some closeups of the details.

Marine at Guadalcanal

Here's another painting that I am working at the moment, a Marine at Guadalcanal. I haven't paint the trees at the background yet and the clouds needed to be more refine. For the Marine uniform, more detail will be needed to enhance the look and texture of the herringbones jacket. This will be part of my military art series of US soldiers.

Samurai drawings

Attached is a sketch that I am working on and may develope into a full color painting. It's a Japanese samurai that's supposed to be in the Momoyama period ( about 1600 AD ) . The armour represents the bare torso of the starving Buddha. Also, I had done a painting of Takeda Shingen 2 months ago ( see below ). The painting depicted him just before the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561. Bigger image can be seen at : Takeda Shingen

Tiger 1313 military art print finished

It's been a hectic week as I was busy working on a comissioned project of a French Char B1 tank. Finally, I can find time at the weekend to finalize the detail of the German Tiger 1313 of LSSAH. The LSSAH Division Marking is added as a background design. I am planning to produce it as a limited edition print ( about 300 piece ) in very fine velvet art paper. Size will be 13in X19 in with image roughly 17 inches wide. Shown here is how the print will look like and detail of various part of the drawing. Stay tune for the releasing date and price of the print. German Pz Kpfw III Ausf M, Kursk 1943 .

Nice German tanks pictures

JgStephan's blog has some really nice pictures of German tanks of the Munster German Tank Museum. The link is Munster German Tank Museum

Another Big Cat on the Russian Steppe

Apart the LSSAH Tiger 1313 profile, I am also working on the Das Reich's S33 Tiger I. At this point, I've only painted the dark yellow base coat and the green camouflage will be added in the next couple of days. Shown here is what I'd done so far.

Tiger I markings: Errors and questions

For those who are interested in WWII Tiger tanks, especially about the camo painting and markings, Panzer Color 1, 2 and 3 are the three books which provide some essential knowledge about the tank. However, there are a number of errors with their info and here's a web page that listed some of the obvious errors found in the books. Tiger Markings:Errors, Myths & Questions

Kursk Tiger

The German Tiger tank has always been my favorite WWII AFV. So it's kind of natural Tiger I came right up to my mind when I decided to do a tank profile for my military art limited edition prints. I had painted the LAH Tiger 1313 ( in dark yellow and red brown camouflage ) about 8 years ago, but since then new information about the camo scheme are published in more recent books such as Tiger in Combat II. It's seems more likely the tank was in dark yellow base color and painted over with dark green stripes. Upon checking wartime photo of the tank 1313 at Kursk, there were obvious darker color stripes at the side of the tank which seems more likely to be some red brown paint or mud being added in an ad hoc manner. Shown here is the Tiger I313 profile and a close up view. The painting is not finished yet as I am still working on the minor details.

First posting

Hi all,
This is my first blog and I am still exploring all the settings. As the title goes, this blog is to share my thoughts and WIP (work in progres ) about my military art and researches. Here's a painting which I had finished last month. It's a soldier from the 101st Airborne Division at Normandy. The background is the church at St. Marie du Mont. For anyone who is interested in seeing more of my art, you are welcome to check out my site at http://www.vincentwai.com