MechTech Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 That finish is a vast improvement over the factory one MW Cheng! That LCS model is 1/350 scale? It looks like 1/100, especially with the PE tie-downs.-MT Quote
Skyboy Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) I couldn't find the old Arcadia 1/60 YF-19 thread... so here's what I just finished! Finally after a year of nakedness... I managed to make some combination of decals, rub-on transfers and some very special help from an old friend on these boards. These are the markings that should have been tampo printed on a $400 toy! The panel lines are too shallow to hold any wash, so I used a very sharp 4H mechanical pencil to line them (the flaps and moveable surfaces are a black wash) and did a very light "post-shading" with pencil filings and a smudge stick (very light since its a new demonstrator aircraft). Finally it was all sealed in with a semi-gloss future clear coat to protect the custom rub-on transfers and post shading. I added a dab of silver to the landing gear struct and it improves it a lot IMHO. I guess the VF-0D is next, but the salt weathering has me cautious. DSC_1423.JPGDSC_1424.JPGDSC_1426.JPGDSC_1428.JPGDSC_1429.JPG Great job......looks super COOL Edited May 20, 2015 by Skyboy Quote
EXO Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 A couple of people have asked me to do a tutorial on how to paint small figures. I've put up instructions here. It's easier than you think. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.925083977551880.1073741850.474949502565332&type=1 IMG_5231 (Medium).JPGIMG_5232 (Medium).JPGIMG_5233 (Medium).JPGIMG_5234 (Medium).JPGIMG_5235 (Medium).JPG Completed instructions for painting small figures. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.925083977551880.1073741850.474949502565332&type=3&uploaded=8 Quote
Kylwell Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 I don't know--someone would have to be extremely brave IMHO opinion to try to light a solid resin kit--especially one's as nice and $$$ as the Moscato kits. It's not that difficult, just a lot sof drilling holes and back-filling. I've got a Kallamity Briegel on the way and I'm considering lighting it. Quote
Lt. Z0mBe Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) It's not that difficult, just a lot sof drilling holes and back-filling. I've got a Kallamity Briegel on the way and I'm considering lighting it. That's a big block of resin, Robb. I look forward to seeing it. Here's today's update on the Aerotech Samurai. In these images, it's been Future coated, decaled, had a burnt umber, white and yellow filter applied, had some glazing and had a deep purple brown pin wash applied to various spots. It's going to sit for a little while and then get a bit of weathering, a flat coat and some more pastel weathering. Comments and criticisms welcome, as always. Kenny Edited May 22, 2015 by Lt. Z0mBe Quote
EXO Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Ooooh well this should be useful. Where does one get that Hikaru figure? http://www.macrossworld.com/the-160-fan-racer-yamatos-first-macross-model-kit/ Quote
derex3592 Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Got off work early today, so today was put the legs together day! I've got all 3 days of the holiday weekend to try and get Mr. King Crabb finished up! GF is out of town so it's go time! Quote
derex3592 Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Got the torso, middle arms and mid section painted today. Need some touch up on those, I have a very hard time masking complex curves with elevation changes. I use the good vinyl tape which helps but I still can't get it perfect. Also figured out how to reinforce the legs with brass rods as suggested by the Cap'n. Quote
derex3592 Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Final Assembly Day 1.. Edited May 24, 2015 by derex3592 Quote
TMBounty_Hunter Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 http://www.macrossworld.com/the-160-fan-racer-yamatos-first-macross-model-kit/ Awww, I assumed it was 1/72. Oh well. Thanks very much for the instructions though! Quote
derex3592 Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Parting shot for the night...tomorrow..legs, arms, canopy and base. Quote
derex3592 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Thanks guys! Unfortunately no finished product today...I had a snowball effect happen to me on the right shoulder upper arm piece. Made a complete mess of it. Having to strip it down to the resin and re-mask and then repaint. Uhhhhggggg. Really wanted to be finished today! I did get the canopy attached and the base painted though! More to come. Quote
MechTech Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 It's looking great Derex! I hate it when my plans get foiled too!-MT Quote
captain america Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Parting shot for the night...tomorrow..legs, arms, canopy and base. I like where this is going! Always a delight to see my kits reaching completion Quote
Lt. Z0mBe Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 I am going to call this one finished. It will be on the table at Wonderfest come Saturday morning. There's a little speck of lint to the right of the canopy. I removed it a few minutes after snapping the image. Sorry the foreground in this one is a little blurry. But I think you get the idea. Comments and criticisms welcome. Kenny Quote
derex3592 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Finished! Expertly sculpted by Mr. John Moscato. Only the Baby Crabs remain...sorry for the sideways pix, don't understand why. Quote
