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Paragon8 posted:Finished my first "proper" model. Got into building the Star Wars Bandai figure kits and was too frightened to really dabble in the vehicles as I was worried about painting and such. Then they announced the A-wing kit and I decided that and lurking this thread to double down on modelling and got an airbrush and gradually built up my modelling kit when I started running into things I didn't know how to do. That looks great, from how the painting came out to your choice of setting and staging. Good work!
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I'm calling this one 'Three Tenths of a Second Before the Music Died'.    
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Jun 17, 2016 21:25
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That's almost as good as the whale semen vans.
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Jun 17, 2016 22:20
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I posted it in the aeronautical insanity thread and many were suitably impressed/horrified.
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Jun 18, 2016 02:24
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Unkempt posted:I'm calling this one 'Three Tenths of a Second Before the Music Died'. This is goddamn hysterical.
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Jun 18, 2016 02:39
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Unkempt posted:I'm calling this one 'Three Tenths of a Second Before the Music Died'. This was not something I was expecting to see after loading up the scale modeling thread. Well done.
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Jun 18, 2016 02:41
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That is utterly demented. I love it.
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Jun 18, 2016 02:47
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Where's the monkey that was flying the plane? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dffFZom1Mac
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Jun 18, 2016 03:48
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Unkempt posted:I'm calling this one 'Three Tenths of a Second Before the Music Died'. That is well done and a really neat, if macabre idea.
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Jun 18, 2016 06:18
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Going to just assume that it's for a doctor friend.
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Mariguana posted:I really like the weathering on the Panzer. Mind going into a bit of detail on the painting process? Thanks! Keep in mind that this is an airbrush-only process, and the weathering process starts with the preshading. Used only Vallejo Paints. -First I sprayed a light grey primer coat. White can work too. -Next I imagined the model illuminated as if there was a cenital point of light. With that in mind, I preshaded the crevices and created gradients along vertical surfaces, using a dark paint. In this case, it was Vallejo German Grey primer. -Once that was done, I gave the model a coat of my desired color; I used Desert yellow. Keep in mind that it must not be an opaque layer, or the previous work will be for nothing. Painted the stowage, tools, all the little details. -I gave the model highlights with a very light, almost off-white warm grey. Painted all the chipping in a two-layer technique using a blister sponge, like the ones you get for individual Warhammer miniatures. First, I applied the off-white warm grey over the most vulnerable parts of the tank. Fenders, hatches, and the places where the crew would step on in order to enter the tank. Then went over all those random splotches with German Grey, as I imagined the tank as produced with grey as its color and then sent to North Africa and getting repainted over it. -I applied the decals and sealed the model in a coat of glossy varnish. This is very important, as the weathering needs a glossy surface and it also can damage the paint if unprotected. -Gave the whole model a pinwash, with brown and black enamel-based washes. Let the washes go to panel lines, crevices, around rivets. Wiped off the excess using a q-tip carrying just a bit of thinner (that is why we protected the paint) Once that is done, you've already got a good looking model, but you may want a bit more of realism and detail. The remaining step is the use of oil paints. -Seal the model again with a glossy coat. -Dab little splotches of oil paints all over the model, like in this example:  The light dabs should go to more exposed places and the dark ones to more shadowed ones. Mix them up a bit as the cromatic richness it will bring is very nice. I reccomend Naples Yellow to make the dust effects. Once the model is covered in splotches, go over them with a brush and a bit of thinner and blend them with the previous paintjob. All is done! You can buy oil paints in art stores, all of them work well enough. Have fun! Paragon8 posted:Finished my first "proper" model. Got into building the Star Wars Bandai figure kits and was too frightened to really dabble in the vehicles as I was worried about painting and such. Then they announced the A-wing kit and I decided that and lurking this thread to double down on modelling and got an airbrush and gradually built up my modelling kit when I started running into things I didn't know how to do. Looks really cool. Bandai made a great model with this one, and you built it nice! Good job. Sparq fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Jun 18, 2016 |
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The Locator posted:Going to just assume that it's for a doctor friend. I get that reference! (Though I wouldn't have before I started a bit of research on this.) It could probably use a bit more weathering. The figures were a nightmare, they're cut up Hasegawa USAF ground crew and just didn't fit without severe amputation. The windscreen was my first time plunge-moulding something like that because the original was terrible and barely transparent; I probably should have replaced all the windows. I tried doing the registration twice with a stencil and sanded it back both times because it looked awful; it's now individual characters cut out of black sheet decal. But overall it turned out OK. I'm just amazed that the superglue that's holding it up by one wingtip is actually strong enough to keep it there. edit:  Those two in the back have one leg and three arms between them. But as it turned out you can barely see them (and they'll be dead soon anyway). edit2: Oh yeah, it's a Minicraft 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza, and I wouldn't recommend it except it seems to be the only one available. It had fit issues (to put it mildly). Unkempt fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Jun 18, 2016 |
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Jun 18, 2016 12:53
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That's fucken aces. The buddy figures is especially excellent, I love it. It might be a cut up job, but those hands are positioned perfectly
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Jun 18, 2016 14:45
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Really excellent work! Great example of how as long as the focal details are good, the rest can be a bit bodged together and it's not the end of the world.
