I think what you're going to run into relatively quickly at this size is that the details will set the scale. That's a really fun scratch-build, but right now it would look really weird beside a dropfleet ship because it's lacking in surface details. Don't get me wrong either - that shit is _hard to pull off_, and I think you've made something genuinely cool. But if you aren't going to - for example - define some panel lines or smaller forms, you're looking at painting some of those in instead.
Get cheap model kits for a ship and a truck. Use the bridge parts, access panels, wheel hubs, anything with some like "knobbliness" to it to add to the ship. It's a process called greebling, and it will make a huge difference to how the scale appears.
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I sometimes hate being in mini painting Facebook groups. I saw this really awesome looking Necron tomb spyder and it is making me question my paint scheme.
Tomb spyder for reference. Absolutely not mine.
Because of this I played around with a different Necron scheme on impcat and I'm kind of really digging it.
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Speaking of silver, rewatched ESB lately and noticed that the carbon Han gets frozen in is actually a silvery grey and not the brown it so often gets depicted as. It only looks brown in RotJ because of the dark and warm lighting in Jabba's palace.
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Have to add that the gold on C3PO looks fantastic. Great recipe you ave there
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No, he doesn’t :x
It blew my mind when someone pointed it out and I went back and watched the OT.
I’ve been watching them as far back as I can remember and I never saw it.
Speaking of silver, rewatched ESB lately and noticed that the carbon Han gets frozen in is actually a silvery grey and not the brown it so often gets depicted as. It only looks brown in RotJ because of the dark and warm lighting in Jabba's palace.
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Have to add that the gold on C3PO looks fantastic. Great recipe you ave there
Thanks!
The secret is GW Retributor Gold .Good couple of layers for a solid coat, Agrax Earth watch, repanel, then highlighted (drybrushing) with a Retributor Gold/Mithril Silver mix and a leeeeeetle Mithril silver on its own for really raised areas.
Please send help, every Australian store is out of stock of more clones.
Fixed that for you
RIP us. My local games store has a copy left, but not only is it NOT discounted, it's actually a a couple of bucks above the RRP and I'm not sure I'm that desperate .... But I might be.
Wait, what's the deal with the silver leg? I thought he always had it in TOS? Was it added in the special edition or something?
Is this some "Han shot first" thing that I'm only now becoming aware of?
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Always been there. From literally the very beginning. Even though the 1977 original action figure didn't have it because $$.
EDIT: These are screencaps from the original 1977 film.
See, that's what I thought? I always figured it was just a bit of cool asymmetrical detail, you know... because the whole starwars aesthetic was kinda junkyard and cobbled together. Why do people not think he had a silver leg?
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Given that the image provided on his Wikipedia page doesn't feature a silver leg, I would wager there is some discrepancy on the matter, but I'm not much of a Star Wars nerd to know what it is.
There are a lot of scenes where the lighting makes his leg look rather golden. Same with the carbonite block.
Also it gets never mentioned. It's just a bit of background that can get the imagination going.
Compare to TFA where he holds his red arm directly into the camera and says hey have you noticed my red arm wink wink remember I had a silver leg, reference wink wink.
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Yeah, looking into it briefly this seems like a worse version of the Berenstain Bears alt-timelines thing. >_>
I guess you can find images of him without the silver leg because they removed it for the sequel trilogy. Simple enough.
Sticking play sand to bases with a glue/water mixture, what ratio am I supposed to be using here? 50/50 or just white glue with a bit of water added for thinning?
Sticking play sand to bases with a glue/water mixture, what ratio am I supposed to be using here? 50/50 or just white glue with a bit of water added for thinning?
Most videos I've seen do a 50/50 split. Duncan does video on his website where he basically waters it down like paint, puts it on a pallete and adds water with the brush. Some other videos I've seen use a spray bottle with water and glue to seal the sand after it has dried as well but it isn't required.
I don't think you can really go too wrong with it. I've mostly done what Duncan does and it has turned out really well.
