Bandsaw Steve

You promised me you would stop building but no... now it's all 'research into salt weathering and hairspray'... You'll probably get good at that stuff also won't you, eh! I'm off to find a dark corner somewhere where I can curl-up, dribble and mutter to myself. I should have taken up embroidery.

Excellent! So Am fully qualified to join!

Don't worry too much about the close-up. It looks fine to me

Don't worry mate. I don't know what or who they are either. All I know is I want to be one!

Wow , 'The League of Modelling Justice Warriors' they sound sooo cool. How do I join? Would I need a special power? Do I get a cool suit, a mask and a secret underground hideout? I could be 'Sanditman' 'cause I love sanding so much! Can sand a surface to Atomic Smoothness.

Awww... Gosh

If you are using a 'bull and idiot' filter I'm amazed you even know I exist. Of course there's no point me writing this, because.... well you know why

Talking about who? Sorry, I can't see your message.

Looks great! Wouldn't touch it again if it were me, revisiting models after they are finished is courting disaster. One paint spill and it's 'Dear oh dear.' Perhaps boba just cleaned his ship occasionally.

Agree with that. Great photos; at first I thought they were reference shots of the real thing.

Agreed. Really good job on the storm trooper! Looks like a very 'clean' flawless build.

Now you are thinking more clearly! Stick with me mate I'll see you right!

Millions of people died when Alderaan was destroyed. Do you think someone would actually do that just to make a movie?

You can't believe everything you hear mate!

What? What kind of mad rambling is that? What's this Mike guy on?!?!

An excellent question...I have often pondered this myself along with other obvious thoughts such as how well can they see out of all that gear? I always just assumed that each one we saw 'go down' had died, but might be that In some (or many) cases an otherwise fatal wound has been reduced to a severe but treatable injury by the presence of armour. We rarely see the aftermath of battle in StarWars, so it might be that many of these soldiers, are recovered, given medical attention and returned to service. This logic might apply especially to clones each of which are genetically and medically identical- for all I know the empire might have huge reserves of spare clone parts and organs specifically reserved for the repair of injured stormtroopers. If this is the case the armour is well justified. Whaddayreckon?

OK poodle - you asked for a critique so here it comes... Stop model building now! Someone who 'has never painted a model before' has no right, no right at all, to produce work this good! It is an insult to old fuddys like me who have been doing this for fourty years and still can't do half as well! It's an outrage!

I always imagined that they would sort of 'sit down' like a ostrich or a chicken, thereby making the job a bit easier for crew. Still, the main access was on top as I recall, so it still could be a bit tricky.

That one looks so cool!!! Just for fun, how about German Air Force WW1 lozenge camouflage. Initially in authentic colours and then adjusted for different environments. I'm still loving this thread btw

Well here's my two bobs worth...(and I apologise to anyone that has heard me winge about this before). The only commonly available 1/48 Spitfire XIV is an Academy kit generally regarded as a remarkably inaccurate, even ugly model. Why no company (including Airfix, Eduard and now Academy) appear to have any plans to do a new tool of this important and attractive mark of wartime Spitfire is beyond my understanding.

Thanks for that. This is something I think I could get quite enthusiastic about!

RNZAF F16...always wanted to do one of those myself. Can't wait to see it finished!

Awesome!

What software are you using? I might have to learn how to do this!

It's two, seven and twelve for me. Great idea for exercising the imagination! Agree that it has to look practical and effective without just replicating something used by the military on earth. I studied zoological camouflage for a bit at at university . A bloke called Abbot Thayer (if I recall correctly) developed a number of principles of zoological camouflage in the early 20th century. If you can find his book it could provide a lot of inspiration.