Escape Pod - home stretch...

[moffeaton]

I'll have this baby done for the weekend show I'm going to!

1st round of weathering, and then the color banding ooover the dirt:

Reconstructing the original decals with paint and dry transfers:

Mine is on the left, and the real one is on the right:

Red markings:

Dry transfer hash marks:

Here's the Heller Hood part!

I used my initials and the current year for this particular marking:

I did these freehand in paint, and weathered with powdered pigment:

Rusting has begun:

And of course, the butt (blown out by the flash - poof):

 

[superjedi]

That's looking amazing!
I love using dry transfers. I used a whole slew of those things on my scratch 32" Falcon.
You can find all sorts of interesting shapes and colors.

 

[vaderdarth]

that looks amazing!!!

 

[Howard]

Beautiful work Jason!

 

[rider]

That is looking great moffeaton. Love the markings too.

 

[Hand Solo]

All that extra work and attention to detail makes this shine... Wow...:thumbsup

 

[moffeaton]

Thanks, guys!!

 

[Watson]

Damn fine work Jason, damn fine work.

 

[RickDTM]

Damn fine work Jason.....I mean f'in AMAZING!! All the extra work paid off in spades!

 

[franz bolo]

Wow, looks great. Nice attention to detail!

How many more rounds of weathering do you have?

FB

 

[moffeaton]

Thankya!
Probably three - I'll hand paint the mottled greys and some scratches/chips, then one more pass with the rust and general grime, and then a final pass on the chipping and "pitting" like I did on the Y-Wing. Probably one day for each one - so I should be done by Wed nite.

 

[swfan]

Sweet buildup. You sir are a true artist.

Isel

 

[moffeaton]

Added the over-all filters!

More here:
http://www.roboterkampf.com/html/props/escapepodbuild.htm

 

[masterjedi322]

Wow, Jason, some excellent information on your site. Regarding filters, what kind of color(s) do you typically use? I assume it is based on the overall color of the model, but not sure how you select your filter color.

sean

 

[moffeaton]

I use the Stephen Colbert method and go with what my gut tells me.

:lol

But yeah, you've nailed it - it's dependant on the model itself. Since the Escape Pod is kind of rusty, I went with a greyish yellow. Just something to knock it down while staying away from blues and greens.

Also, take this kind of stuff into account when you're approaching your model, and you'll know what to do with your filters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro

 

[Watson]

Jason you set the bar so damn high.

....did it need to be so....high

Greg

 

[vaderdarth]

absolutely superb technique.

Dave

 

[greeble_gremlin]

As always Wonderful work,

Thanks for the informative blog!

and have fun at the show!

 

[REL]

Sweet! Thanks for the info about the filter and some of the weathering techniques as I'm trying to learn more about painting.

 

[rider]

Exemplarily work moffeaton :thumbsup