Centurion
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At last.
Finally got around to posting something on these forums.
Been caught up in the last couple of years building Star Destroyers to be auctioned off at the UK Garrison (part of the worldwide 501st Star Wars costuming group) I decided it time for a wee change and move on to the titular kit. Not complaining about the Star Destroyers as they raised an awesome amount (in my eyes) for charity.
Korbanth Sabers Super Star Destroyer raised 2500GBP
Zvezda/Revell Star Destroyer raised 1500GBP
About 18months work between to two of them and I have built some more Zvezda SD's for friends and now don't want to do anymore for a couple of years at least.
Anyhoo! This thread is about Dinosaurs and in particular my favourite of all and when I discovered Masterpiece Models had these I just had to get one.
This is actually my second one and the last one made until the company gets around to retooling it. My first kit lost an argument between two mental Yorkshire Terrier pups and a p***ed off cat. My fault for not making sure the man cave door was securely closed.
As I said this is my second one and it is a "beast" of a kit coming in at 38 inches long and 15inches high.
I have been using Vallejo Air paints pretty much exclusively and so far so good. There where a couple of bad seams where her tail meets the main body but I finally got to use Epoxy sculpt after it was recommended to me by the You Tuber "Dinosaur Dungeon".
The build has been slow but steady with first the head being attached and the seam there wasn't too bad TBH and some epoxy sculpt and Mr Surfacer were used and that was that.
Next item was to attached the tail and as the model is so big and heavy I first used CA glue to stick everything together and then using cocktail sticks I managed to get generous amounts of 5min epoxy into the gaps and we had rock solid joints.
The seam on the body/tail took nearly a week to get sorted but I was in no hurry and I finally got to a point where I was happy with it.
Next all four legs where attached and the seams where tackled with the epoxy sculpt once again.
Grey primer was next on the agenda.
Before I went any further I had decided to use Taxidermists cats eyes for this big girl and just started off with a small drill bit and slowly worked up to 8mm which was the size of the eyes I had bought.
My original plan was to pop the eyes out again before painting but they were a bit awkward to get out in the first place and I didn't want to scratch the model once she had been painted so used some canopy glue on them and once the painting started the eyes had a good coat of liquid mask applied.
I did some pre-shading first and this is where it started to go a bit pear shaped as I later noted I had gone a bit too far on the legs with too many stripes.
Thought I would carry on and see how it went but those stripes came back to haunt me as once again it was just a bit too much.
Before the next bit I had started on her crest and was well happy with how it looked.
Her head and body turned out great but those legs really bugged me so she was reprimed and I started again.
And this is where we are now. I did some more pre-shading as before but barely touched her legs.
That's it so far and thanks for dropping by and having a look. I already have the base she'll be mounted on and I will be putting sound into as I found some sounds that scientists reckon these animals where able to make when a perfectly preserved skull was found and the intricate air passages through the crest were copied and the sounds made - quite eerie when you hear them.
Finally got around to posting something on these forums.
Been caught up in the last couple of years building Star Destroyers to be auctioned off at the UK Garrison (part of the worldwide 501st Star Wars costuming group) I decided it time for a wee change and move on to the titular kit. Not complaining about the Star Destroyers as they raised an awesome amount (in my eyes) for charity.
Korbanth Sabers Super Star Destroyer raised 2500GBP
Zvezda/Revell Star Destroyer raised 1500GBP
About 18months work between to two of them and I have built some more Zvezda SD's for friends and now don't want to do anymore for a couple of years at least.
Anyhoo! This thread is about Dinosaurs and in particular my favourite of all and when I discovered Masterpiece Models had these I just had to get one.
This is actually my second one and the last one made until the company gets around to retooling it. My first kit lost an argument between two mental Yorkshire Terrier pups and a p***ed off cat. My fault for not making sure the man cave door was securely closed.
As I said this is my second one and it is a "beast" of a kit coming in at 38 inches long and 15inches high.
I have been using Vallejo Air paints pretty much exclusively and so far so good. There where a couple of bad seams where her tail meets the main body but I finally got to use Epoxy sculpt after it was recommended to me by the You Tuber "Dinosaur Dungeon".
The build has been slow but steady with first the head being attached and the seam there wasn't too bad TBH and some epoxy sculpt and Mr Surfacer were used and that was that.
Next item was to attached the tail and as the model is so big and heavy I first used CA glue to stick everything together and then using cocktail sticks I managed to get generous amounts of 5min epoxy into the gaps and we had rock solid joints.
The seam on the body/tail took nearly a week to get sorted but I was in no hurry and I finally got to a point where I was happy with it.
Next all four legs where attached and the seams where tackled with the epoxy sculpt once again.
Grey primer was next on the agenda.
Before I went any further I had decided to use Taxidermists cats eyes for this big girl and just started off with a small drill bit and slowly worked up to 8mm which was the size of the eyes I had bought.
My original plan was to pop the eyes out again before painting but they were a bit awkward to get out in the first place and I didn't want to scratch the model once she had been painted so used some canopy glue on them and once the painting started the eyes had a good coat of liquid mask applied.
I did some pre-shading first and this is where it started to go a bit pear shaped as I later noted I had gone a bit too far on the legs with too many stripes.
Thought I would carry on and see how it went but those stripes came back to haunt me as once again it was just a bit too much.
Before the next bit I had started on her crest and was well happy with how it looked.
Her head and body turned out great but those legs really bugged me so she was reprimed and I started again.
And this is where we are now. I did some more pre-shading as before but barely touched her legs.
That's it so far and thanks for dropping by and having a look. I already have the base she'll be mounted on and I will be putting sound into as I found some sounds that scientists reckon these animals where able to make when a perfectly preserved skull was found and the intricate air passages through the crest were copied and the sounds made - quite eerie when you hear them.
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