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Sticking play sand to bases with a glue/water mixture, what ratio am I supposed to be using here? 50/50 or just white glue with a bit of water added for thinning?
Most videos I've seen do a 50/50 split. Duncan does video on his website where he basically waters it down like paint, puts it on a pallete and adds water with the brush. Some other videos I've seen use a spray bottle with water and glue to seal the sand after it has dried as well but it isn't required.
I don't think you can really go too wrong with it. I've mostly done what Duncan does and it has turned out really well.
Excellent, thank you
I'm starting on a bigass display board and I really don't want it falling apart
He does in the cartoon! Which is what I'm basing the scheme on.
Oh god Star Wars canon is convoluuuuuuuted.
Now I'm thinking if I'm misremembering. Did he actually have a silver leg in the Clone Wars? Not from the beginning though at least, right? I know he has the silver leg in Rebels but I can't remember if tey actually went and had the replacement shown during the Clone Wars.
hmmmm, so it's there in RotS at least
looks like his chestplate also is different between all the incarnations.
Speaking of silver, rewatched ESB lately and noticed that the carbon Han gets frozen in is actually a silvery grey and not the brown it so often gets depicted as. It only looks brown in RotJ because of the dark and warm lighting in Jabba's palace.
edit:
Have to add that the gold on C3PO looks fantastic. Great recipe you ave there
Thanks!
The secret is GW Retributor Gold .Good couple of layers for a solid coat, Agrax Earth watch, repanel, then highlighted (drybrushing) with a Retributor Gold/Mithril Silver mix and a leeeeeetle Mithril silver on its own for really raised areas.
Yeah!
I found a few GW sanctioned recipes that work your way through all the various watery shitty golds they have, but just retribute mixed directly with mithril silver does the job much better/easier
I've got the Daemon in me. Bought these guys yesterday ...
Please send help, every Australian store is out of stock of more clones.
These look amazing.
I will say, despite enjoying playing Legion (on TTS) and working through my painting my own models, the fact that a unit that features in basically every single republic and rebel list only comes with a terrain piece is peak FFG.
Now I need to go organize my paint space. It's a complete yardsale compared to Keen's
I was just thinking about how I needed to organize my paints again.
Started on the base for my Deceiver. I put sand on the actual model parts as well instead of just trying to match the look of the terrain part of the model with the sand. I think it worked.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
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For cleaning an airbrush (paasche talon) in an ultrasonic cleaner, do I need to strip out the air valve first? I assume there's a rubber seal inside that I don't want to damage.
For cleaning an airbrush (paasche talon) in an ultrasonic cleaner, do I need to strip out the air valve first? I assume there's a rubber seal inside that I don't want to damage.
I'd advise against putting airbrush components in an ultrasonic cleaner altogether. Anything you need to clean can be cleaned with alcohol/airbrush cleaner and a set of small nylon brushes.
And if you insist on using an ultrasonic cleaner absolutely under no circumstance put solvents in it.
For cleaning an airbrush (paasche talon) in an ultrasonic cleaner, do I need to strip out the air valve first? I assume there's a rubber seal inside that I don't want to damage.
I'd advise against putting airbrush components in an ultrasonic cleaner altogether. Anything you need to clean can be cleaned with alcohol/airbrush cleaner and a set of small nylon brushes.
And if you insist on using an ultrasonic cleaner absolutely under no circumstance put solvents in it.
Yeah, sounds like a good way to make a bomb in my kitchen
I've tried getting a deep clean in the main body with some nylon brushes, but I can still see some primer gunk that I can't seem to get rid of.
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Get cheap model kits for a ship and a truck. Use the bridge parts, access panels, wheel hubs, anything with some like "knobbliness" to it to add to the ship. It's a process called greebling, and it will make a huge difference to how the scale appears.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble
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Tomb spyder for reference. Absolutely not mine.
Because of this I played around with a different Necron scheme on impcat and I'm kind of really digging it.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Please send help, every Australian store is out of stock of more clones.