captain america Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Finished! Expertly sculpted by Mr. John Moscato. Only the Baby Crabs remain...sorry for the sideways pix, don't understand why. Holy smokes, that's all kinds of awesome, dude!! I wasn't sure about your Gosu colors at first but now that I see it complete I think that you hit a home-run, congratulations on that wonderful collection and thanks for sharing! Quote
derex3592 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Thank you for the very nice compliment John. I really tried to make these look as anime accurate as possible as well as do your talents some form of justice with my meager skill set. I went off the color pics of about 10 screen grabs I found around the net. As some parts change color from scene to scene I tried to pick what I thought was the animators original intent and not scenes that looked to me like animation errors. Quote
MechTech Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 The Harpy came out great Zombie! Derex, the crab family looks great! Way to keep at it despite the setbacks. (Now go get revenge on the crabbing fishermen my pets):-) - MT Quote
derex3592 Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) VERY much looking forward to building this next! This will be my first Bandai kit, so I'm expecting this to be fun! Edited May 31, 2015 by derex3592 Quote
wm cheng Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 Finally got enough courage to start on this! My first time trying the salt weathering technique, thought it might be easier on a toy first instead of on a model I've spent hundreds of hours on. Worst case, I just strip it down with Windex back to the bare plastic of the toy. My first coat is a mixture that I think the actual colour should have been - this will form my base coat with the bare plastic showing through as my darkest colour. I will do a dark grey post shading over this and a sky/light grey post shading on top of it as well - each with its own salt layer to further mottle the paint. Wish me luck! Quote
Galaxy_Stranger Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 Very interesting effect. It looks like playing with that has a lot of potential on a generally weathered/used vehicle. I can't wait to get a hold of a WWII era vehicle and start rusting it out with that technique. I wonder if that would be a good way to do exhaust? Hmmmmm... Quote
mickyg Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 WM Cheng - Awesome to see you start this! I suspect you're going to like the results so much you'll start using this on future projects as well. Can't wait to see how it comes out. Quote
wm cheng Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Round 2! This time I re-did the salt and sprayed on a darker grey doing a bit of a post shading - but the panel lines are so faint on this Arcadia bird that it was hard to tell where they were especially under all the salt. Makes me think of spicing my steaks for the BBQ. I did the bottom much lighter - but I did want to kill the bright white and bring it to a light sky grey. Round 3! I had to use a blow dryer between each time to thoroughly dry the paint and the salt. I re-salted the entire plan yet again - it really is the combination of the large grinder crystals, the smaller table salt and the melted/dissolved puddles/pools that make up the pattern. It really took 3 layers to start looking good (I wasn't quite sure after the first 2 layers - but this 3rd layer made all the difference). I sprayed a much lighter grey over everything again paying attention to the leading edges and major transformation joints. This time I decided to spray white over the underside to bring it back as the previous greys were getting a bit dark - I like colour and weathering in the bottom is at the moment. I think I went a little overboard - I was pretty excited with the results (being my first time) so it was hard for me to gauge how heavy the effect would be especially when all the salt was still on the plane. You only know after you rinse all the salt off and dry it with a paper tower to see what the result is. Whoa! This thing looks like its been left at the bottom of the ocean for a while!!! I do like the bottom though. So to bring it all back and tone it down, I decided to mix up a batch of the proper blue (the right colour I felt Arcadia should have molded it in the first place) - Tamiya Medium Blue XF-18 Medium Blue (is pretty darn close) mixed with a few drops of X-4 Blue in a thin light wash and airbrush it over everything. This tones all the weathering down. Keeping in mind that I will want to future clear coat everything which will again tone it down, I'm purposely leaving it a little "over-weathered" at the moment. I did take a Q-Tip with some Windex on it to rub over the white stripe and red Macross Kite every layer to keep them showing through each layer. I still have to post-shade some of the panel lines now that I can see them, panel wash (but I don't think that will do much with these shallow grooves - I think I'll have to trace them with a sharp hard mechanical pencil) and gloss coat the entire thing to protect it and give it a surface for my decals. Once that's done, I can still do a very light blue/grey mist over everything including the decals to tone them down and make them look painted on and the final semi-gloss/matte future clear coat. But that's for another weekend. Edited June 1, 2015 by wm cheng Quote
mickyg Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Looking very nice! The models I've seen painted this way always look crazy before the final clear coats and thinned base color goes down. Don't be too concerned if it looks a bit over done at this stage. I think it looks perfect, by the way! Quote
EXO Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 It looks like you used Salt AND Pepa, cuz you push it real good! Oy....gomen! That was bad... Quote
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