Hi everyone, time for an update.
I've been busy painting, and these things take a long time to paint! Going well though:
Doing one body panel at a time! I've airbrushed a top coat first which I made almost white, and now I'm dirtying them up. I'm being careful not to go too dark as this would ruin the scale
My go-to weathering technique - chalk pastels, ground with the edge of a scalpel then mixed with water and soap. Sticks very well, paints and reacts just like watercolour. I love it.
The hull of this one is almost done. I may knock down some of the effects with a misting of top coat. Head is still to be painted
Another view of the hull. These models paint up pretty nicely.
The addition of the ankle pistons help these look more realistic
And a front view (heads yet to be painted)
I'm happy with the progress, but things are going slow. Half of these are for a commission so I've got to keep moving on them without sacrificing quality! I've painted these disassembled and then put them together - I'll probably take another pass on each one now they are whole to unify the colour. Once the snow goes on these are gonna look pretty sweet
Thanks for following, as always,
Chris