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First project on the go is the Tama with some extra pe detail from fujimi. Build order looks like it'll be a bit painful here with overlapping deck sections and such.
Going to try doing some preshading/mottling on the surface of the ship and try to paint these tiny but really detailed 700th models. Failing that I can use some PE prepainted ones.
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End of day 1. We've got the hull together, a bunch of holes drilled in the deck which now needs deburring somehow and 3 funnels built and ready for gap filling then detailing. 3hr 25 so far
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Funnel before and after some PE
And a bonus timelapse of that one funnel being made. Can't really see what I'm doing from the angle but still
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2.5 hours later and 40 pe parts down and the funnels are done..there is some annoyance though.
That little 3 piped part is on in the correct orientation according to kit instructions but not according to the pe instructions which causes a bunch of parts not to fit..I jury rigged it by rearranging and cutting some down to do my best but the pe and base kit are the same company so not sure how that went wrong!
Just over 7.5 hours. I've got a lot of gap filling to do on the main deck before I move on there which I'm not looking forward to
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Avoiding filling so doing some main batteries first
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Another quick hour on some more secondary batteries. Still procrastinating gap filling.
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Tonight we got the 4 torpedo launchers done, finished up the underside of the hull and started the main superstructure
I've also decided next ship in the line will be a slightly odd design for me, a modernish missile destroyer;
But also going to put a hlj order in to get some kits from over there and a few goodies like this stuff;
https://www.hlj.com/1-700-scale-metal-rigging-0-15-mdkh-2
Looks really good for doing some of the smaller sections of rigging and stuff that doesn't want a sag. But it's insanely expensive to buy here/ebay
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The great fillening is done at least. Now to figure out the order for paint/building the superstructure
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Fitting the deck, finishing up front superstructure pe and sorting the radio mast.
Also trying to figure out how to handle this chunk at the back.the upper deck overlaps the lower, with this annoying structure below..the structure wants to be grey but both of the decks linoleum and masking around that looks like a nightmare. I think I'm gonna paint these parts separate, then glue in place. Fill and fix any screwups. It feels like the best way to me. Especially with masking the brass press fittings. Any thoughts @spice barn
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Yeah I would do those separately. Looks like more work masking and getting it right insteas of just painting first and assembling later.
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It's a push fit kit anyway so fit shouldn't be too bad
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https://premiershipmodels.co.uk/product/bounty-model-boat-kit-occre-52003/
Very tempted to order this boy for winter
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Rear mast done, had some issues with the ladders so they're not the best (a bit of excess super glue). Starting on some of the other sub assemblies for the main deck now too. Won't be long until painting this one
Also first of the kits for various winter projects showed up. Emden with wooden deck, pe, paint mask etc.
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The sheer tinyness of the stuff you do never ceases to amaze me.
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Thanks. Really it's a labour of love for me. My dad's side of the family are all mariners and thus was something we did together when I was a kid (obviously no pe then). In my hobbies I mostly enjoy the like feeling of mastery. For me I'm not amazing at painting, so I enjoy the challenge of construction.
Here's the actual instructions and parts used. Fold the guns in half to double them up, then the tiny part at the back gets bent into a [ and then the little sticks get bent down. Put that onto the side of the gun, then there's a tab for the little shields to attach. I'm still just doing it with MK1 eyeball, but I do need to upgrade my desk to a moveable one
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Finishing up work for today. Got the front superstructure all built up, started to pin things up for paint and a few new pe replacement parts
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Today got half the AA guns done, a couple fo small superstructure parts including the awful weather radar thing
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Those AA guns are incredibly small. How do you glue them to the plastic parts? Thin CA on a toothpick?
Feels like it would be all to easy to accidentally leave glue blobs at the joins
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Those AA guns are incredibly small. How do you glue them to the plastic parts? T...
Depending on the size of the piece I'll use a piece of brass wire or old knife to apply some thick gel superglue to the tabs then drop it down. Those AA guns are 3 parts each so building then is harder than placing. For both I use a ca activator a lot. That way you can paint it where you want the part and just drop it, and not have to deal with stuff wobbling around
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@upper pier I'm thinking of grabbing https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/occre-bounty-launch.html as my first wooden boat. I've got the usual plastic hobby tools (ca glue, small hobby knives, sanding sticks and sponges etc). What extra tools do you recommend. More sturdy knife? Small saw? Lower grit sandpapers?
On the list for sure is wood glue and some form of clamps. I don't see much point buying the huge sets when I already have some knives and tweezers etc.
There are sets like https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Planking-Tool-Set-CMBPTS.html#SID=167
Which might help?
And
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okey, you need some sandpaper with higher grit than usual plastic one, 120/180 should be good,
filing set like these, flat, round and square profile are the minimun to have
if you are doing an occre ship, i recommend these as they will come up in the costrucion manual https://occre.com/it/products/pack-tintes?_pos=1&_sid=ebca3d082&_ss=r
also some flat clippers or something that works like them could be useful
also some wood putty could be useful for planking
also a small hammer useful
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if you want something a bit more precise for cutting planks i recommend a mitre cutter, both the hand one or the table one
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Thanks. I'll have a source and order up when I'm back from holiday. Shame I'm not going to Spain or i might have been able to get some from the source!
