Desert Hunter and Usurper Wolf paint up
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Replica
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Good call! I'll post up all of them -
Desert Hunter (Xdmray Half-Mask)
Usurper Wolf Mask
Biohunter76 Ancient and Wolf Bio's
Cheers for looking!
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biohunter76
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Very nice work Steve!
Replica
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Cheers bro, gonna have your bio's painted up real soon!
Superb paint up on Lee's Wolf buddy, looks badass... Now get some dreads on that bad boy
Thanks mate! Just gotta track down some magnets, thinking about ripping some hard drives open!
Tatsu
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I love the desert colors, Replica. Desert Preds aren't too un-common on here, but when they do show up, I'm impressed by each one, yours included. The Wolf is looking fantastic & Screen Accurate. If you aren't even trying for that look, wow. I'd be impressed to see what you do if you did try man. - That's intended as a compliment, sorry if I confused ya, loving the work!!
Replica
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I love the desert colors, Replica. Desert Preds aren't too un-common on here, but when they do show up, I'm impressed by each one, yours included. The Wolf is looking fantastic & Screen Accurate. If you aren't even trying for that look, wow. I'd be impressed to see what you do if you did try man. - That's intended as a compliment, sorry if I confused ya, loving the work!!
Thanks heaps mate! I know what you mean, and its a huge compliment! I was trying to learn more than anything, painting 1:1 latex is completely different to the small metal and resin models im used to so im very glad people are liking it!
Cheers mate, glad you like!
Heres a WiP pic of the rusty Ancient bio for the Desert Hunter:
Thanks for looking!
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TuaCathach
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bio is lookwing sweet.. i really like the rust.. i love the grungy look on preds anyway..only ting i would do and its just me .. i would do a slightly darker layer on the rust.. show it to be aged .. it looks like its kinda fresh if you get me
Replica
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Yeah i get ya mate! I was going for fresh rust, like when rust gets rained on and dries. I imagine the pred stalking its prey rain, hail or shine, and i wanted a nice weathered look. I also wanted to keep with the colours of the mask with some very redish/orange colours to match the Australian outback.
I sprayed the whole mask with black, then brown, then the orange rust colour. I then got a big sponge and stippled the metal on over that, sliding the sponge up and down where i wanted scratches in the weathering and for the fresh metal showing through. I gave it a misting of copper, then black then dry-brushed a lighter silver tone on all the edges. After that i went back with a very thin, overly orange rust tone and brushed it on the places water would pool, and used a heat gun (carefully) to bake the colour on - this makes it look almost like a transparent layer with just the edges of the 'pools' turning a light orange. I then brushed on a more realistic rust colour and wiped it off after 10 min or so, just enough time for some to dry but not all.
Heres a pic of the mask after the 'baking' thing - i was going for the look of muddy water, that has dried and left the silt layer (i got the inspiration from my dirty car )
And heres a close up of the bolts. This pic still has a wet layer of matte varnish on it, so it is slightly glossier than it is now.
Could probably get the same effect using a simpler method, but i was learning as i went. This is the first time ive tried rust properly, I normally only have done it on model tanks which is very different!
Hope that helps!
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WhiskeyBeard
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Hot damn. That is one of the best "rust-ups" I've seen in a long time. That thing looks like it has been sitting in a river bed baking in the outback sun. Superb work.
Sweet and sick looking paint job.
Replica
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Hot damn. That is one of the best "rust-ups" I've seen in a long time. That thing looks like it has been sitting in a river bed baking in the outback sun. Superb work.
Thanks mate! Exactly the look i was going for, glad it worked out and glad you like it! More pics soon !
Sweet and sick looking paint job.
Thanks bro, glad you dig it!
Cheers mate, i appreciate the compliments! I'll get some pics on the mask real soon, but im not home for the next 2 days, but i will get it done!
Thanks for the comments Hunters, really appreciate it!
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Tatsu
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Daaaaamn dude! I saw the pics posted & those 3 Rust "rivet" bolts you have are just outta this world. I've dealt with a lot of rusty metal, taking it to scrap yards, if I found that, I'd swear it had been in a junk-pile for ages.
Folks, we've got a new artist to really keep our eyes on. Jason, Lee, Larry. Watch yourselves.
Folks, we've got a new artist to really keep our eyes on. Jason, Lee, Larry. Watch yourselves.
Replica
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Cheers mate! really glad you like it, and thats a HUGE compliment!
Got some quick snaps of the Bio on the half mask. The fit is awesome, really tight but it may look loose in some places as it would slip forward a little as nothing was holding it on. Im still trying to source the magnets, got a friend with a bunch of broken HDD's so im trying to get him to let me take the magnets out of them.
Cheers for looking, much appreciated!
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Darth Pinhead
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Don't you guys have hardware stores, You should be able to locate magnets there...
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