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Jun 18, 2016 17:30
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#myfirstgundam (in a doll house I'm building) These are a lot of fun. It's amazing how well they go together.
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Jun 18, 2016 17:59
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Sparq posted:Painting writeup. Wow thanks. Way more in depth info than I was expecting. Looks great, I'm going to definitely try some of the same techniques out on my next kit.
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Jun 18, 2016 19:00
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Greyhawk posted:#myfirstgundam (in a doll house I'm building) Is the gundam going to be a permanent resident?  I notice that the robot you built is about the right scale for your dollhouse. I would like to bring to your attention Bandai's storm trooper kit, which is about the same size as your gundam. I have no ulterior motive for this and am by no means trying to get you to populate the dollhouse entirely with gun-toting sci fi characters. Nope. vvv  (lucky you, Bandai makes a samurai Darth Vader)
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Jun 18, 2016 21:18
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Blue Footed Booby posted:trying to get you to populate the dollhouse entirely with gun-toting sci fi characters. Nope. This is essentially exactly where this will be going, especially since the dollhouse is going to be furnished in 19th century style furniture. I'm thinking cyborg ninjas here.
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Jun 18, 2016 21:31
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Greyhawk posted:#myfirstgundam (in a doll house I'm building) The gunpla thread would love to see this too.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:vvv Sadly, the Movie Realization line aren't model kits, they're (very nice) action figures.
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I'm about to embark on my first scale model!!! I caught a gigantic hobo spider while washing my bus, and I want to make a fancy terrarium for her done as a miniature Mirkwood. I don't know poo poo about gently caress, obviously, but I'm going to start by making mangrove trees about 12" to 18" tall. I'm going to buy some foliage stuff but I'd like it to look proportional. What scale should I be asking for at the hobby shop?
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Pile of Kittens posted:I'm about to embark on my first scale model!!! I caught a gigantic hobo spider while washing my bus, and I want to make a fancy terrarium for her done as a miniature Mirkwood. I don't know poo poo about gently caress, obviously, but I'm going to start by making mangrove trees about 12" to 18" tall. I'm going to buy some foliage stuff but I'd like it to look proportional. What scale should I be asking for at the hobby shop? Uhhhhhhhhh... Aren't hobo spiders both crazy venomous and tremendous assholes?
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Pile of Kittens posted:I'm about to embark on my first scale model!!! I caught a gigantic hobo spider while washing my bus, and I want to make a fancy terrarium for her done as a miniature Mirkwood. I don't know poo poo about gently caress, obviously, but I'm going to start by making mangrove trees about 12" to 18" tall. I'm going to buy some foliage stuff but I'd like it to look proportional. What scale should I be asking for at the hobby shop? That's a hell of a scale question, right there. How are big are dwarfs and hobbits in proportion to humans, anyway? I'm going to guess 1/35. Also, the wikipedia article says there is some debate about hobo spider bites causing " necrotic lesions" which is not really the kinda thing you want to read in a hobby project Speaking of models, the 1/72 Leopard 2 is kinda hateful. I'm to the point where I've accepted it'll never be brilliant, and am just trying to finish it. It was, of course, a Matchbox rebox from 2004.