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yeah
do you have a steel ruler?
also caliber might come handy for masts
ah yes
hand drill
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https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/mantua_8296_razor.html#SID=1130
This kind of thing? I haven't got a metal ruler but I can grab one easily enough from hobby shops
I've got a pin vice that easily does up to a few mm diameter
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I've got a pin vice that easily does up to a few mm diameter
don't know if will works, with the polaris i've been asked to make holes 0.7mm up to 2/3mm
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don't know if will works, with the polaris i've been asked to make holes 0.7mm u...
Mmm at very least I'd need more drill bits. I only have up to 1.5mm
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Mmm at very least I'd need more drill bits. I only have up to 1.5mm
GSW has some drills bbits
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Ah that'll be fine..they'll fit my current pin vice
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perfect
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Right so metal ruler, drill bits, small hammer, filing set, sandpapers, wood glue, the occre dyes a mitre cutter and probably set of pencils should be a good starter ontop of my other bits
Oh and a bunch of clamps
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if you buying pencils for the wood planking effect i recommendt something like 8B
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That and general marking parts
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ok ok
AH RIGHT
forgot
occre instruction tells you to use contact glue for planking
if you want to follow the exact instruction take it, i've done that too, but planking can bee made in a lot of different ways so you can do it with also wood glue alone if you know what are you doing, but for first try i'll follow the exact instructions
its just very annyoing to work with
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Contact glue as in superglue?
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no no
it's a glue that bonds after dryied when touchng another surface with contact glue
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Oh a bit like a 2 part epoxy but for glue
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yes but in't not two part
it's just one
see, he puts the same glue on the planks and the hull and then stick them together
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Ill probably just do it as they say then first time around
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yeah
it's called contact glue
i've see your ship manual and has the same way to glue the outer planking
superhobby doing gods work for putting the kits manual on the websites
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I can never tell where they're based. I always thought they were polish but their website implies that uk orders don't pay import tax
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i tought they were polish
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Finishing up AA guns. Starting to add doors to parts, sorting out depth charge storage/launchers. Annoyingly theyre only aligned in one orientation but it's probably fine.
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Back from a holiday in Portugal and trying to get this ready for paint tomorrow. I've got some more boat hooks and the launches to sort out. Then I'll paint this up and then come back with the last bits of pe.
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Another day and some more pe stuff done. I love Japanese ships but these subassemblies are frankly dumb. First round of painting very soon, just need some new filters for the spray mask.
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smol
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Very smol
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Tiny even
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I think the kit that'll turn up on Wednesday will be pretty chunky
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Now these parts are tiny
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And other tiny botes
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We doing it. Just need to grab a metal ruler and sanding block from a diy store and I think I'm good to go. Investigated teh contact adhesive but most people were arguing against its use so I'll try with wood/pva for now. Might get myself a tool for cutting the strips off ebay if its a real pain when I start.
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And my other order showed up, diorama bits. A 1/700 us mulberry harbour, with incredibly cute tiny duk-w, cargo ships, tugs etc
And a whole bunch of generic pe parts for when I catapult stuff into oblivion
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And here's the metal wire for rigging I ordered next to the lycra I was using
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And the final hobby delivery. First ever wooden boat plus some tools to help
Flyhawk bunker hill, with obligatory pe whose instructions are twice the length of the base kit. Looks like another cracker from flyhawk though. Thinking I'll do her waterline with some kind of diorama. Id love to do a test of using some leds to make a missile launch effect but I've no idea how. Fully 3d printed mast too. Looks great but worried about how strong it'll be. Especially with some rigging
And started painting the kuma. Testing some preshading to make the final results a bit less flat. I've completely lost my white so used a yellow for the brown to get some warmth. It's subtle but I like. Going to give this a couple hours then try sort out the press fittings (tempted to try a sort of drybrush on them still tbh). And get the grey parts all sorted and washed today. That way I've just got the final bits to do later (davits, ladders, railings etc).
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Press fittings painted. Since I'm going to have to mask a strip around the wooden deck anyway this is actually the easiest order for the railings too.
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Past me: "I'll just mask it off. It won't be that bad".
