Hunter Rose Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Thanks! Another update coming later, I've started chipping the rocket tubes and got his other arm on. Typical though I've just run out if primer so need to venture out into the badlands for some halfords grey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Time for a small update Used a piece of sponge and some burnt umber acrylic paint to add the paint chips to the gun magazine and rocket tubes IMG_20200609_190031 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200609_190053 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200611_193629 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200611_193639 by Nick Frost, on Flickr With that done I got the magazine glued in place, oh and I also got the other arm stuck on IMG_20200609_190107 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200611_192539 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I still need to get a can of primer so cant start any of the other bits of him quite yet, so for now I'll start on the pigment stage for the torso, I'll enhance the rust and add some shadows and grime. So thats up next. Thanks for looking, more soon 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Nice contrast between the old mecha and the additional parts weapons. Now get yourself down to Halfords its not that bad out there..... 😷 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, rockpopandchips said: Nice contrast between the old mecha and the additional parts weapons. Now get yourself down to Halfords its not that bad out there..... 😷 Haha you got me, its just plain old laziness!! And cheers I'm pretty happy with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 Okay so I sat down and had mess about with my mig pigment powders. IMG_20200612_185457 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I've got three shades of rust and my favourite pigment that I use on all my models, graveyard dirt, which is great for adding dirt and shadow. Its always a swine getting a good impression of what they look like in photos so I've done a before photo below to help show up what I've done. IMG_20200612_185626 by Nick Frost, on Flickr As it is the rust is good but in terms of tone is a little flat and looks a little samey which makes the shoulder detail blend in a bit too much. So what I do is try to add shadows, and also enhance the rust patches and the variance. I use graveyard dirt for the shadows, its a very dark brown, and then build up tones of rust using the three different shades and end up with the below result. IMG_20200612_190128 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Heres another angle after I've worked on the rest of the arm, and it also serves as a before photo for torso which I treat in the same way. Going around details and areas of shadow with the graveyard dirt and going over the rust and the paint work again to help vreak it up and add a little grime. IMG_20200612_191106 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200612_192150 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200612_192157 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200612_192211 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then I finished up the other arm, making an effort to do it a bit differently than the other IMG_20200612_192711 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200612_192727 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200612_192734 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Pretty pleased with how that went, I love working with pigments! And doing this I just realised that I still to add a bit more paint to the chair, and I'll grab some primer and start on the other bits next too. Thanks for looking, more soon 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Right just a small update, I actually ventured out and grabbed some primer from Halfords which meant I can get the lower body bits started. So after priming them all I mixed up another custom rust colour (just flat brown with plenty of orange in it) so its a different shade from the rest of the undercoats for variance. IMG_20200617_191822 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I also just did a little bit of brushwork on the guys chair just so it doesn't look so flat IMG_20200617_191831 by Nick Frost, on Flickr And I got the pigments done on the rocket tubes, I used graveyard dirt for grime and shadow, and then some black smoke for the business ends. Kept it a bit heavier on the top tube as that one will have no rocket in as its been fired; think I forgot to say these are from a 1/20 Ma.k Gans walker and I do have the rockets that go inside them, just have to dig them out the spares box. IMG_20200617_192952 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200617_193007 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Next up once thats dry I'll get more salt and hairspray out for the next round of rustification! Thanks for looking, more soon 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 The rocket tubes look fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Rustification. Glorious word for the Ma.k world. It's looking great. 20 hours ago, Hunter Rose said: have to dig them out the spares box. Sounds like you have a better spares box than me. Not fair. You Cad! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 4 hours ago, rockpopandchips said: The rocket tubes look fantastic. Cheers Brian! 1 hour ago, Pete in Lincs said: Rustification. Glorious word for the Ma.k world. It's looking great. Sounds like you have a better spares box than me. Not fair. You Cad! Thanks Pete, yeah that word just seemed to fit! I've done a few Ma.k models and modded most of them so do have a few choice pieces here and there old bean; but your spares box must be a bottomless pit compared to mine with all the cool builds you've squeezed out of it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Many thanks. The bottom is glanced from time to time nowadays, thanks to the furlough, though I may be back at work at the end of next week*. I have a batch of bits on the way to top things up a bit, but always need more. I do have some real Ma.k kits, but I find that I enjoy the scratchbuilding too much! * It depends on when the pubs are going to reopen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Yeah it's good making stuff from scratch, I used to spend a lot of time on the Maschinen Krueger forum when I was building kits, tons of cool stuff on there but I could never come up with a design I was happy with (we're always our biggest critics!) I'm fact I still have 2 academy Apache's that I got with the idea of making a super Jerry type walker with a 1/20 figure in the cockpit but just got caught up in other builds, I'll have to resurrect that idea at some point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Yes please! I have a 1/48th Apache. I also had a very small Hughes 500 (Hasegawa coin series 1/85th) delivered today which may get legs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Yes please! I have a 1/48th Apache. I also had a very small Hughes 500 (Hasegawa coin series 1/85th) delivered today which may get legs. That sounds cool, and yeah maybe we can start a trend of apache mod builds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Time for an update! I've been getting the lower body rust sorted out, so it was time to grab the salt and the hairspray again. IMG_20200621_124935 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I then gave it a blast with a dark black brown and then orange as before. IMG_20200627_111406 by Nick Frost, on Flickr After washing it off I was initially a bit dissapointed as I thought it didn't look like as much paint had come through the salt as the first time, but thankfully it was just because it was wet. Once it had dried it looked a lot better as you could see more of the colour. IMG_20200621_131422 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200622_092431 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200622_092504 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then when that was all dry I got out some bits of sponge and started to add some colour, I started with the waist section adding the same light and dark blues that I used on the top section. IMG_20200626_144041 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_145124 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_145134 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_145145 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then