superjedi
Sr Member
Hi RPF!
Another rare occasion where I've actually completed a model. :lol
This is the Moebius Galactica kit that many people have been building. I picked it up a few weeks ago at my LHS.
I "yoinked" it off the shelf so quick I'm sure there was a sonic boom.
The owner of the store said he had just gotten it in the day prior, so lucky me!
I didn't build it with lights or electronics or anything, but I did order Acreation Models' AMAZING armor decals.
This was the first product I got from Rob and man oh man. . . totally worth every cent! Here's an overall shot.
Yes, I know the stand still needs to be finished.
I watched Cylon75's build up and read his description of using black liquid shoe polish as a wash. I thought I would give it a try on my build, and it worked great!
What an easy technique!
I felt I wanted a bit more contrast between the ribbed sections and the armor panels, so I began by painting a darker basecoat.
I used Tamiya German Gray overall. To ease with painting and decals, I left everything in subassemblies: main fuselage, head, flight pods, and engines.
Before starting any painting, I added a bunch of tiny styrene chips in between the ribs all over the ship. I wanted to give a sense of some more detail in those areas.
After the base coat of German Gray, I used Cylon75's shoe polish method and it really brought out the details nicely!
It also somehow gave the paint a vaguely metallic sheen, something that was an unexpected bonus.
When Rob's decals arrived, I used one of the smaller ones that go on the belly as a test to see the level of contrast.
It didn't give as much variance as I wanted, so I broke out a small chisel brush and some Polly Scale CSX gray and hand painted all the armor areas.
Basically every place that would receive a decal got painted a lighter gray. Then the contrast between ribs and armor was more to my liking.
After a few sessions of decaling (probably close to 8 hours total) I glued all the subassemblies together and gave the ship a clear matte coat.
It really tied everything together once the shiny decals were dulled down.
Here's a final shot showing the detail in those fantastic decals.
I'm really happy with the way the Big G turned out. It's a nicely engineered kit, and I'm so glad Acreation took on the task of designing some aftermarket goodness.
Now to figure out how to paint that tiny lettering on the base. :wacko
Thanks for reading.
Eric
Another rare occasion where I've actually completed a model. :lol
This is the Moebius Galactica kit that many people have been building. I picked it up a few weeks ago at my LHS.
I "yoinked" it off the shelf so quick I'm sure there was a sonic boom.
The owner of the store said he had just gotten it in the day prior, so lucky me!
I didn't build it with lights or electronics or anything, but I did order Acreation Models' AMAZING armor decals.
This was the first product I got from Rob and man oh man. . . totally worth every cent! Here's an overall shot.
Yes, I know the stand still needs to be finished.
I watched Cylon75's build up and read his description of using black liquid shoe polish as a wash. I thought I would give it a try on my build, and it worked great!
What an easy technique!
I felt I wanted a bit more contrast between the ribbed sections and the armor panels, so I began by painting a darker basecoat.
I used Tamiya German Gray overall. To ease with painting and decals, I left everything in subassemblies: main fuselage, head, flight pods, and engines.
Before starting any painting, I added a bunch of tiny styrene chips in between the ribs all over the ship. I wanted to give a sense of some more detail in those areas.
After the base coat of German Gray, I used Cylon75's shoe polish method and it really brought out the details nicely!
It also somehow gave the paint a vaguely metallic sheen, something that was an unexpected bonus.
When Rob's decals arrived, I used one of the smaller ones that go on the belly as a test to see the level of contrast.
It didn't give as much variance as I wanted, so I broke out a small chisel brush and some Polly Scale CSX gray and hand painted all the armor areas.
Basically every place that would receive a decal got painted a lighter gray. Then the contrast between ribs and armor was more to my liking.
After a few sessions of decaling (probably close to 8 hours total) I glued all the subassemblies together and gave the ship a clear matte coat.
It really tied everything together once the shiny decals were dulled down.
Here's a final shot showing the detail in those fantastic decals.
I'm really happy with the way the Big G turned out. It's a nicely engineered kit, and I'm so glad Acreation took on the task of designing some aftermarket goodness.
Now to figure out how to paint that tiny lettering on the base. :wacko
Thanks for reading.
Eric
