I couldn't resist it & got a bit more done tonight. Pretty much all Airbrush at the mo with the exception of a few wash stain's.
I couldn't resist it & got a bit more done tonight. Pretty much all Airbrush at the mo with the exception of a few wash stain's.
If thats not the original filming miniature I don't know what to say!!!
Would the real filming miniature please stand up!!
WOW that's amazing you captured it 100%!!!!!!!!!!
The colors and weathering have a stunning resemblance to the original,
I will never paint mine now!!!
I know who's paintin' my Transport LOL. Awesome, simply awesome, and another reason why you can cement yourself as maybe the best SS painter on the forum Guy.
lee
Thanks Lee, I'd love to join you when YOU paint your transport, it would be ace to see someone else paint. I've only ever seen meralphee said:
The best thing so far fro me was filling in the laser tubes with black. the whole thing came to life after that. There are some great great painters around here mate, its nice that you think I'm one of em, lets hope I dont make a mess of it by going too far
Vintage decals, what a nightmare!!!!!!!!!
Down to my last few, averted disaster by spraying them with dull coat first. Thank heavens I did though as they were just falling apart. Placement isn't spot on but they are so fragile I was lucky to get any on at all.
Great job ya I would say don't go to far, it's look'in amazing at the moment!!
Last edited by 3d-builder; Apr 13, 2010 at 8:52 AM.
Wrapping up for the day to do some real work.
Lots of small bits out the way now.
Love how you got the black wash to come off the panels to a point
like the mini......or did you spray them?
Set you a PM
Thats all done by hand mate no airbrush3d-builder said:
Love how you got the black wash to come off the panels to a point
like the mini......or did you spray them?
Set you a PM
Love the blast marks on the stabilizer.......and the grey'ish white
bit on the nose!! Really waiting on the vector rings to go on now
to tie in everything at the back!
Wow, you've been busy. Beautiful job Guy. That really is some spot on paintwork. You must be very proud!
I am Nick, its also been a lot easier than I though, which is nice. Hope your doing Ok mate & the family are holding up?Gort said:
This is getting me into trouble now. I started the underside last night at around 10pm & got to this stage around 3.30AM . Then got caught sneaking into bed. It was worth it though as its all coming together now.
Still a WIP but getting closer
Thanks Scott, not that much to do now, I still need to add some water marks, damage et but I got it looking pretty close with out too many disasters.Scott Graham said:
Guy, that's trully amazing, it's a perfect match to the ref pics I have ! The A is one of my fav ROTJ model and you nailed it perfectly ! I'm envious and jealous.
Guy Cowen said:
And I thought this looked good in primer.
Incredible mate!. Iv'e said this before & I'll say it again, your painting skills are second to none, I only hope that I get half as good as you dude. Those colors look spot on to me Guy, very subtle shading there mate. Of course your building skills are to be admired as well!.
I would love to own someday, a Guy Cowen replica of some sort, how about it dude, you take commissions now and again?.
Stu
Cheers Julien, I have to say it wouldn't have been half as nice had I not seen how it should be done when I was at your place mate. Seeing how you & Lee build inspired me to do better & better than I would left to my own standards.MonsieurTox said:
Guy, that's trully amazing, it's a perfect match to the ref pics I have ! The A is one of my fav ROTJ model and you nailed it perfectly ! I'm envious and jealous.
So in a way it is part down to you but you still cant have it though
I think Mike could set up an A wing factory if he wanted at the moment. I have to say seeing it next to all my builds & MR stuff it blows the hell out of everything I've got. Even though I'm not a big ROTJ fan I love the ships & when I look at this Its like I got one at home. Cool.
Cheers, even I'm shocked how nice it looks.swgeek said:
And I thought this looked good in primer.
eagle1 said:
Incredible mate!. Iv'e said this before & I'll say it again, your painting skills are second to none, I only hope that I get half as good as you dude. Those colors look spot on to me Guy, very subtle shading there mate. Of course your building skills are to be admired as well!.
I would love to own someday, a Guy Cowen replica of some sort, how about it dude, you take commissions now and again?.
Stu
Thanks Stu, I really should do a quick Vid as it really isn't hard to get the look that I did on the A wing, I know that sounds a bit wellll! But I really anyone can do this. Its all about the ref material, the more I have the easier it gets. With the Red i was careful not to mix what you see in the pics. If you look at the ref closely you can se some scratches on the Red, if you look at the edge of the scratches you see the real Red color underneath the ILM weathering.
You can then see what color to do the mist coat, which to me was done when they painted the grey panels. so I guessed the mist coat was grey & the Red now looks Maroon color so it should have blue in the gray also.
On the top hull one panel is a very light blue grey, so thats what I used. Instant maroon color & also resembles the years of dust as well.
The only thing that bothered me were the stains all over the hull, these were tough to get right & they're OK on my hulls but not spot on. I've hand painted some of the darker edges on some of the stains to look more like the ILM model, but wyou wouldn't know if I didn't tell you
As for commission work, I'd consider anything but prefer to Paint rather than scratch build. My trouble is actually finding the time as I start touring again this month & it goes on for the rest of the year. You know where I am if you have any idea's though. I'd love to paint for other people if I can.
I've sold a few of my builds & Lee had seen what I can do up close. I know My B wing went down a storm when it arrived at its new home as did the Probe droid.
Guy
Good then you can paint mine when it's ready I am shameless!!!!!
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