Current me:
In the process I also annihilated the front flag pole so made one from a brass rod
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Pretty good bootstripe, not perfect on the deck but I'll call it good enough and slap some wash to blend it itln
Modulation on the hill didn't really do much. Think I'll try the proper black base coat next time. Ready to add the major subassemblies and do some quick weathering
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Construction on is more of a pain in the neck than hoped. A fair few fit problems but it's coming together. Gpt a lot of small pe and plastic parts I need to paint and attach, then the final railings, a quick wash, tiny AA guns and some rigging and it'll be good enough
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Kinda just done with this project so used it to practice rigging. Got some new metal rigging wires for it. A little awkward to work with but nice effect. Used black ca while testing to figure out the best technique so it's a little messy in spots
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Since the bunker hill project is on hold pending replacement parts I've started the Emden. She's absolutely tiny. Mast is going to be interesting since it's a full metal mast which is a first for me. There's also a lot of wooden deck with pe ontop so pe subassemblies for painting there.but with the precut mask and wooden deck I think I can make pretty decent progress pretty quickly. Going to go with a white yellow and brown scheme which is fun and a bunch of rigging which I've been practicing.
Getting the hull together and deck sections in flat was a bit of an ordeal but it's over now. Just test fitting some of the lower deck parts and the wooden deck sticker
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Slow pe progress. Trying to focus on a little bit of extra neatness this time since it's not got a lot of pe and the sub assemblies seem pretty simple. Curve isn't awful but really I need to find some bending sticks that are a smaller diameter than my current smallest as using a drill bit isn't ideal
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It super looks like there's a ladder that goes there, but absolutely none on the instructions which is odd
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More slow progress. Bunch of small gun turrets built and some hull Pe started
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Something a little different. I forgot how GARBAGE gw sprue design is
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C_XBXdqywhn/?igsh=MXVzcDZuejFpZ2NoaQ==
Saving for inspiration later. I really like that bow wave effect and I'd like to try lighting at some kind.
Today base coated up the Warhammer, failed to buy paint for it. Finished off a little more pe on the Emden. I could bash this thing out but the headspace just isn't there
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In bote news. Another small superstructure subassembly built. With absolutely miniscule 3d printed parts. Still some clean up to do on the gate marks but eh.
Other side of hull Pe done too. Going to tackle the mast soon
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Basic airbrush tones in. Not sure if I should wash and drybrush over top? There's a lot of texture there, but the transitions are quite nice I think so might destroy it
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Stippled some extra yellow and an off white on highlights. I started painting the chips as a khaki (karak stone style colour) but not convinced by it..similar for the teeth..I think I might just drybrush those up heavy with a mid tone/makeup brush and a few edge highlights in temple stone.
Not sure what to do on the eye. I guess just layer towards the middle.
Also built a dude to test how I feel about starting a cos army. Not sure on scheme but I do very much like this model.
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Teeth fully coated and washed. Still not sure what direction to head with them. Straight highlight or drybrush I guess. Might use it as highlight practice and if it's weird can always go back and recoart. Also go some mushroom and lichen started.
Considering schemes for the cos too. I like this vague palette, but not sure how to use. Burgundy cloth, tealish shields, silver metal. Brass details and cold brown leather maybe?
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Teefies done. Tried to sell the effect with some texture but they're a bit funny to paint. Weirdly quite flat So not sure it really works but gonna keep it anyway
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Also test blocking in colours for potential army scheme..shield is good, the tan on the guy though just feels wrong. Not sure why, maybe it's too bright? Might swap it for a grey
Plus had a go at highlighting up a shield. Managed to skip a colour which made the blue super stark and massively out of practice meant it started very scratchy and gross but got there in the end and it's... Fine?
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Current progress. Aside from the dodgy ass highlights (only one way to get better) I'm pretty happy so far I think
. Was a nice process to layer up, even if I got a bit lost (like that bottom bit of the tunic at the back. It's so flat it feels weird to layer it higher in colour but also weird to do nothing?) and isn't overloaded with details or colours. Gonna get a unit of steelhelms and fusiliers painted then buy a SC box I think
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And duder is done. Going to vase with a simple grasslandy style (with rocks, skulls and some small bits) but will do that with the unit. Skin is... A bit stark but works well for a battlefield I think. Overall I'm really happy with them
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An 3 shields done. Still a bit messy and stark, not sure if I need to go back to the base colour after wash rather than straight to 2 highlights. Needs some varnish over the decal
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Some more shields done aside from varnish. Again paint work is a little scratchy, wondering if I'm just not getting it thin enough
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Finished up building my last unit and got a big box to keep going. Not been on boats because we're fostering a cat for a few months and the parts are shiny, sharp and extremely fragile so I've put it away for a bit. Might start the wooden one though
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Layered up purple and pretty happy with results. Starting to get the boat itch but work is crazy so hobby time limited
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Leathers done I think. Tried to go a bit more layer-ey. Not sure if I prefer the look compared to the more stark straight edge highlights but it's fun to mess with. Might finish this unit like this and then try another more standard
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Leathers done I think. Tried to go a bit more layer-ey. Not sure if I prefer the...
These are turning out lovely so far
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These are turning out lovely so far
Thanks. I never used to like the sort of layered up high contrast approach but this army I want to be a real hobby army rather than a "let's just get it painted" force so I'm playing. Got the fabric done and trim highlighted so just the details metal and skin to go. Im having fun even if they're a bit messy but it's a learning experience.
I'll get back to boats soon but the cat makes that more difficult at the moment.
