Scratchbuilt mixed-media Fire Raptor

Analyzer · Jul 9, 2019

g0rb said:
I'm leaving the internal undercarriage wells unpainted so I can show people afterwards that yes, this is in fact made out of cereal boxes

Great idea and a nice little "easter egg" of sorts

barrie · Jul 9, 2019

Hi Gorb
fantastic scratch build my friend, your use of so many odds and ends is brilliant, and yes the paint brings it to life I hope to see more of your builds in the future.

regards Barrie ( the old guy )

orthofox · Jul 9, 2019

This is seriously good. The detail and accuracy of the build is incredible.

g0rb · Jul 10, 2019

barrie said:
Hi Gorb
fantastic scratch build my friend, your use of so many odds and ends is brilliant, and yes the paint brings it to life I hope to see more of your builds in the future.

regards Barrie ( the old guy )

Thanks Barrie, much appreciated! I know, I tend to keep all sorts of "trash" to use in mixed scratchbuilding. Drives my wife crazy

orthofox said:
This is seriously good. The detail and accuracy of the build is incredible.

Much obliged orthofox! Not sure about the overall accuracy, it deviates quite a bit from the original Forgeworld model.
At least the wings are balanced

And I did spend a large amount of time on little details (the interior is built and painted, just covered up in these shots).

Tonight I started weathering by adding paint chips, with a brighter orange, a dark gray and gun metal for exposed metal.

Only the right wing is finished so far, this takes me ages

Here are closeups of the flaperon and the wingtip vtol fan outlet

This needs to be replicated over the entire bird, then I can seal it and do the logos & insignia.

BajaTym · Jul 12, 2019

Such an impressive use of materials. This looks awesome, simply well done!

g0rb · Jul 13, 2019

Cheers BAJA TYM, thanks for stopping by, much appreciated!

yuumi2891103 · Jul 14, 2019

Your choice of materials gives it a very nice taste.
It tells me still there are so many ways to express an imagination.
This is one of the good example of what model builds should be.
I'm really impressed.

katsu

g0rb · Jul 15, 2019

Thank you for stopping by Katsu-San, very kind words!

I've added some more directional chipping to the weathering, seeing as this is a tank that flies through all sorts of ground fire and debris clouds, there should be scratches and scrapes from front to back:

g0rb · Jul 16, 2019

On another forum someone asked me for some overview photos, thought I'd post them here too:

g0rb · Aug 11, 2019

Started painting the weathering on the ball turrets. Still need to heat-scorch the barrels, and they need a white racing stripe down the middle to fit in with the planned stripes on the main model.

Kinda reminds me of the drones from Oblivion.

g0rb · Aug 12, 2019

Added some heat stress scorching to the gun barrels, and got started on weathering the engine exhausts.
The exposed engine parts on top of the model will get the same treatment.

Analyzer · Aug 12, 2019

Very effective weathering!

And again, that is extremely impressive for a scratch build, mostly out of paper!

yuumi2891103 · Aug 14, 2019

It's a magic for me!
Your model has a special taste. Hats off, my friend.

katsu

g0rb · Aug 14, 2019

Thank you kindly Analyzer and Katsu-san, much appreciated!

g0rb · Aug 16, 2019

Given that the major airbrush work is now done, I opened the model up and removed the protective stuffing I had in there.
I re-primed the exposed metallic parts in preparation for giving them their metallic coat + weathering washes.

Here are some shots:

Analyzer · Aug 17, 2019

Wow!

Who needs Forgeworld

g0rb · Feb 18, 2020

The model has been done for a while, and I just finished the paint job. I've added a large freehand raven to the top of the fuselage, added the chapter and company iconography, and done a final bit of weathering.

I've built a flyer base for it, using an acrylic rod I shaped into a curve, and added some battlefield debris in the shape of miscasts from my previous projects: some dreadnought bits, half a space marine torso