Cave_Dweller
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Hey guys, been working on this powered armor suit for the last few weeks and it's finally done! This model is an experiment of various painting techniques and types of paint that are new to me. I basecoated it with tamiya and vallejo acrylics, and then modulated the colors with windor and newton oils. The white gave me quite a problem, but the red turned out splendid, with an incredibly deep, rich color.
Then I washed it with some enamels from my new AK interactive engine weathering set. I love this set of paint! It was fairly easy to use and gives great results, superior to anything I used previously. I also tried out walthers decal setting solution on this, with mixed results. Some of the decals set quite nicely, and others still have visible outlines. At any rate, my bag of tricks has grown and I'll no doubt improve on future models.
On a whim I decided to try my hand at a diorama for it as well. I've attempted these in the past as a teenager but never made a concerted effort. Now that I'm 33, I have patience (and money!) that I lacked back then. I made the ground out of spackle, and the bricks were pre-made, got them at the local hobby shop along with some plastruct i-beams. The general concept of a bombed out wasteland building goes well with this kind of stuff. Kind of like a precursor to the more detailed Maschinen Krieger stuff. I then coated the spackle with sand, glued down with elmer's type glue.
I plan on drybrushing the sand next and adding in some grass and other vegetation, maybe a few more bits. I was also thinking of different ways to create more realistic dust and dirt on the ground. I had a crazy idea that things like cinnamon, turmeric etc, sprinkled onto an adhesive could create a realistic look of dirt that has settled out of the air.
I think I'll paint the sides of the base black, but that will soak into the wood grain and leave an unsightly texture behind, so I'm not sure how to address that. Maybe cut sheet styrene and glue it to the sides of the base, painted black?
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy and C&C is most welcome!
Then I washed it with some enamels from my new AK interactive engine weathering set. I love this set of paint! It was fairly easy to use and gives great results, superior to anything I used previously. I also tried out walthers decal setting solution on this, with mixed results. Some of the decals set quite nicely, and others still have visible outlines. At any rate, my bag of tricks has grown and I'll no doubt improve on future models.
On a whim I decided to try my hand at a diorama for it as well. I've attempted these in the past as a teenager but never made a concerted effort. Now that I'm 33, I have patience (and money!) that I lacked back then. I made the ground out of spackle, and the bricks were pre-made, got them at the local hobby shop along with some plastruct i-beams. The general concept of a bombed out wasteland building goes well with this kind of stuff. Kind of like a precursor to the more detailed Maschinen Krieger stuff. I then coated the spackle with sand, glued down with elmer's type glue.
I plan on drybrushing the sand next and adding in some grass and other vegetation, maybe a few more bits. I was also thinking of different ways to create more realistic dust and dirt on the ground. I had a crazy idea that things like cinnamon, turmeric etc, sprinkled onto an adhesive could create a realistic look of dirt that has settled out of the air.
I think I'll paint the sides of the base black, but that will soak into the wood grain and leave an unsightly texture behind, so I'm not sure how to address that. Maybe cut sheet styrene and glue it to the sides of the base, painted black?
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy and C&C is most welcome!