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Metals and small detail highlights done. Just gotta drybrush the handles and get some skin tones in then pick out a bunch of rivets at the end. Enjoying taking painting a bit slower and trying stuff out rather than just trying to rush it tbh. That said this army will take me approximately 30 years to finish at this rate
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And with that I'll call these done. The cloth is a bit of a triumph for me. It took quite a while so hopefully I can find a better way. Maybe some quicker rough layers with some glazing.
Leather is very good on the belt and boots but iffy on vambrace. Metals are fine . Skin is iffy.
Basing as ever it's dull by therrs such little space on the bases I don't know what else to do
Any suggestions for the next round @strange olive ?
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Yeah
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Painting for the day. Cannon wood is based coated, drybrush and washed. Just gonna do another quick drybrush and a few edge highlights when done.
Testing a cannon painting method on a basing piece. Black, heavy silver drybrush and a heavy black wash. Well come back and add a highlight when dry. Maybe just on the sharp edges.
Slapped some base coats on the jester. Going to give one more thin coat on a few bits then star trying to work up a value sketch before blending. I'm still not sure how to handle textured odd shaped areas, like the sleeve. Maybe just sketch in the high to low values from the shape. Then come back and add shadows for folds back in?
Also 3d printing shenanigans
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Hoose
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Right going to work on layering these guys up. I'm still struggling to figure the value sketch out in my head for like the bib but let's see
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Trying to up my game a little and focus more on blending/smooth transitions but struggling with highlight placement.
Some examples here. Roughly slapping on where I think some of the biggest highlights and shadows will go on the bib and purple top. Especially on these big open areas like the bib where there's some detail but overall shape I'm not sure how to approach, treat it as a flat shape (cylinder) then go back and add some shadows in to deal with the detail like folds?
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Right just going to wing it. These photos taken for reference, using a roughly 10 am positionedish lamp
And a value sketch for the bib
Very much not sure if these are correct, and if smoothing the transitions out will just work. I feel the highs need to go a bit higher and I could go into a really dark cold brown for the shadow. Any feedback appreciated
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Had a YOLO at blending it with some stippling, and added an extra tiny higher highlight..I don't know if this works?
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And some quick and dirty layers to the trousers and shell padding. Shell I'm really happy with, trousers are pretty stark. Probably mix some modtones and smooth out the transitions. Not sure if it's so stark because my value jumps are big or if I'm just not getting the consistency thin enough
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Spend a bit of time working on the apron after some feedback from lada. Much happier. Also added some extra shadow to the shell casing
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Printing also continues slowly
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Quick and dirty purple layers. About 10 mins total and really happy with the result. Far from perfect, but for an army I'm really pleased. I kept looking at it going "that's pretty good" and stopping then hearing red go "more contrast". Maybe shadows could be a touch darker for the special hq guys. Going back to the trousers to try refine some bits
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And some more printing
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Really happy overall. The leather still doesn't feel quite right but I'm happy. I used a badger primer rather than my usual Mr hobby and the paint adhesion is... Bad. I really don't want to varnish it as it'll show all the imperfections up
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Cannon progress
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Really struggling on the wood grain for the painted stuff. I can just drybrush it and it'd be fine but I want to learn how to paint. I wonder if the wash is the problem and I'd be better off mixing some layers then glazing in a shadow instead
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Seems like an excessive effort for a small basing bit but in really enjoying working on the layering technique
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That'll do. Metal at the bottom will get rusted up when I'm ready to build it all
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Not doing as good of a job on her as the big guy, but it's all paint on plastic
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Did some painting during my lunch break to get her finished off and a few touchups made. Relatively happy with the values but not all the shadows/blending. Like the bag looks ok from a distance but is a bit messed up up close. All good and learning though. Going to rust up some of the metal on the chassis and get it all glued together (minus the shield) tonight I think
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Just starting the basing
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And done. Just need to paint the front shield
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Far left panel, and top left of the middle section. Think I've managed to get happy enough with a method so now to just paint it all. It still feels a little flat and low contrast but every time I try to push it higher it looks crap so this'll do.
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I'll call that done for now on the blue. Not happy with the result but I just can't do it better so no point going over it for another week. Feels like my edge highlighting is still a total mess, just can't get the paint to feel like it's coming off the brush as I want
I'll Matt the surface down after the white and hope it's better
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Finally done. Really happy with the ammo and loader, acceptable with the rest. the commander ladies back is screwed up but eh
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Getting quicker. About 40 mins for some vase coats and the boots/trousers layered. Really happy with that leather so far. If anyone has any suggestions for ways to improve both, without a huge amount of extra work I'd be interested in hearing it
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Figured if they're playing pieces I really should varnish so this guy will get the spray soon then touch up metals. Pretty happy with the skin. Tried an osl easy mode thing on the candle which didn't really work but eh
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Post varnish. Doesn't look too bad actually
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New ship kit desire detected
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Done. Really happy with the skin and model overall. Naff osl attempt is weak but it's something to try again in future.
