PlaStix Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Well I have managed to get it finished yesterday and in the Gallery and RFI sections today. It was a really fun project and, although the base is a lot less than I had originally planned, I think it works okay. This is how the base started: As you can see I actually decided to use the bottom of the display case for the actual base of the base. Onto the base I first added the back card from a drawing paper pad. Over this I applied the filler. Once dry I added some broken up sections of flat filler which I had pressed out between some kitchen foil and cling film which I had allowed to set for a couple of days. This was to try and give the impression of walling. This was all then painted with several thinned coats of Humbrol's Desert Yellow which, once dried, was dry-brushed with increasingly lightened versions of the base coat. In the photo below I am about halfway through the dry-brushing process: The walls were then given a very thinned wash of Revell's Light Grey before being dry-brushed with matt white paint from Humbrol. And with the Tiran 5 in place it looks like this: The Gallery photos can be found: Here The Tiran 5 RFI photos can be found: Here The vignette style RFI photos can be found: Here Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to comment and make suggestions in this build thread. Kind regards, Stix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 That my friend is quite simply stunning. The base has worked out really well and the thin sections of filler you used to make the wall sections have worked extremely well and are very effective thanks to your expert painting. It is just as good a result as I thought it would be. Very well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Superb, and that base is very effective. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Of a very high standard stix , wonderfully painted and displayed, i shall be joining you in the gallery at the weekend honest😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hi Stix, I have popped in now and then to see people's progress and yours has been unsurprisingly unsurprising. It was always going to be another stunner! Rearguards, Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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