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Playing with oils and pigments. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I think it's starting to get there.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Heck, they even had to replicate the parts during filming. The original studio-scale models were kitbashed, but any other scale they needed during shooting would be someone recreating parts at whatever scale. I remember watching a video from Bandai when they were making their Perfect Grade Falcon. They ended up tracking down all of the kits that were used and making digital copies of the parts.
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Jul 2, 2019 05:37
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Symetrique posted:I remember watching a video from Bandai when they were making their Perfect Grade Falcon. They ended up tracking down all of the kits that were used and making digital copies of the parts. Yeah, I got one, and on the initial parts fondling I was all "Oh, wow - that's the engine block, and the tank hull, and..." It was amazing to see how they had reproduced all those teeny details as recognizable kit parts.
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Jul 2, 2019 06:17
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Frenz posted:I just ordered some Tamiya enamels off ebay because I'm sick of Model Master, Humbrol, etc. I'll report back when (if?) they get here and I have a chance to try them. They mixed and airbrushed well and weren't all separated in the bottle. I'm not sure how they will hold up but at the very least the Tamiya glass bottle w/ plastic lid combo is preferable to the MM metal lids with cardboard seal that always falls out and gets paint everywhere and the stupid Humbrol mini paint tins.
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Jul 4, 2019 15:44
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Star Trek Post! I did a Galactica (new) a couple of years back and I really enjoyed it. Got a little airbrush kit and desktop compressor because of that. I wanted to get back in and went with the Round 2 redo's of some ships in 1:2500 just to play around. Klingons! *TWANG* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbG3N51MEjM  The Reliant got a little weird. I know these are old molds they are re-using, AND that these are small, AND the reliant is not the main model in this kit, but man, they could have chosen a different point to do an injection point (I think that's the right word for it):   I had to shave a bunch of it out to make the seam that it should have had. The pics above are pre-shaving. But they all came together alright. However, you can see the weird internal copywrite poo poo that is printed on the inside of the saucer. Hope the paint covers that. Next time I'm gonna sand that crap out.  I'll need to do a little putty work to fill some stuff in from places where I goofed getting the sprue off (first cut of course):  Next to priming! ptier fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Jul 5, 2019 |
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Jul 5, 2019 21:42
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Dragon Panzer IV ausf. G:    
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Jul 6, 2019 21:07
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I have a pair of Hasegawa P-47s.    I totally ran out of space for the L decal, and totally went overboard on the oil wash, now that I got some decent materials to do it. There is just no context in which putting down yellow does not suck.
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Jul 6, 2019 23:47
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^^ Digging the fantasy/reality dichotomy there. Cool little display.Frenz posted:Dragon Panzer IV ausf. G: Awesome. Which kit? DS tracks or what? T-34 turret interior is complete:         
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Jul 7, 2019 17:11
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Gewehr 43 posted:^^ Digging the fantasy/reality dichotomy there. Cool little display. Looks great! My tank is coming along quite well also. Time to get started on the base. 
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Jul 7, 2019 17:30
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Gewehr 43 posted:T-34 Can I ask you to go over your detailing and weathering process? That's looking real sharp all around.
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Jul 7, 2019 18:06
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Gewehr 43 posted:^^ Digging the fantasy/reality dichotomy there. Cool little display. It's this one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6594-pzkpfw-iv-ausf-g--134714 using Kaizen tracks. I've never used DS because I've heard that paint doesn't stick well to them and they will sometimes disintegrate. Nice job on that interior.
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Jul 7, 2019 19:04
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ptier posted:Star Trek Post! These look like fun, I may need to pick up a set. I just started the Ban Dai Star Destroyer in similar scale and was thinking about doing more in smaller scale. Can I pick your brain a little on the Galactica? Did you do the Mobius kit, and did you do any of the add ons for it? Did you go with there paint recommendations, and how do you think that ended up? I've got the mobius now, and I'm a little disappointed in the detailing. Enough so that I've spent like 20 hours adding evergreen strip to the armor between the strakes to get some actual texture on it. At this point I'm really second guessing it, but there really doesn't seem to be a better kit out there.
