Spaceman 3
02-07-2010 :: Paper for the metal circlings
Well, I have been doing all the metallic circling using some CA glue covered paper -I don't know how I managed but it seems my only picture is of the worse side as there is one place where the paper obviously went sort of wrong!
of course I had pre painted the paper in grey so that I would only have to apply some shadows and highlights after gluing the paper.
Notice the 2 kind of "wings" at the top which come from my photoetch fret
the whole has to be arranged somehow though, the painting is crap.
02-07-2010 :: The opening for the 303
the problem is the large opening on one of the sides to let the .303 go out. So to be able to cut it straight, i have been puting some masking tape at the right dimension and used a small saw to cut it. Now of course with such an opening, the turret couldn't keep its shape which is why I have been putting some plastic circle of the right dimension at the base of the turret..
02-07-2010 :: The turret as shaped
here's my new turret looks like the curve is right.. so let's cut it.
02-07-2010 :: Back with the turret
Back to the turret!I found the way..
well not I but some guy who scratchbuilt the same thing on a British forum..
HE PRESSED THE SHAPE THROUGH A HOLE.
So i did the hole, I sanded it carefully so that the borders would not damage the transparent plastic. In fact the transparent plastic sheet is taken in sandwich between 2 small sheet of wood, one of which is pierced at the right size
-I heat the plastic with my heat gun
-i pressed the whole against the form
02-06-2010 :: Rust and run offs
the rusty/dirt run offs are done with pigments and blended with the grey mix
Of course everything is painted according to some direction of the light (the sort of sunbeam you can see amidships) that means for instance that the backside of the airintakes are painted in a more darker shade
02-06-2010 :: Wet on wet weathering
My usual wet on wet technique with some white ink, grey and black acrylics
02-06-2010 :: The colour scheme as applied with an airbriush
I managed to break the nozzle of my Premi-Air airbrush (I thought it was *really* fragile, *TOO* fragile exactly. Ordering a new one would have taken some further time so i decided to stick with my painfully bad Aztec, oh well still it went okay!
notice the clearer tints amidships
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