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The latest info is that the variability of type and severity of symptoms from hobo spiders is from them looking similar to other, more venomous spiders, and hobo spiders are currently considered "not medically relevant". So essentially they've gotten a bad rap from their nastier cousins. I'm still treating her as though she's "hot" and not ever handling her directly, because the bite is at least painful, and yeah, most animals are tremendous assholes when they think they're about to be eaten by a mammal thousands of times their own size. However, I'm fascinated by funnel web spiders and also jumping spiders, so I'm really pleased to have caught such a nice specimen. She's already eaten five crickets and has made a nice tunnel in the corner of her tupperware. This 20 gallon tank is going to be ludicrously palatial for her.
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Nebakenezzer posted:That's a hell of a scale question, right there. How are big are dwarfs and hobbits in proportion to humans, anyway? I found 1/72 tanks to be more stressful than 1/48 tanks, for some reason. Sure it's nice with small kits that take little space, but the threads were hard to fit properly.
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Jun 20, 2016 21:52
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Pile of Kittens posted:funnel web spiders 
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Jun 20, 2016 22:35
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There are other kinds of funnel web than the Sydney funnel web. The species in the US are harmless.
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Jun 20, 2016 22:42
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I guess being from here just makes it really hard to understand people who like to keep spiders or snakes as pets
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Jun 20, 2016 22:47
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I usually have a good time with 1/72 but the engineering on this kit has just caused a poo poo ton of problems. Still, bluetac camo pattern turned out OK: 
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NTRabbit posted:I guess being from here just makes it really hard to understand people who like to keep spiders or snakes as pets You kidding me? I'd do nothing but collect hilariously unwise species if I lived down under.
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Jun 20, 2016 23:58
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Pile of Kittens posted:You kidding me? I'd do nothing but collect hilariously unwise species if I lived down under. Well, at least for a short while.
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Pile of Kittens posted:You kidding me? I'd do nothing but collect hilariously unwise species if I lived down under. 
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Jun 21, 2016 01:04
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Good luck getting a wild manta ray into a tank.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Good luck getting a wild manta ray into a tank. Stingray. Manta rays are cool. Stingrays are cunts.
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Platystemon posted:Stingray. Dammit  . I'm half-awake on an early-morning shift at work.
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San Diego IPMS has posted photo's of all the models that were entered into their Model Expo show back on June 4th if anyone is interested in perusing them. There were some pretty fantastic models there I thought. They also posted photo's of the awards, so if you aren't careful you might see a photo of me, and you can never un-see that sort of thing. http://ipmssd.org/wp/index.php/2016/06/20/2016-san-diego-model-expo-contest-results-and-photos/
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I was thinking of building my first model car as I am only really used to building Gundam, and I saw the 80's Tamiya Toyota Soarer and I have a thing for pretty normal looking cars. I was wondering if it was a good car for a first time model car builder.
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Jun 21, 2016 05:32
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Tamiya cars are in general very nice to build. They do not suffer as much from issues with parts fit as other manufacturers car models. There might be some spots that are difficult to paint as they tend to sometimes make single parts where multiple would be nicer. Gundam markers will often help out in these spots. This IS a 30 year old kit though so don't expect Bandai levels of "things simply going together perfectly". Very few manufacturers have reached this level even today.
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Me and my friends just ordered 10 random mecha and robot kits from Japan, that we plan to kitbash into post-apocalyptic gladiator robots this summer. Gonna be sweeeet.
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The Locator posted:San Diego IPMS has posted photo's of all the models that were entered into their Model Expo show back on June 4th if anyone is interested in perusing them. There were some pretty fantastic models there I thought. They also posted photo's of the awards, so if you aren't careful you might see a photo of me, and you can never un-see that sort of thing. Christ, that's a lot of award categories.
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