Astroboy's bandai millennium falcon..finished!

Re: Astroboy's bandai millennium falcon...please critique

It is difficult to get the Falcon right. Yours looks pretty good, maybe a bit stark with the very defined steaks. Subtle, at least for my style, is the key to the Falcon.

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Robiwon said:
It is difficult to get the Falcon right. Yours looks pretty good, maybe a bit stark with the very defined steaks. Subtle, at least for my style, is the key to the Falcon.

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Thanks! I appreciate that! I'm at the cabin right now but I may give you a call next week. Like I say, I'm working in a vacuum here. I might even take some of my work into a local hobby shop to ask questions.


One thing I realize I should have done is to wear surgical gloves. I think they would help the cleanliness. When I use pigments, the excess gets everywhere.

I might try to pull some of the streaking back with some oils. UN white is a perfect falcon base color.

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Started to streak the top a bit.

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Thanks. Im really happy with my technique for streaking. However, the NEXT time I do it, I will use a laser level to keep the lines perfect. It isn't always easy to keep the array in line with the centre. And I didn't do nearly as many streaks as I wanted. But had to admit to myself that at this scale, you have to pull back.

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That looks really good, man.
Without your hand for a scale reference, I'd swear that was a 1:72.
 
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GREAT JOB!!!

What I did to keep the streaks line perfect I used a piece of masking tape and then used the Tamiya weathering kit and did my streaks of course one side of the streak were the tape is will look too perfect but after your remove the tape you just soften it out, I used this technique on my old modified MPC shuttle Tydirium to get the correct scale streaks flowing all in the same direction. Heres the effect.



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GF said:
GREAT JOB!!!

What I did to keep the streaks line perfect I used a piece of masking tape and then used the Tamiya weathering kit and did my streaks of course one side of the streak were the tape is will look too perfect but after your remove the tape you just soften it out, I used this technique on my old modified MPC shuttle Tydirium to get the correct scale streaks flowing all in the same direction. Heres the effect.



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Those look perfect!

My problem with the weathering kit is the applicator. I'm really happy that I found these little pointy q-tips

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astroboy said:
Those look perfect!

My problem with the weathering kit is the applicator. I'm really happy that I found these little pointy q-tips

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I know what you mean I don't use the applicator that comes in the kit, I use a tiny small round headed type of brush its really small and precise, you can achieve very tiny subtle streaks.
 
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Okay, I'm finally done the model. I've spent about 8 months on this. (I work VERY rarely. Maybe two models a year)

I finished the sidewalls and ended with some very light spatter.

Only two questions left.
1. What should I do for a base?

2. How do I photograph this?

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I would like to make a stand for this. Does anyone know where I can get a clear plastic rod? Maybe 6" long and .5" thick?

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Well dang! That Falcon turned out great! Are you planning a diorama type base or a plaque type base?
 
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