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Jul 8, 2019 02:36
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Some updates are in order I guess. Got a bit further on the Deloreans body  Getting all the panels and doors and so on to properly align was a bit of a headache, but it's done now.  Also been putting in a lot of work on my Berlin tram, which is largely done from the main corpus point of view. 
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Jul 8, 2019 14:53
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Poisonlizard posted:These look like fun, I may need to pick up a set. I just started the Ban Dai Star Destroyer in similar scale and was thinking about doing more in smaller scale. I need to check out that star destroyer. Nicely detailed and I can see why the galactica would feel let down after that one. I did the straight Mobius kit. No add-ons. It was my first in a long while so it was a re-learning experience. With respect to paint, I'll take some pictures tonight and write down what I used, I don't remember them off-hand. I did more of a metallic iron job which I like, just wish I had lightened it up before putting it on over german gray. I also did some scratching and buffing to make it look like the old girl she is. I'll get some pictures up tonight when I get home. If I had to do it again, I would go with the etch kit for the gun emplacements and raised lettering. But to each their own.
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Jul 8, 2019 15:13
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grassy gnoll posted:Can I ask you to go over your detailing and weathering process? That's looking real sharp all around. Thanks! Roughly...
I feel like it doesn't really come to life until the pigments are put in place, but it is really really easy to overdo them. Subtlety is the key. Building them up in layers is important. Frenz posted:It's this one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6594-pzkpfw-iv-ausf-g--134714 using Kaizen tracks. I've never used DS because I've heard that paint doesn't stick well to them and they will sometimes disintegrate. Nice job on that interior. Ah yes, I need to finish that one. I've had it on my shelf of doom for a couple years now. Did your kit not come with Magic Tracks? Mine did. And yes, DS tracks are garbage. I've used Kaizen tracks a couple times and they were great. Though, I used them for this T-34 and they were a bitch and a half. The channel for the retaining pin didn't go all the way through some of the track segments and it was a colossal pain in the rear end.
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Jul 8, 2019 18:12
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The kit was reissued recently with only DS plus a few magic tracks for spares. They also left out two sprues of special spare track links with molded on brackets and locating pins. The instructions have you fill the holes in the hull and call out the plain magic tracks so they knew what they were doing. They don’t include any brackets on the PE fret either so they just expect you to glue plain magic tracks to the fender. Luckily I had enough spares from other dragon panzer iv kits.
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Jul 8, 2019 18:31
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I have a PzIV Ausf.G in storage, plus a shitload of aftermarket. I need to actually get around to building it someday instead of just buying more accessories.
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Jul 8, 2019 18:32
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Bit of advice needed - I gave my last build a final gloss coat with a Krylon aerosol without masking the transparencies, thinking that it'd be fine since gloss varnish over transparencies should be just like Future. Hot tip - it is not and they all fogged up. Can anyone think of anything that might get the loving stuff off without melting the plastic? I've tried IPA and that certainly doesn't work. (Yes, I know I'm a loving moron and should have tried it on spares first) Unkempt fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Jul 8, 2019 |
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Jul 8, 2019 18:58
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if you mean clear plastic parts, get novus plastic polishing, level 3 and 2 and buff like hell
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Poisonlizard posted:These look like fun, I may need to pick up a set. I just started the Ban Dai Star Destroyer in similar scale and was thinking about doing more in smaller scale. Finally got it all together.  The layers are thus (all Tamiya colors because they are the most high quality I can get at my hobby shops): Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer XF-63 German Grey XF-56 Metallic Grey + XF-63 German Grey in equal parts I believe. Then I buffed a little with varying grits of sanding sticks to achieve the scuffed looked. Got a little too aggressive on the edges.    Then I tried to do a little something with the engine wash. The Galactica engine burn was bright blue with lots white mixed in so I attempted to do a layer of blue (straight XF-8 Flat Blue with some XF-2 Flat White or X-2 White mixed in and then on top just a little hit of white in the center to give it a burst look. I'm not super happy with it, but its much better to my eyes than just a flat color.  If I did it again, I'd definitely paint the clear stuff before hand and really plan out the layers, lighten up all the colors, and do the etch kits, which I might end up doing when my Star Trek ones are done... and the Pegasus... and some vipers. I don't have a problem, you have a problem! Critiques welcome, looking to get gud.