used the darker blue for the hip sections, again just trying to dab it around trying to keep it as natural and random as possible IMG_20200626_145713 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then for the upper leg section I used the warm grey I used on the same section on the arm IMG_20200626_151106 by Nick Frost, on Flickr For the legs I used the light blue and then coloured the small side panels in the darker blue IMG_20200626_152105 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_152124 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_152712 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then used the same blues for the feet but used a much darker one for the lower section IMG_20200626_152345 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_152704 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_153432 by Nick Frost, on Flickr For the knee joint bit I decided not to use the salt for these pieces, you dont see much of them anyway so I instead used a sponge to add on the rust colours I'd used for the other bits to get a similar but different looking style of rust. IMG_20200626_153643 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_154239 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Once that was all dry I decided to get it all together IMG_20200626_193246 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_193258 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_193308 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200626_194609 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Next up I'll get the rust pigments out for the lower body, and I'll start to add some rust streaks to the whole thing with some oil paint then the whole thing can be sealed with dullcote. Thanks for looking, more soon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 What a pile of junk.... 😁 Looking very cool now what sort of base are going to display him on? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Crikey. It looks like this one did beach patrol for five years or so. Nice rust! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 21 minutes ago, rockpopandchips said: What a pile of junk.... 😁 Looking very cool now what sort of base are going to display him on? Thanks Brian! Just for the heck of it I'm seriously considering a small snow covered base, and then possibly adding some snow and Frost effects on him as well 13 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Crikey. It looks like this one did beach patrol for five years or so. Nice rust! Cheers Pete! Yeah no one can say he hasn't put the hours in! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Blimey time for a very small update! I was taken out of furlough last week and dropped right in the deep end with a ton of stressful rush jobs, so been too tired to model. But got a chance to get in the shed today and finish the rust pigments on the lower body. IMG_20200710_200318 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200710_200301 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200710_200247 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Next up I'll add some streaks with oil paint then I can seal the whole thing and get the rocket tubes glued in place. Thanks for looking, more soon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, Hunter Rose said: I was taken out of furlough last week How dare they. It's a shock going back to work! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: How dare they. It's a shock going back to work! I know, the cheeky swines! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Right work has been sapping what little energy I have left after diy and painting, but I finally managed to put in some shed time! I mixed up a rusty brown using some windsor newton burnt sienna and cadmium yellow and red oil paint. and after getting it really thin with some white spirit I brushed on some streaks. I try not to go too crazy with streaks as it can very quickly go from a nice subtle effect to a pin stripe mess! IMG_20200721_185959 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200721_190028 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200721_190059 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then I gave it a blast of dulcote to kill the sheen and even it out. IMG_20200721_191450 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Pretty happy with that, I haven't put them everywhere, mainly focused on his chest and shoulders as they are at the top, and did a little on his legs keeping it asymmetrical as possible (I didn't want both legs/arms to look the same And now its all been sealed with dullcote I got my soldier glued in IMG_20200721_191753 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200721_191809 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Only other small jobs I did for now was to get the little piston sorted which will support the rocket tubes, using alclad aluminium and some green enamel paint IMG_20200721_193621 by Nick Frost, on Flickr And primed a couple of satchels ready for paint which are going to be glued onto his shins as extra stowage. IMG_20200721_193610 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So thats it for now, next up I'll get the rocket tubes on and paint the satchels. Thanks for looking, more soon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 You really need to cheer up that seat! It's looking great, Nick. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Haha! Yeah the seats called Marvin! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Update time! Started the shed session by getting the rocket tubes in place, I mixed together some greenstuff to go in the hole where the piston goes into the rockets and the shoulder to hold it in and look like rubber seals. IMG_20200813_093909 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200813_094010 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Whilst that all dried I dug out the rockets that fit in the tubes from the spares box and tidied them up a bit then gave them a coat of white paint IMG_20200813_094010 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200814_154925 by Nick Frost, on Flickr They got two coats of white (I didn't go crazy painting the whole thing as you only see the end bits) then I shaded them slightly with some graveyard dirt pigmentg powder then dipped the ends in blue gloss paint for a bit of detail. IMG_20200815_141305 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200815_141439 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then I painted the greenstuff bits black so they look like seals IMG_20200814_154931 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Next I took a look at the shield, to be honmest I was pretty unhappy with it after I got the green sponged on, I think its just becaus eht egreen was a little light so it all looks a little equal in tone comparison with the rust. IMG_20200814_155443 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So using rust pigment powders I want to increase the contrast and break it up a little to add more variance, also a good tip for rusty bits of metal that are being bashed about is to use graphite where they have had the rust scraped off. So I also got out a pencil to add the scraped off rust sheen to the tips of the shield and to some other bits. IMG_20200814_160108 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200814_161348 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200814_161445 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Really pleased with it now, so I glued it in place on the arm, its actually only glued on to his knuckle guard so there still a fair bit of poseability which is cool. IMG_20200814_192114 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I was losing the light so I took a couple of outdoor pics IMG_20200814_192226 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20200814_192306 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Only other small thing I did was to paint the two little bags I'm going to stick on his shins a base green colour IMG_20200815_140638 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So next up I'll get the bags sorted, glue in the rockets and its time to make a start on his back pack too. Thanks for looking, more soon 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 It's really coming together now. The colours contrast nicely with the rust. Huge tubes! (Fnar) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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