Shelf Queen: ATHENA Steampunk Airship

Thank you guys!
@uromomo - thanks :)
Well, it wasn't that bad - as it is more a "paint for effect" pretty simple.
I have here a little Tutorial on how I did them:
http://fischers-design-shop.blogspot.de/p/skulls.html


Well, as I stated in the last post, I don't want to paint the HERMES in any of the Dencara camouflage patterns.
So I started out with a dark red and a parchment/cream color pattern.
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Together with bronze highlights and metal drybrush it keeps the menacing dark appearance,
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but also the VIP style.
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Since this is the personal shuttle of Governess Felicitas zu Hammerstein it needs her coat of arms.
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Her house is also symbolized by the golden Griffin.
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Which is needed on both sides.
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For the VIP I decided on a more Inquisitorial symbol.
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The whole shuttle.
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For the other side too...
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And this is now the finished HERMES shuttle - VIP version.
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On the ATHENA deck
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With the Dencara background.
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And her current residence in my office.
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With this now completed I began painting the crew.
First is of course the piper.
Here's the start of the tartan pattern.
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And the finished pattern.
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I hope you like the look so far.

While I still have a lot to do - painting the 23 crew characters that is - I'm already thinking forward to the next projects.
Plenty lot of ideas :)

Aurelius 12 Reborn on Warseer suggested:

Dare I open up the floodgates by asking if you're considering modular cargo as your next project.

Which re-kindled an old idea I already had.
An Airborne Assault!
And with the HERMES I think I have a nice delivery vehicle.
Probably based on something like this here:
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Even though I think of an "almost touch down" of a militarized version of the HERMES maybe on a hilltop and the troopers leaving the assault pod - more seats, bigger doors.
I hope I can restraint myself from starting until I have the 23 painted :D

Cheers
Klaus
 
Indeed ;D

It's all pretty righteous .

-- Plaid IS ubiquitous throughout the Cosmos 8)
 
Thank you guys!

Well, I'm trying hard to finish the project in time, but progress is slow right now and this is just a little update.
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I was able to finish Felicitas zu Hammerstein last night.
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She's the visiting VIP on the ATHENA deck.
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I think the colors work pretty good.
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Yes, it's a bit of black-red-gold ;-)
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I also finished the Piper last night.
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Amazing to see how plump those WH40K models are when you compare them to the TGG and Eisenkern models.
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After the washes the tartan pattern is tones down, but still visible.
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I hope he'll look good on the ATHENA.

Well, last not least I worked a bit on her entourage.
These guys still need some love and I'm considering adding the golden griffin to the shoulder pads.
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But other than that, I think I won't add any other details, or should I?

I hope you like today's update.
Cheers

Klaus
 
The wash really brought the Piper's tartan colors together -- that came out great . ;D

What are the 3 blue things hanging from Hammerstein's right hip ?
 
Thank you guys!

@urumomo - honestly, I have no clue :)
I put a blue shining Energy Drink in :p

Well, I hope you had a great weekend with lots of hobby and family time - and for my US friends I hope you had a great 4th of July!
I spent the weekend in Munich with my wife and friends and we had a blast despite the ever changing weather - what happened to summer again???
Nevertheless, I did get some work done :)

I still had to work on the Eisenkern bodyguards. And one thing I wanted was a good crest for the shoulder pad.
Since they belong to Felicitas zu Hammerstein I wanted to have a griffin.
Here you can see the development of the crest from left to right.
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Once pleased with the design I tried it on the first trooper, using Bubonic Brown as base color.
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With some minor adjustments I applied it to all the bodyguards.
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For the other shoulder I wasn't sure at all. I tried to do something with the Inquisitorial colors - white, red, black, gold - Red, white, black was out of the question, as it resembles the German Kriegsflagge. Red, white, red is the Austrian flag, which I didn't want to use either.
So I experimented with red, white, gold a bit.
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But that didn't work out either.
So in the end I used the red, white, red with a black Inquisitorial "I" superimposed.
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Still a touch too much WWII Germans for my liking, but without historical legacy, it looks great.
So here are the finished bodyguards.
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I'm quite pleased with the result.
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I wasn't quite happy with Felicitas zu Hammerstein and some of the color transitions.
So I reworked some areas - especially the face.
She acquired an eye-patch and I think it looks better now.
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So here's the visiting party on the ATHENA deck.
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I can't suppress a grin.
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The piper.
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And last not least I started with the ATHENA reception party.
They're all in Dencara Navy Blues.
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Still a long way to go, but I'm actually pleased with the progress.
What do you think?
Cheers

klaus
 
Pretty cool , Klaus !

Eager for some close-ups of all that fig painting .

" Bubonic Brown " ;D heh heh . like "weed brown " ? , surely not the boil-brown .. . :-\ ? ewww




BTW , if you're short on summer , give me an address and I'll send some extra your way - we have plenty of it here ;)


Ciao !
 
THANKS!!

wow, almost there :)

Amazing feeling to see this project on it's final stretch.
So here's the ATHENA reception party.
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Unfortunately the Praetorian from Lord Gordon's 20th Praetorians has to wear Dencara Blues, as I have lost the color scheme.
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Also I rearranged my hobby room to give the ATHENA a new home.
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She now sits on a separate shelf about 150cm long and 60cm wide, with the landscape canvas as background and it is at standard desk height (90cm I think) so you can look at it from top without problems.
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It is also furthest away from the windows, so it won't be bombarded by UV any more - the plastic card is already old and pretty brittle.


I pinned the characters in their final position.
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And this is the final batch of figures to paint.
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I did some minor changes last night.
The "painters" received paint tanks and connecting hoses, and received orange coveralls - they are on disciplinary detail after all.
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I hope I can wrap it all up over the weekend :)

Cheers

Klaus
 
THANK YOU!
I still owe you some final images :)

Another scale shot of the Eisenkerns with the WH40K troopers and the TTGG officer.
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Finally done with painting, I cleaned the desk.
And set up everything for the images - the ATHENA is really huge :)
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The Welder,
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Painter
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Reception
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Flight deck
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ATHENA's lights
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the rear mural
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flight deck and conference room
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conference room
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and another of the flight deck.
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And some daylight images of the ATHENA.
Enjoy!
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And a final scale shot :)
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Thank you!
 
Excellent work on this, Klaus.
This thing is frigging HUGE, but the scale definitely works
 
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