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Leather and trousers done here. I've been mixing my 3 tones together to get slightly more smooth layering but tried to just go shadow mid high with a little glaze back to get some extra shadow depth there. It's fine at tabletop distance o thinking but didn't save that much time
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Purple cloth all done. Had a lot of fun, that top highlight transition is still a bit rough but if I care I can go back and stipple it a bit
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Added extra highlight and slightly smoother the purple out, some detail bits and skin base coats.
I'm really happy with the leathers but the purples still don't feel right. Especially on the front tabard bit I think I'm over layering which doesn't give the proper contrast effect but not sure quite where I'm going wrong
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Starting to blend the flag. Basically treating it as a cylinder. Might be wrong but I'm not sure how else to handle this
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Not much time for painting tonight. Started to blend the flag a bit and added an extra shadow chunk. So far blends aren't working that well.
Also painted in the other guys skin and face. Face got good and then I kept messing and got a bit excessive with the shadows I glazed back in
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Spent a bit getting skin painted up. It's fine, maybe needs more contrast ideally but it's smooth enough
Still trying to smooth that brightest area out. Not sure what's wrong or if I just need to spend more time on it
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And smoothed out well enough I think
And these 3 are ready for some varnish then the metals being redone
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Really pleased with that result. Just need to finish flag girl off and that's a 100 point unit painted in a month
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This feels so close to working. If I could put the peg in where the top one is (slot 2 on row 2 to slot 5 on row 1) it'd work just fine. I'm wondering if i can get away with slot 5 row 1 to slot 3 row 2 with a medium length one and it work. 5 to 2 with a short lever doesn't.
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Flag done, just need to matt varnish it up, finish the skin and details on the model and that's a unit finally finished
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And just the basing to do
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And final girl all done
Together with army so far
I think I need to push skin tones much further..the priest guy with bald head I'm happy with. The others a little less so but overall it's coming together nicely
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Out of office is on. Warhammer is primed. Life is good
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Keeping up the hobby streak with some horsey base coats. That light colour might be a tad too light, hoping that I can layer in some shadows and darken it down a little.
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Test horsey. I could probably do better with drybrushing but it's about learning with this army so overall I'm fairly happy
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Second horsey. Trying a slightly different approach. Still not perfect but definitely will do for the tabletop
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Last brown one layered up. Getting happier with the outcome
I think a bit of varnish will help smooth some of the blends out
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Plush cushions and wooden bits of saddle done. Just the leathers now
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And I'll call that a knight. Saddle is completely done, just doing things in hard to reach order now. Then will come back for the metals
Also a bunch of photos to try help with the flag
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Purple cloths done and getting some more metals base coated. Really happy with those layers.
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Must have put the metals on too thick or not left enough time to dry on those flat plates. Which is really annoying. Not sure how to fix
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Rescued it with sandpaper
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Much progress. On these 3 just need to do some bone, detail bits and the metal (after varnish) and they're finished. Done the faces for them too and super happy
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That'll be it for today. Tried something out on the brown hair, not sure it works but it'll do for now. Just got coppers to base coat, a couple of stringy twiney bits and hoofs then we are good to go
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Quick session of mostly small details and touch ups . Very close to metals and done now
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Also catan cards holder
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And with that these 3 are done aside the shields. Really happy. They've taken far too long but I feel I've improved a lot..shame the metal got a bit messed up but eh.
Going to do basing with them walking through some like veggie patches etc and try to do the odd model on brick roads etc to add more interest to basing
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Back to work today so hobby is destroy. Going to stick to at least 10 mins per day though. Today getting base coats on the last 2 cavalry and shields. These models are great but there's an annoying amount of difficult to reach detail. Looking forward to doing the leader next as he stays in subassemblies much nicer than these di
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Big headache life so only a bit of painting. Layered up the purple cloth. Pretty happy. I feel it's a bit less lively than the others but these ones have some big flat chunks to try work around and hard to tell when it's still so glossy
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Various vase coats, layered up the rondels and prepping for leathers soon. Rondels are a bit stark but once they've got a decal and some varnish will be fine I bet
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Very tired hands today so just did the red tassles and slapped some extra base coats around
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Birb and blues painted. Metals base coated. Just coppers, small details and metal highlights to go
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Finished base coating metals. Done highlights on horse hair, just need to go back and add some shadows and separation for the strands. Hoofs based in and some small details done
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Finally all done and ready for varnish then metals
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Quick heads. Not my best work but trying to get used to some proacryl paints and forgetting how pigment heavy they are so it's a bit stark
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And all ready for varnish then metal touchups. I'll do basing later after I've done the hero
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And with those two done that's the unit complete. I'll come back for flags and basing. Some of the varnish might have fogged up so might need to fix that too
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Warhammer. The conquest stuff is very cool but I've never actually seen a game of it played here
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Their new faction looks sweet though
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Warhammer. The conquest stuff is very cool but I've never actually seen a game o...
