The Chief Smeg Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Well folks here he is, finished at last. Some of you have read the WIP thread for this little fella which chronicled not my build, but the process of learning how to paint and weather a kit; this being my first build following a break of 35 years and realistically the first I have truly painted. The WIP thread can be found here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235011076-bandai-r2d2-and-bb8-newbie-wip/ Ultimately R2 is destined to be a bookend, but until I sort that part out, here is my finish painted model: A big thank you to Rockpopandchips, AndyRM101 and Oileanach for their technical help when it all went "Pete tong", but thanks to everyone else who watched and commented on my WIP with words of encouragement. I'm going to detail paint BB8 next and see if I can get away without using any of the transfers or stickers as I did with R2. thanks for looking, smeggy 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherMole Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Superb. Looks like a 1:1 studio model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Cheers BrotherMole, that's very kind. It got away from me at one point in the painting but I was lucky and managed to recover it. Next up is BB8 and I have to learn how to do pin washes on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 That's one dirty little robot, nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Love the way he turned out. Great weathering, and nice work on the paint chipping on the blue panels. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostrich Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I'm sure the "real" A2-D2 would give you some bleeps and peeps to approve your work. Very well done, especially after such a long hiatus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) 26 minutes ago, mostrich said: I'm sure the "real" A2-D2 would give you some bleeps and peeps to approve your work. Very well done, especially after such a long hiatus. The hiatus should have been shorter - my son got me the kit for Christmas last year! Still you can't rush these things. I still have to build the diorama bookend but I have to collect lots of greeblies for what I have planned (and coffee jar lids it would seem judging by lots of other builds ). I have have really enjoyed building this though. Edited December 27, 2016 by The Chief Smeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Looks great, weathering is really effective. I think you've overlooked something really important though - bookends come in pairs. Who's going on the other end? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) On 27/12/2016 at 1:55 PM, Ragtag said: Looks great, weathering is really effective. I think you've overlooked something really important though - bookends come in pairs. Who's going on the other end? Aah well, now we have the real problem. The kit I have is the BB8 and R2D2, but I think I rather fancy buying the 3P0 kit for the other side. I'd like to see if I can put goldenrod into the Hoth base setting but I'm not sure my scratch building skills are up to that. Nice 'Why Bird' btw Edited December 28, 2016 by The Chief Smeg Weird auto correct - 'Hoth' had become 'Goth' lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Cool! The weathering turned out great in the end, nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 50 minutes ago, Hunter Rose said: Cool! The weathering turned out great in the end, nice job! Thanks Hunter - I have learned a lot from this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Great work! He was one of my favourites when i was a kid and still is today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 7 hours ago, Vanoyen said: Great work! He was one of my favourites when i was a kid and still is today I feel exactly the same, back in the late 70's I had one of the original R2 kits - he has always been my favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Well done for not giving up and on it turning out so nice, he looks fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Chief Smeg said: I feel exactly the same, back in the late 70's I had one of the original R2 kits - he has always been my favourite I had this... Apparently they're now worth around $400. I like yours better lol. Edited December 29, 2016 by Vanoyen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 53 minutes ago, Vanoyen said: I had this... Apparently they're now worth around $400. I like yours better lol. Never had any of the action figures, I think my R2 was the MPC kit because I also had 3PO and an X-Wing. 1 hour ago, rockpopandchips said: Well done for not giving up and on it turning out so nice, he looks fantastic. Well I had some good advice from you all on here, it was surprising how much of a difference adding the second weathering colour helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangesherbert Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Wowzers R2 after a post tatooine pub crawl. Lovely work & photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Cheers. My plan is to display him as a bookend and I'm currently (very slowly) collecting the stuff I need for the mini diorama; once I build that I'll be giving him his final weathering to tie him in with the base. It is a Yavin base inspired idea and he'll be fixing a busted piece of old equipment in a gloomy corner. At least that is the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ver Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Would never have guessed this was a first after 35 years. Weathering looks superb. Looking forward to seeing your dio come together as it sounds awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Thanks R0ver, I hope my ideas are not let down by my ability. I have a Stormtrooper ready to paint and build and I have an idea for a duo for that, but again I need to see if I'm being too ambitious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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