Re: Scratch Built Delivery Ship 3011AD, The Nylon Gag MK.1
Ello Peeps
Its not only you mate. I think the "pied" black n' white painting scheme actually enhances the model. There is so much brilliant detailing in the build and the subtle weathering the more I look at it the more I think stronger colours would take your eye away from that. Like I said I was a huge fan of Chris Foss back in his day ("21st century Foss" was the first graphic art book I ever bought) but the truth is in many cases the strong colour schemes and geometric patterns he employed to paint his ships did so to mask the quite simple shapes he used and lack of detail in them, certainly with his early stuff.
Then along came Starwars and that majorly changed the way a lot of artists conceived their work. Workable detail came in ,loud and proud paintwork out.
I really think for the huge amount of brilliant detailing work that has gone into this,light and simple pays dividends. Maybe a few lighter /darker dis colouring work of the bigger panels and a few thinner stripes mid body and across the wings, but as it is this is one of the most stunning originally works I've ever seen here. And thats up against some very stiff competition.
Thank you for stopping by and commenting, I decided to approach the paint as if i was Kiko the pilot, what would i do to it.
The examples from Collie Wertz were just a colour guide for me in the end as the curved design he had on his ship didn't fit the straight lines of my ship.
I looked at Chris Foss's designs, which i really like, but there is to much colour for me so i decided to keep it simple stupid (my motto)
Nothing to fancy and i agree with you that i didn't want to destract from the details, that was really the problem, i didn't want to cover the wing top details and i didnt want the design to cover to many panels i had painted.
But i really appreciate everyone who stopped by and gave me their two cents
So, enough chit chat,
Decided to stop over thinking the design, slap on some masking and just go for it.
first under wing details
Four heat lines with shield made from dental floss box
Removed some paint from my actuator drives to expose the gold plated finish underneath, looks just like a pneumatic ram
Then it was time to be bold
Masked of for just the side stripes, engine fairing and the front wing pattern.
Then it was time for the hairspray Course Kosher Salt
I then hit it with a few coats of flat white to make the colours pop better.
Then several layers of the decanted (what a mess) Camel Yellow (TS-34)
Whilst that was drying i gave my pilot 'Kiko' some attention with some oils, i will add more details later.
Then i maksed off for the decanted outer Brilliant blue stripes (TS-44) and gave then several coats
Then the moment of truth, off with the masking
I then removed the salt with water a stiff brush and a sharpened chop stick
I like it, its not over powering, simple but striking. The top of the wing should hopefully be eaisier now to balance it all out. I still have washes and weathering to go on top so it will be calmed down even further.
What do you think?
Got to get up at 4:30am to get the misses from the airport so thats it for me.
Stay tuned for more
Take care
