Time to round up the year! I must say the result is better than I had expected, and here are some pics of my finished builds.
In total 13 finished builds, which is a very nice result and the best result in many years!
I can just hope to do better next year!
Here’s some pics of my finished build!
This was a quick and fun build! Using Speed Paint to paint the major parts of the ship was an interesting experience, that turned out better than expected. It sure is a way to get models and figures painted faster. And if done right they turn out looking quite good as well!
I did some additional painting and weathering and will consider it done.
I’m still missing decals, but it probably take a few weeks before I know, and besides I haven’t decided which unitI want to make.
Next post will be pics of the finished build!
Here’s a few pics of my finished Goff Rocker figure!
This was a fun figure to paint, even if it took a while before I got him finished.
First I gave it an overall cote of black primer.
Then a grey primer at about 45-60 degrees around from the top.
Then white primer was sprayed almost from above.
After that I did some dry brushing with white to pick up some details even on the underside.
Then I used Speed paint on parts of the ship. This time I used airbrush instead of brushing it on by hand.
As can be seen the base was masked to allow for the metal colour.
I masked the ship for the next step and realized that perhaps it was best to paint the windows first.
After also masking the windows, i first painted white on the areas where the first colour was showing. Then Goblin green was painted on the rest of the ship.
The tape was then removed.
It turned out pretty good, but I wasn’t totally happy with the demarcations in some places.
But since this is a speed build, I’m not re-painting it.
After removing the tape from the windows and placed it on its stand, it looked like this!
The windows got some shadows and highlight in an attempt to make them look like glass.
All the guns and engines got metal paint.
Next I’ll do some highlights, pin wash and general weathering.
The remaining parts was assembled.
I opted to build it flying with the landing gear up.
I’m not sure which part of the stand I’ll use yet, but perhaps I’ll use the bottom grey rod and the short clear one.
For some reason the decals are missing and this was a brand new sealed kit.
I’ll see if I can sort it somehow.
This is the gift I got from my Swedish Secret Santa that I started to build for a speed build group build on HLI.
It’s a fairly easy build and everything fits very nice. GW are also specialists on hiding seam lines and ejection pin marks are nowhere to be seen.
The only thing you need to do is remove nubs and mold lines before assembly.
That was how far I got yesterday. There’s a few more parts to sort before it’s ready for primer and paint.
A few years now I’ve been participating in the Secret Santa gift exchange at Hobby Link International. It’s been great fun, even if I don’t always manage to build the gifts I get!
This year I got this cool kit.
This is my first Batman related kit, and hopefully I’ll get it built as well. I’ve thought of getting myself at least one of the Batmobiles, but it kinda never happens. Now it looks like I’ve got an excuse to start collecting!
First up is my Swedish Secret Santa gift, that I opened up today, as we usually exchange gifts on Christmas eve.
That was a nice gift, especially since I plan to get the game.
Also earlier today I collected a pair of parcels I’ve ordered from GW last month.
Love those special figures they do. I just had to have one.
Both these boxes are new editions of earlier Combat Patrol boxes. I thought the differences was big enough to actually get them.
Detail painting seems to take “forever”, but I’m getting there.
Even though the instructions are very nice, I had to check reference pics on the internet.
I’ve also started working with the wings, and painting the visible areas.
I need to find the proper colour for the tubes and a few other details, and I also need to add quite a bit of decals to both the instrument panel and side panel details.
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