I see, the aesthetic kinda reminded me of conquest
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I see, the aesthetic kinda reminded me of conquest
They are totally over blown with detail but they're just normal 32mm stuff. It's a bit of a silly unit model for 140/2000 points but I'm using the army to try practice and learn layering and push the painting quality so it'll take me forever.
Got one more hero to do on the first batch of stuff then back to ships for a bit for me
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Primed HQ duder. The wire I used is very bendy though so might need to find a better way to hold him for painting
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Horse base coat. Face base coat and grey cloth finished
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Skin will do for now. Not perfectly happy. Especially with the left side. That neck is.. wrong. I painted it as highlighting the folds but really I should have painted it as a cylinder in total then add extra highlights for those folds. The back left leg is also just a bit of a mess but not sure how to fix. Might go with it and hope the varnish fixes my sins
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Cleaned up the neck and back leg a little. Painted in the sleeping bag which I think is great, really got the texture and layering style im going for I think. Not perfect but nice.
Also did the wood and puffy texture for the seat and started to base the straps
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Leather at the back is done and the rest of it base coated. In think it's good. Not sure if I over blended with the mid tone so it's lost some shadows.
Also did the inside of the riders cloak. I feel the shadow isn't strong enough but Its also a smooth ass blend so I don't really want to try fix it
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And the rest of the leathers done. Really liking how this is coming together
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Hair and purple cloth done, blue banner based. Tried to do something fun with the hair, to do it ashy grey but give some warmth by using a flesh tone. I don't think it's the effect I really wanted but it's still kinda fun
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Work starts on the base now..decided to try manually layer up the muddy pebble bits around the big stones and really like the effect. Also base coating purple cloak etc
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Painted the cloak up, I used a different midtone which has shifted it more towards a red than a purple but the overall effect works I think.
Trying to take inspiration from Vince but these rocks are not the one so far..they just look like a horrible off green..I was mixing to try roughly match his tones and just didn't get it right I think. Might try again elsewhere.
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Filter was too thick. Lost all the detail I just painted. F
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After much faffing the rocks are good enough. Same with the banner. It's just such a complex shape I know I'm not getting it entirely right but the effect works
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Finished up horse now. Just needs varnish and metals highlighting after varnish. Really pleased with it overall
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Today just varnish up horse. Metals and maybe basing tomorrow and hopefully he done. Maybe one side of the flag is a bit stark but overall it's fine I think
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Horsey looking good so far
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Horsey fully done now with metal highlights. Rider is ready for varnish then metals
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Horsey looking good so far
Thanks. This is probably the most I feel I've improved in painting in a very long time so it's nice to see some progress
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And just needs a shield now
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And fixed the face a little
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Trying to speed paint a dude..banner still shit but the rest of it is fine
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Done subject to basing, varnish metal highlights. Gonna be first guy I use some 3d printed basing stuff on, starting with ribbit
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Bnunny and skull. I feel like I'm slowly getting more confident at painting with a bit of texture. Like the bunny, leather and skull are all moving in the direction I like
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And done, a few hours for a literal token model
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Building 10 shields plus another version of this guy. Lot bashed his flag put for a brazier. It's goofy but I think works
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Had another go at blue painted wood..I think it's a huge improvement Vs the cannon shield
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Couple more
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2 more and the unit is looking pretty swish so far.
Not looking forward to doing the white in the middle though
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Been getting twitchy eye lid and tired eyes the last few days but doing 5 mins per day to get another blu shield done
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Hold up these aren’t boats
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1/700 bunker hill is coming up after these shields!
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https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hobbyboss-86518-hms-lord-clive--1601771
Also an actual plastic kit of a monitor. The world is ending
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Finally back to a bit of painting. One done and one more to go.
Also had a go at wrapping my brush after the ninjon video. Can't attest to the hand strain yet but definitely feels more precise
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Blu is done
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Got a little bored of batch painting so decided to just finish 3 off to get an idea of how they'll look varnished up etc.
Went much simpler on the back since there'll be. Big guy standing there and it won't be that visible
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Getting on. Testing stuff out with the white but it just wasn't working for me. Shame since I feel like the blue is a real big step up.
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And one spearhead all magnetised and ready to go
Interestingly while looking at this I forgot how white I went on the shields. I actually think it looks better reading that white, but not sure how I can maintain more contrast and make it read white. Maybe something to experiment with on the next unit
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Two more shields done. Still experimenting with layering the tmm but I'm not convinced it really works
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And finished off 3 more shields. Pushed the leather layers a bit further and think it looks great but not sure if actually looks much like leather
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Big old unplanned break but back on the treadmill
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Wood, bone, leather and ropes done today
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Right. That's done, unit (of shields and token) done, and 6 months army progress
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Botes are back on the menu boys
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Hull line seam sanded down. Rear section detailed out and deck attached. For £35 this kit is insanely impressive so far
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More hobby station updates
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Well that's a fairly insane detail. Pretty nice bridge, and they give an optional clear plastic superstructure part so you can mask the windows to make it visible.
