Tripod

[dynasoar62]

This is my take on a war of the worlds Tripod, made from scrap parts and chop sticks. Its still in primer anyone have any ideas what color i should make this beast?
I am thinking of doing some kind of diorama. THANKS

 

[joberg]

Real nice for sure

 

[modelerdave]

No idea about color, but that rusty red looks pretty great. Maybe variations of that?

 

[TazMan2000]

No idea about color, but that rusty red looks pretty great. Maybe variations of that?

Maximillian from the Black Hole?

TazMan2000

 

[Astyanax]

Magnificent!

Well, I would borrow from ideas we use here...we color tanks and military helicopters olive green or desert sand in order to make them more difficult to see, especially from the sky. So how would that look on Mars?

 

[dynasoar62]

No idea about color, but that rusty red looks pretty great. Maybe variations of that?

That sounds good to me .Thanks

 

[dynasoar62]

Real nice for sure

Thank You

 

[dynasoar62]

Magnificent!

Well, I would borrow from ideas we use here...we color tanks and military helicopters olive green or desert sand in order to make them more difficult to see, especially from the sky. So how would that look on Mars?

Thanks maybe a variation of red oxide from German tanks.

 

[dynasoar62]

Maximillian from the Black Hole?

TazMan2000

lol true

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Looks awesome. Has a bit of the flair from the old movie from the fifties. The book described them as shiny metal, so probably polished steel color-ish, but I honestely prefer the look of your model. It feels like one that has been in action here on Earth for years or decades and have rusted. Maybe an old captured display at a museum after the end of the war, with people looking up at it, pointing and touching its leg, while talking about the invasion. Like those old museum sauropod skeleton pictures with people checking them out floating around.

 

[ZeroSum]

Cool model. If it were me painting this, I'd do it as a purple/green colour shift paint (eg SMS Colour Shift ALIEN) at least in part to give it an other worldly look.

But I'm not painting it - you are. This is your take so you should paint it however you want.

 

[JNordgren42]

That's a really great build. If it were me, I'd do it in coppery metallics as an homage to the 1950's War of the Worlds film. Maybe with some light oxidation and weathering of green and blue verdigris like patterns (maybe just on the edges and in recesses). And if probably pick out the hoses and some of the mechanics in darker titanium, burnt iron, and gunmetal colors.

 

[Astyanax]

That's a really great build. If it were me, I'd do it in coppery metallics as an homage to the 1950's War of the Worlds film. Maybe with some light oxidation and weathering of green and blue verdigris like patterns (maybe just on the edges and in recesses). And if probably pick out the hoses and some of the mechanics in darker titanium, burnt iron, and gunmetal colors.

Interesting, but I would not necessarily recommend the verdigris. That reaction happens due to oxidation...I don't believe there's much, if any, oxygen in the Martian atmosphere...

 

[rbeach84]

That is a good point, however, as it is part of the invasion force on Earth, the Martians may not have taken that into account when finishing their hardware in a low-or-no O2 atmosphere, so a bit of post-landing corrosion seems in order. Perhaps a bit of "dot-filters" where small amounts of the colors that might be reflected from the environment (greens, blues, white, yellow topside, more green, brown, black undersides) are spotted randomly all about the surfaces and then 'blended' to basically transparency. This might be preceded by some minor 'short term' corrosion evidence though I'd go lightly.
Just brainstorming... hey! Nice work so far!

Regards, Rober

 

[TazMan2000]

In the past, when countries had air-dominance, they polished the bare metal finish of the aircraft and had colourful logos and large markings. Tanks, not so much. But perhaps a cocky and arrogant paint job would be in order, giving the impression of invincibility?

TazMan2000

 

[Carlb]

Nice work. What part was used for the "head"?

 

[dynasoar62]

Nice work. What part was used for the "head"?

The neck was a car deer whistle and the top is part of a plastic dome with parts of a monitor stand , the head can move from side to side and the legs can move .

 

[dynasoar62]

That's a really great build. If it were me, I'd do it in coppery metallics as an homage to the 1950's War of the Worlds film. Maybe with some light oxidation and weathering of green and blue verdigris like patterns (maybe just on the edges and in recesses). And if probably pick out the hoses and some of the mechanics in darker titanium, burnt iron, and gunmetal colors.

that might work i will spray some test