Tinners Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 So guess whos just been volunteered to do the soldering for my Enterprise-D That would be you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It'sAllGoneHorriblyWrong Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 This is very cool. What role do the fibre optics play? The thought of positioning them all individually would give me the willies. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 The Fibre Optics are for the tiny landing lights on the underside of the Falcon. There are twelve in total: most people use a 3mm LED, but I find that to be too harsh for my liking, so I went with the fibre instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Looking good. Its a good model to light isnt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Coming along quite nicely, I see. I've just ordered a Madman lighting kit for one of my large X-wings, funnily enough. May even start it for the Groupbuild (IF I get the Tumbler done). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 (edited) Well, Christmas is upon us again and I get 2 weeks from my students, which is nice! Back to the Falcon then. This morning I primered up the hull and managed to get a couple of base coats down. DSC_0016 by DaTinz, on Flickr I used a custom mix of paints: 3 parts X-2 White, 2 parts XF-55 Deck Tan and 1 part XF-20 Medium Grey. This results in a very pale base coat that I plan on weathering using oil paints. The blotchiness of the paint is intentional: I want a variation in the base coat to show the wear and tear a bit better. After a day of realising I couldn't find the oil paint that I needed, putting the car through an MOT, sending parcels, etc, I finally got around to masking off the red bits and spraying them up. I also fitted the gun turret bays too. The base colour is a lot less yellow than you see here; the first pic gives a much better idea of the real colour. DSC_0018 by DaTinz, on Flickr Tomorrow I can get on with the weathering! Edited December 19, 2011 by Tinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Looking good, interesting the mix of paint you've used, I'm going to be using the same colours but probably in a different ratio for a greyer finish to my snowspeeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Velociweiler Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 That's looking quite inspiring actually. Are you going to be building it with the ramp down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 The ramp will indeed be down. There is an LED in there to make a nice glowy light too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 this is looking immense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Update time! I have spent the last few days getting a move on with the weathering, which should take another 3 or 4 days hopefully. I am using Windsor and Newton oil paints for the weathering and using an odourless thinner so it doesn't mess up the Acrylic paint base coat. The first layer of weathering is subtle; changing the hue of the model quite significantly. You can see the clear difference if you look at both sides of the model. DSC_0020 by DaTinz, on Flickr Unfortunately, due to the lights in the Den, I didn't notice that I had been using far too much Van Dyke Brown, so it looked a bit strange when I saw it in natural light. It went way too yellow: mainly due to the base coat I blended. Note to self: next time just use a really pale grey... So out came a J-cloth and some thinners which fixed the worst of it thankfully! Stage 2: Streaking. DSC_0023 by DaTinz, on Flickr Looks awesome, and just took 30 minutes to cover the whole model! Edited December 23, 2011 by Tinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Amazing and not even finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 If it looks awesome then it didn't have anything to do with me, rather the quality of the model in the first place. For your Snowspeeder I think the light Grey colour would be the way to go: I wish I'd had the courage of my convictions when I was pondering what colour to go with for the base coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjhm Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Looking superb is this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 I've had to wait a couple of days for the model to dry as I have been hand tinting individual panels with oils and it just wouldn't dry! The panel colour changes are very subtle and the photo's don't catch the differences in tone. Perhaps now may be a good time to invest in one of those Photo booth things. DSC_0027 DSC_0028 DSC_0029 Two more days should see this finished, then I can get the base sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Looks brilliant, great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) The Falcon is done and just in time for me to go back to work. It's been a fun build and even more fun to paint and weather, so it was money well spent. Here are some quick piccies of the finished model: I will post the rest in the finished builds thread. Edited January 2, 2012 by Tinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 That's a bit special, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Looks fantastic mate, like i said its the best thing ive seen you do and the weathering is subline i doth my cap to you sir also the photos are pretty awesome now Schnell schnell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Looks fantastic mate, like i said its the best thing ive seen you do and the weathering is sublinei doth my cap to you sir also the photos are pretty awesome now Schnell schnell! Well you did do a nice job on the images! Anyway, NX-01 first mate, then the Schnellboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Any chance of some pics with it all lit up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Now that is a thing of beauty! Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 That looks very good, must do mine at some point. Well done Tinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Any chance of some pics with it all lit up? I'll give it a go. The 'headlights' are incredibly bright and totally overwhelm all of the others, so I'll try and cover them up to show off the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 If you like i can come over next weekend and take some pics of it with the lights on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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