I didn't do it, but it's nice it's there
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Just detailing out upper superstructure today. Many small pieces so takes a while with cleanup.
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Anyway building up command corps for tomorrow. Every time I come back to build Warhammer I'm reminded how awful the experience is compared to scale models
Also big danger for my wallet if this is all plastic
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No major work today. Just gap filling and fitting the funnel
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So far so good with the kit. Just continuing super structure elements. There's a few annoying pinholes but they're fairly shallow and easy to fill with some ca. Also got the start of this kinda crazy radio tower done. With a bunch of internal pipework.
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An annoyingly messy rail reminds me why I need more ca accelerator
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I'll just weather that spot out that looks pretty bad and work the texture I to rust or salt deposits. This CA does dry fairly flat too so after primer might not be too bad
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Glacial progress continues. Lots of awkward bits of 3 thin plastic parts that al need to meet together. Never looks good until it's painted
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Slow ship progress as allotment is in full swing but steadily building the Warhammer army.
I forgot about how garbage gw push fit is..rip
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Well built then all. Will need a lot of milliput to fix those cloaks later though.
Next up marshal and relic chimp. Seem to have lost a 28mm base though
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And some allotment news since it's been keeping me from hobby. The ladybird reinforcements are finally here to sort out black aphids
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And relic envoy/marshal done.
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Sugar snaps on their eay
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Horses starting
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Concurrently army painting and ship building. Got some painful railings done on the ship.
Finished up a skull and head, really pleased with both. Had a go at layering up the mustardy cloth and just not there yet. I might live with it because I've got too much to do to stop here but I feel like I've missed the shapes a bit
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Bit happier with the purple cloth at least. Still a bit messy but probably not worth glazing over for a few hours..varnish should sort it out
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Pallete cleanse metal build
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It's also cider making season for my early tree. Which is a bit of a time sap
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Bigly hobbies day today. Pretty much finished this guy, not sure why I decided to just run with him but I think each model is so different theh need painting in different orders which is annoying. Metals to be redone after some varnish. I also based up the metals for this guy. As they're all over and stupid hard to reach
Then got the front superstructure all done. Photoetch makes everything better. It needs a couple small pieces adding just before/after paint (pe on fun el, couple of tiny AA guns, windscreen wipers for the windows)
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haha im in trouble; https://www.scalemates.com/kits/vee-hobby-v570xx-uss-helena-cl-50-1942--1644461
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Camera hugely flattening the variation but robes are done
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For inspiration. I really like my scheme. And the shadow/midtone but my highlight is basically true pink and it's just not a look I like. Which I think is causing a lack of highlights
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So far today: tree and skelebob are done. I tested a different purple highlight by mixing in shadow flesh. Then using pure shadow flesh for the purple scarf and prefer it so will be go to for next unit, final final highlight of khaki mixed to shadow flesh. Also used a satyr brown, dry rust brown and khaki to highlight the leather which I quite like. Skelebob is a little stark but with his skull that I put a lot of effort into I think it'll be fine
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Today's mini harvest. Pretty spinach, sweetcorn, artichoke. apples, courgette and pardons. Unfortunately all the ripe tomatoes have end rot so far
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Finished, subject to basing and metals after varnish. Really like the tree, which was warm brown into dust bowl I think.
Skelly head is muchly nice. Rest of skelliton doesn't really work as well. But I'm happy
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Painted up some leather for this guy. I think it might be my best so far
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Today details on duder, couple heads quickly painted up and duders head mostly there. More shadows to add on head and the red highlights, but not 100% sure how to go about those
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Quick session on leather and the bone horn thing. Leathers are good, and vibrant. Horn.. exists. Think I'll need to go back to the purple and really push the highlights to match the leather a little
Also a bit more editing on the face. Still not sold. Something about the shadows don't work for me
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Today: pushed purple highlights higher and shadows a bit lower. Did shoes, blended out the flag section for the icon. Not sure how imf going to paint the rest of it. Layering all this blue then a bunch of red or something else looks like a right pain
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Reliving some childhood memories
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Had a go at the blue but I hate flags. Feels like that section near the top is just all wrong. Maybe it needs to just be generally lighter across that whole area or something f
Maybe it needs the mid light blue to to across all of the top (to the right) with the other highlight colours together, and the brightest spot staying where it is
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A bit more flag fussing on the blue and think it'll do now. I could spend 5 hours smoothing out transitions but after some varnish I bet he'll be fine.
Based up all the trim in brown, ready to go towards a dark red which feels more challenging than the blue did. Flag hate continues
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Flag is going to be good enough. Now just gotta paint the rest of the mini without erasing half the paint on it
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But finally got this dude all done subject to metal highlights after varnish. Really pleased but what a pain this unit is turning into!
