Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The Hunt (8)

Hi all,
Thank you for your support :)

Well, the collage image of the raptor and rider is up on Coolminiornot ( http://www.coolminiornot.com/379405 ) and scoring pretty good, with currently 9.1 :)
Thank you for voting!

As mentioned earlier, I also want to make a diorama depicting her together with her pray, a hell-boar or fire-pig. You already saw the finished sculpt.
So here it is primed, but with the addition of some extra flames.
 
 
I then gave the hell-boar a dry brush with Boltgun Metal and a hefty wash with Baal Red.
 
Plus some extra brown and black washes to tone everything back down.
 
 
I then started painting the deep lines with a dark red
 
Followed by a thinner line of lighter red
 
Then some orange mixed into it
 
Even thinner line with some yellow-orange
More yellow
Slowly the temperature is rising ;)
And done!
 
Next was to plan the actual scene....
 
So I built a base plate together with a backdrop
 
Then some ground work
 
another positioning test with both actors
 
and after re-arranging them I started to place some rocks, wood and steppe grass.
 
The finished (unpainted) ground
 
And the actual scene
 
For the backdrop I had the idea to paint some motion blur background to give a sense of speed...
 
Well, THAT didn't work the way I wanted it :P

So back to the drawing board, or maybe I try some photoshopping and print something like this
I think this would work.
What do you think?
Cheers
Klaus

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Swamp Thing

Hi all,

since only 2 updates are not enough, here's another project I did on the side.
It is a kitbash/scratchbuild out of a 1:24 Bentley 2,5 Liter Blower and a 1:48 BF-110.
I did this as an additional entry to the SMA Spring Contest and I will enter with it in the "watercraft" and "Sci-Fi" categories.

Since sorting images is a bit difficult for the blogger tool, I have the final images first :P
 

 






















 










 











 











 










 











 










 











And here are some images of the build process.
This is the original chassis of the Bentley.
 
 











The first thing I did was to extend the entire front.
 


 









 And see how to mount the wings to it.












Then I built the new, extended hood.











 












 













And then I built the "boat" part of the project.
 

 










 












In the end I used a lot of GreenPutty to smoothen things.
 
 











 but it was fun.












One of the challenges was scratchbuilding the windshield.
 


 









And of course riveting :)
 



 








They make such a big difference.
 


 









The final build before painting.
 

 









 












 












 











 
 













I hope you also like this little project :)
Cheers
Klaus