Since I couldn’t paint tonight again, I went ahead and did some more base work. This time I’m adding the texture coat. To do this I took some dried dirt from outside and nuked…
He he I do the same thing, a good material to use I found out is also venus fly trap compost it has a fine mixture of sand and earth and goes well with smaller scale dios.
That was the idea, I love the Kobayashi designs and in dragon’s heavon this design is reused in a different scale and a bit more organic, closer to the original sketches.
A japanese modeller calling himself Alaya made something similar before, I’m using his mainly for inspiration (hence the lack of a-symmetry in the arms)
Fair play that is looking pretty sweet!!!!
You have achieved the slightly creepy organic Kobayashi look , I do like the way you have built the spine section.
Thanks, was dubbing the spine part as the original and most sketches use a cloth cover for the snake-part, but I suck at sculpting and like open mechanics a lot.
Hello everyone! Sorry if my English is bad, its not my language.. I choose that kit for build.I think it’s unusual & you like results! I did some work for it,but it still in progress
Oh yeah and I have now put the engine and some engine bells with a few other things on the back of the body.
I made the engine bells from the tops of sherbert containers then added cogs inside to give them a fancy look.
I really have to commend your creativity, ingenuity, and skill with this. I have been following your updates and have been very impressed, especially when you look at the pile of stuff you started with. Keep it up.
Added armour to the thighs also a few more leg greeblies , I am making the leg and thigh armour more damaged than other parts by adding scratches and dents.
Couldn’t open my window to airbrush today like I planned due to snow so I worked on the base some instead. The ridge is styrofoam glued to the board and the whole thing is on…
More led work, 19 done so far, lord know how many more I’ll do.
Added a large thruster bell to the inside of the shoulder armour since I’m removing the 3 little pop out ones.
Well, I just saw the requirement to not post WIP photos anywhere else previously so I can’t join this contest. Good luck to all entrants! Some beautiful works so far!
I just started an HG Dendrobium + 2 x HG Meteor Unit kitbash, it will take months! Ordering something anew from HLJ will eat too much into contest time. (my fastest build took 4 months.)
I ain’t even mad, I should have know the rules. ^.^
You do NOT have to order from HLJ – the only requirement is that whatever you build would have been available to order – so basically no bootlegs I think.
You can start whatever you have in backlog and you have 45 days….
Building up the internal wing detail and inserting into the wing. Not pictured: lots and lots of cutting,sanding and test fitting. Starting on the engine too.
I wish i were that sick! It actually comes pre-cut. But I fold and glue it as sick as I can 😉 There are some structural parts I made that are further in the wings but it turns out that they are invisible from every angle.
I meaned Otherwise, the surface LOOKS monotone.
I understand, when the masking is removed it will look top-notch.
Cool! Mottling is an useful technique
Thanks for the comments.
I exaggerated the pre-shading/mottling because there’ll be 3 layers of color coats for the camouflage. For 1 color coat, a subtle mottling is ok.