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Jul 9, 2019 01:53
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ptier posted:Finally got it all together. That looks really good, much better than I was expecting on mine, and similar colors to what I'm shooting for. I really dig the blue you did there. I did snap a couple of pics of my detail adding.    So thank you, I feel much better about the whole thing now, because yours looks good. Also, do get that Ban Dai kit, as good as the star destroyer looks, I liked the Death Star even better. I just need to get the pain done on mine.
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Jul 9, 2019 02:09
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If you're in the US or UK, Amazon US currently has the Kotobukiya Metal Gear Rex kit listed for $11USD from three third-party sellers, plus shipping. It's almost certainly a pricing error, or maybe a scam, but apparently people in the Gunpla thread have gotten shipping notices. Sadly none of those sellers will ship to Australia  .
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Jul 9, 2019 16:24
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I never slammed order so fast in my life godamn.
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Jul 9, 2019 16:53
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Sultan Tarquin posted:I never slammed order so fast in my life godamn. same here, I hope it's fulfilled
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Jul 9, 2019 17:17
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Sultan Tarquin posted:I never slammed order so fast in my life godamn. 
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Jul 9, 2019 17:39
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Just got my shipping confirmation hell yeah.
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Jul 9, 2019 17:52
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Poisonlizard posted:That looks really good, much better than I was expecting on mine, and similar colors to what I'm shooting for. I really dig the blue you did there. I love that detail, is that styrene sheet cut to make the aztecing? Asking for a friend.
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Jul 9, 2019 19:00
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I also ordered a Metal Gear. If it actually turns up we can do a group build. :P
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Jul 9, 2019 19:27
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lilljonas posted:I also ordered a Metal Gear. If it actually turns up we can do a group build. :P Gunpla thread vs model thread group build
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Jul 9, 2019 19:42
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I really wish I had any interest in that thing. Dear Amazon, please screw up the price on something I want.
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Slugworth posted:I really wish I had any interest in that thing. Dear Amazon, please screw up the price on something I want. Agreed. I appreciate the Gunpla culture and hobby, but it's just not for me. Where's my $11 Tamiya 1/32 airplane?
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Symetrique posted:Gunpla thread vs model thread group build Gonna make it a ww2 plane paint scheme to stay true to my hood
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Slugworth posted:I really wish I had any interest in that thing. Dear Amazon, please screw up the price on something I want. Try it, friend. First one's $11.13. You can do a full kit, with articulation and an internal frame, in a single sitting, including topcoat. Or you can paint it up like a regular model, with a crazy amount of detail. https://twitter.com/Soheiheihei/status/1138990719983448065 https://twitter.com/trysetubi/status/1145992370300657665 https://twitter.com/Anavel_sato/status/1143681605740875777 poo poo, some of them are basically plane kits with a couple extra parts anyway. https://twitter.com/atelier_imai/status/1114743262403678209
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Jul 9, 2019 21:38
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Lovely kit. Fits together perfectly.
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Sultan Tarquin posted:If one was to paint it, do you paint the individual pieces before assembly? Probably not. Its always better to break painting down by sub assemblies, that way you avoid fit problems that come with paint buildup. Here are the instructions: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10196669
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I saw that on the Underground and had to order it inbetween WiFi hotspots, got my shipping email 
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ptier posted:I love that detail, is that styrene sheet cut to make the aztecing? Asking for a friend. Yeah, strips of .010 styrene chopped up and glued down. I'll try to get some pics up once I base coat and wash it.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:If you're in the US or UK, Amazon US currently has the Kotobukiya Metal Gear Rex kit listed for $11USD from three third-party sellers, plus shipping. It's almost certainly a pricing error, or maybe a scam, but apparently people in the Gunpla thread have gotten shipping notices. It's $51 now. Luckily I'm not really into this sort of thing so it's not terribly disappointing that I missed it.
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idk where i'm going with this build. Did some color modulation with oils and some light staining. I was not happy with the way the AK RC paints went on. The medium sea grey seemed way too dark so I had to do a light coat of Tamiya Sky Grey. Probably gonna do a very thin gloss coat and follow that with a wash to bring out all of the rivet detail. And paint the red gun tapes too.  
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