SeismicA
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My stash needs more room, so time to build some of it on the side of my larger slowmoving projects! I'm going to do Vader and the two TIEs formation flying in the trench, though the trench itself will be a later addition. The two Interceptors will be flying together and will be a separate display with nothing special added.
Started yesterday evening, batching the build steps 5 at a time with some special extra steps for Vader's TIE which is a completely separate tooling from the others that only differ in solar panel shape.
I thought I'd experiment with a pre-shading wash for the cockpits. Black Tamiya "Panel Line Accent Color", an enamel wash.
Application:
Cleanup, just a cotton bud with very very little white spirit on it:
Spray of Vallejo RAF Barley Grey
I think it turned out pretty satisfactory but in the end I went over it with a bit more wash since I wanted very high contrast if the detail is to show at all through the small windows. Which I forgot to photograph in my hurry :facepalm I think the wash pre-shade would be a very good choice for 70s jets in bright highvis schemes.
Vallejo Panzer Grey basecoat for the little dudes. I brushed on black for the helmets, cloak and details afterwards, decaled them up and did a gloss coat over the black parts. Forgot to photograph that too of course!
Cockpit sidewall decaling went on without a hitch, here they're drying under an application of decal fix.
This morning I put it all together and am preparing to close the cockpit balls. While very fiddly, the insignia decals really did put that little bit of detail needed on the pilots, I was afraid they'd just be completely black shapes.
Started yesterday evening, batching the build steps 5 at a time with some special extra steps for Vader's TIE which is a completely separate tooling from the others that only differ in solar panel shape.
I thought I'd experiment with a pre-shading wash for the cockpits. Black Tamiya "Panel Line Accent Color", an enamel wash.
Application:
Cleanup, just a cotton bud with very very little white spirit on it:
Spray of Vallejo RAF Barley Grey
I think it turned out pretty satisfactory but in the end I went over it with a bit more wash since I wanted very high contrast if the detail is to show at all through the small windows. Which I forgot to photograph in my hurry :facepalm I think the wash pre-shade would be a very good choice for 70s jets in bright highvis schemes.
Vallejo Panzer Grey basecoat for the little dudes. I brushed on black for the helmets, cloak and details afterwards, decaled them up and did a gloss coat over the black parts. Forgot to photograph that too of course!
Cockpit sidewall decaling went on without a hitch, here they're drying under an application of decal fix.
This morning I put it all together and am preparing to close the cockpit balls. While very fiddly, the insignia decals really did put that little bit of detail needed on the pilots, I was afraid they'd just be completely black shapes.
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