(they look awesome)
Oh god Star Wars canon is convoluuuuuuuted.
During the clone wars he does
Speaking of silver, rewatched ESB lately and noticed that the carbon Han gets frozen in is actually a silvery grey and not the brown it so often gets depicted as. It only looks brown in RotJ because of the dark and warm lighting in Jabba's palace.
edit:
Have to add that the gold on C3PO looks fantastic. Great recipe you ave there
It blew my mind when someone pointed it out and I went back and watched the OT.
I’ve been watching them as far back as I can remember and I never saw it.
Thanks!
The secret is GW Retributor Gold .Good couple of layers for a solid coat, Agrax Earth watch, repanel, then highlighted (drybrushing) with a Retributor Gold/Mithril Silver mix and a leeeeeetle Mithril silver on its own for really raised areas.
Fixed that for you
RIP us. My local games store has a copy left, but not only is it NOT discounted, it's actually a a couple of bucks above the RRP and I'm not sure I'm that desperate .... But I might be.
Yeah, the primary colour Necrons look too much like SM chapter colours.
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I mean, I'm looking -right- at that mini and it sure looks like he was painted with a silver leg to me. :biggrin:
Is this some "Han shot first" thing that I'm only now becoming aware of?
EDIT: These are screencaps from the original 1977 film.
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Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
Also it gets never mentioned. It's just a bit of background that can get the imagination going.
Compare to TFA where he holds his red arm directly into the camera and says hey have you noticed my red arm wink wink remember I had a silver leg, reference wink wink.
I guess you can find images of him without the silver leg because they removed it for the sequel trilogy. Simple enough.
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
Nice second shot. Once again showing Chewie getting screwed out of his medal.
Little The Rise of Skywalker spoiler behind the tags.
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Most videos I've seen do a 50/50 split. Duncan does video on his website where he basically waters it down like paint, puts it on a pallete and adds water with the brush. Some other videos I've seen use a spray bottle with water and glue to seal the sand after it has dried as well but it isn't required.
I don't think you can really go too wrong with it. I've mostly done what Duncan does and it has turned out really well.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Sounds like an FFG product
Excellent, thank you
I'm starting on a bigass display board and I really don't want it falling apart
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Now I'm thinking if I'm misremembering. Did he actually have a silver leg in the Clone Wars? Not from the beginning though at least, right? I know he has the silver leg in Rebels but I can't remember if tey actually went and had the replacement shown during the Clone Wars.
hmmmm, so it's there in RotS at least
looks like his chestplate also is different between all the incarnations.
Yeah!
I found a few GW sanctioned recipes that work your way through all the various watery shitty golds they have, but just retribute mixed directly with mithril silver does the job much better/easier
These look amazing.
I will say, despite enjoying playing Legion (on TTS) and working through my painting my own models, the fact that a unit that features in basically every single republic and rebel list only comes with a terrain piece is peak FFG.
That last piece of the puzzle will be swapping out the wet palette for its big brother, but there's no rush there.
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Switch: SW-0653-8208-4705
Now I need to go organize my paint space. It's a complete yardsale compared to Keen's
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
I was just thinking about how I needed to organize my paints again.
Started on the base for my Deceiver. I put sand on the actual model parts as well instead of just trying to match the look of the terrain part of the model with the sand. I think it worked.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Not quite finished, waiting on the basing materials to come so I can add plant life for Endor bases, but first squad of stormtroopers done.
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PSN - Razide6
I'd advise against putting airbrush components in an ultrasonic cleaner altogether. Anything you need to clean can be cleaned with alcohol/airbrush cleaner and a set of small nylon brushes.
And if you insist on using an ultrasonic cleaner absolutely under no circumstance put solvents in it.
3DS: 1650-8480-6786
Switch: SW-0653-8208-4705
Yeah, sounds like a good way to make a bomb in my kitchen
I've tried getting a deep clean in the main body with some nylon brushes, but I can still see some primer gunk that I can't seem to get rid of.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6