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Started fussing with the cape. Didn't really get the effect I wanted but it'll do
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Uninspired by the big guy so bashed him out and finished up the unit, I think I spent longer on the rabbit than him! Gotta varnish then do metal highlights but theyre finally basically done.
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Back from holiday and finally finished up this unit. Tried to layer the tmm like I've been doing with the other paint to mixed effect.
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Finally back on the ship grind. Finished up rear superstructure minus launches and lifeboats
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Occre really being optimistic advertising this to me
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Painting up. I really need to do better with dust
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Bootstripe done and standing desk finally set up properly for spraying.
Been reading the wooden ship instructions and it actually seems somewhat doable which in sure I'll regret saying in a month or two
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Getting back to the bote. She's shockingly close to final paint actually. Some railings and rear details, launch subassemblies and I think I'm ready to go
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So it feels like I need to do these 1 at a time as otherwise the clamps get in the way? I've tried to clamp vertically, but there's notenoigg material there because the piece can move at the top and bottom
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Maybe better. And ran out of clips
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Detour for slightly different painting
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Fully ribbed for her pleasure. Not entirely sure how I'm going to clamp this final one on the end in nicely while it tries
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Looks like the deck should fit after I've sanded that back portion down
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Screw up number 1. I thought the glue would try pretty flat and smooth. It doesn't! So now I'm using a knife to cut back the excess, then sand as best I can. Lesson learnt, should have painted glue on the wtrips then placed rather than glue on the deck plank thing.
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@upper pier after many mistakes I got this far. The next step in the instructions is to apply "colourless satin finish" but I don't have anything specific for that. When I bought the kit I only got these dyes I think. Should I order some, use regular acrylic varnish or just ignore it?
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okey, i forgot to apply varnish on the deck but, i later bought the one they said, it worked decently i don't know about similar varnish
but i doub the acrlylic would be good, i don''t know, try looking for info, i bought theirs
also for next deck planking i suggest a very light sanding to smooth the planks
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Yes. Because I was messy with the glue I had to sand very heavily to remove as much residue as I could which ruined the effect
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Even so decent progress. Going to weigh the deck down over night to try bend it into shape before glueing
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dunno if weight is enough
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How did you do it? I can see a way to clamp it
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i honestly dont remeber to be honest but weight arent that reliable, you need something even like small like C or F clamps
you put two in the middle will give you enough force to bend the deck and pinnind to the frame through almost all the frame
this is a example
wood models require a shit ton of tools
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To Screwfix
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Not great. One of the ribs right in the middle shifted while it was glueing so now it's uneven which is going to cause a problem for planking
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this one?
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Not great. One of the ribs right in the middle shifted while it was glueing so n...
don't worry you'll probabily fix it during rib sanding
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Yeah that one. It rotated literally so the opposite side was too high and this one too low. Sanded/cut it flat on the other side to make it fit
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don't worry you'll probabily fix it during rib sanding
The rest of it has a pretty solid connection though so after a day's drying should be good. I got a pin pusher, the varnish I needed and some extra sanding supplies coming to do the next steps
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Back to plastic ship. Adding detail bits, test fitting subassemblies and trying to figure out how this slightly vague railing fits around deck details. I think it's Infront of the bollards but behind the weird anchor holder thing and goes up ontop of the side stripe bit
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AA guns. Launches and helicopters and insane 3d printed radar dish
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Right plans for next few months.
Finish Sheffield.
Start and finish cv6 enterprise, maybe get some 3d printed planes, crew, bombs etc.
Get TY army going. Not sure which, maybe mechanised infantry Murica or France. I like leclercs, but I also like Bradley's.
Next year we're going to do early war FoW. Other guy wants to do France which is a shame as I love their tanks, but I can be happy with Brits or Germans early war. Lots of derpy guns, stugs, bren carriers etc
Slowly continue to work on wooden boat.
Print and paint some 15mm scenery.
Like look at that box. Char b1s and duck tank? 10/10
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Ready to paint
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All primed and deck blued up
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Never sure if I hate or like this stage. Looks like the paint has a bit of texture to it. Seems like it's in the primer but not sure why, I assume my AB must have been spattering a little bit, that or just general dirt/dust etc
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Another hour or so masking. That central spindle thing was a total pain but in the homerun now. A few awkward bits around the missile launcher and then we'll be home free
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The great organise begins
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Yeah I'll be buying the mask next time
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Airbrush woes
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Some more sub assemblies done and glossed up ready for decals, weathering and then final details (railings. Life boats, launches etc)
Some more sub assemblies done and glossed up ready for decals, weathering and then final details (railings. Life boats, launches etc)
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Been working in some AC and dwars recently
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Railings added
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Matt varnished, and new hobby light
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I'm going to call her good enough here. Lycra rigging is the devil. It just never plays nicely for me, and the metal stuff is the wrong colour even if it's much better
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The final coat of the teal is annoyingly splattery, but I don't know why. Just wouldn't spray smoothly
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Sub tokens for dwars
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Test ships
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The great navying begins..just getting base layers airbrushed up
