Corporate Alliance Droid - AMT/ERTL - 1:48

Bouq

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After a first trashbash last year, I opened this (rare?) SW kit...

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the target : a battle of Karshyyyk diorama...

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A lot of empty spaces in the hull... too many!

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WIP - A combler.... by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

highlighted in orange, the empty spaces
I can share the references of the vectorization app if needed! ;)
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WIP - A combler.... by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr


some minimalist upgrades... to erase the moulding tenons

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not a perfect engine, but not an empty box anymore...

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20190807_135558 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

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20190807_135607 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

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Please, do not open it...

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20190807_140605 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr
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Primer time!

I've lately seen that the guns are not drilled... let's drill the guns and the muzzles....

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canons by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr


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Cache-flammes by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr[/]

step 2
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I failed drilling the... last ones... as it always happens....
 
base coat with "Gun Metal"...
more flashy than I thought.... :x

I believed that "gun metal" looked like "a real gun burnt metal"

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Base gun metal by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr
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what about the dio?
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base of polystyrene

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a small laying of plastiroc....

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Then I applied toilet paper mixed with PVA glue added with water to create the water surface


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A base coat of AMMO dark sea blue...

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I attempted to brush it with AMMO dark grey.... unsuccessfull.... but that was the ever first drybrush of my life....

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base coat of dark grey too on the tracks

Oops... an unconventional part in the track.... moulding default?
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a quick gloss varnish to prepare the weathering steps....
the drybrush has disappeared... :x

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after my first drybrush,
my first oil wash...
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before
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after
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To create the waves and the foam, I'll use cotton mixed with PVA glue added with water

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I wanted to add battle droids on the flanks of the tank (as in the movie) but the place seems really restricted...
let's think about it....

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next steps:
weathering of the tracks, fixing of the kit on the diorama and filling of the gaps with [toilet paper-PVA glue-water], making of waving and foam...


Sorry for the multiple posting but the boards did not allow more than 10 pics in my messages...
and I hope that my English writing is understandable.... I wrote it too fast... just tell me please
 
yesterday's work:
oil-washes brown, then black on the track.
Will be enough!

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I failed with my first attempt of pigments (hard pastels in fact)
I threw myself in the battle without any knowledges about it.... bad pick!
I asked some friends and watched some tutorials and... I'll be back!

My ever first attempt of pigments with hard pastels...

cannot evaluate the result.... what do you think of it?

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The WIP and the thread are synchronized now... ;)
 
What you've got here looks pretty impressive. Especially for a less than impressive kit to begin with.
 
Thanks a lot to the two of you


Here is the beast....
fell free to criticize please (as hard as it's constructive! ;) )

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Photo lightbox by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

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Photo lightbox by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

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Photo lightbox by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

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Photo lightbox by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr

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Photo lightbox by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr


Let's work at the sea now.....
 
Making of the water and the foam should be more difficult...

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Histoire d'eau acte 1 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr​

The tank is glued on the diorama and the gaps are filled with toilet paper with [PVA glue +water]
Then it looks like smoke in a cartoon....

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Histoire d'eau acte 1 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr​

Foam is made by very small parts of coton applied with a small bruxh with the same mix [PVA glue +water]
(That's not finished yet in this pic)

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Histoire d'eau acte 2 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr​

The transition between the volume of "moving water" along the tank and the "calm water" still needs to be completed...
 
Here is the result of an afternoon gluing 2mm² parts of cotton....
I can't stand it anymore....

Not completed yet but the end is on approach..

the next Q-tip or demak'up cotton that cross my route will remember me....


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Histoire d'eau acte 3 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr
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Histoire d'eau acte 3 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr
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Histoire d'eau acte 3 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr
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Histoire d'eau acte 3 by Cyber Mecha, sur Flickr
 
Looking good.
Although the leading edges of your wakes are looking a little to 'regular' for my eyes
 
Looking good.
Although the leading edges of your wakes are looking a little to 'regular' for my eyes
Thanks for this remark Quaralane


This one ? (and the other side too)

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it needs more random foam in front of it? on the surface of the calm water, in front of the wave?
 
Other side does look better.
Take a look at some photos of boat wakes to see what I mean
 
I’m really liking your take on this interesting design from the movies. I did one recently but focused on more earthtones, a little chipping, with some mud thrown in for good measure. I’m really liking what you’re doing, keep it up! Looks great! 6E347012-4460-47B0-8C8E-9C4ECEA1D4CA.jpeg
 
Thanks a lot jmiles.
Like your kit a lot too. Do you put in scene?

FFG figs've just arrived
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I'll try to find time to do some tests in the coming days, hoping that they'll find some space enough on the flanks
 
Not a lot of time this week-end but I tried a first test assembly ("white mount"?), just to have an idea of the feasibility of their positioning and to get a look at the scale ratio.... It seems to fit!

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Yes, they're!
So, it's sure now, both the kit and the SW Legion figs are 1:48 items!
 

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