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.
I got some more parts cleaned up.
Then all areas that needed interior green got painted.
I masked the painted areas and then painted aluminium and some parts in black.
Some masking and painting was done and some parts was just painted on the other side.
Next I’ll paint details and start assembling some parts.
I started this as my probably last project this year. Not sure I will be able to finish this year though.
As usual it starts with the cockpit. There’s a lot of parts to the cockpit and cleaning them up took a while, even if the parts are very nicely cast.
I’ve also glued a few parts together, but the rest have to wait until after they’re painted.
There are a few more parts to sort and the side walls should also have a few parts glued to them. I had to sort a few ejection pin marks as they will be visible and I think one decal goes on the back of the fire wall.
Not sure how much will be visible after the cockpit is inserted into the fusalage.
This is how far I got the first evening.
Seems like I’ve forgot to show my newly arrived kits!
First is the small parcel I got from my Swedish Secret Santa.
Nice little package with rime and everything!
Next is a bunch of kits that I’ve ordered from the Swedish auction site Tradera.
And last but not least a bunch of kits from Games Workshop with orks for my army! 🙂
Cheap non descript boxes for some of the kits, which is typical when you order directly from them. Now I have to re-calculate my ork army! 🙂
Of course I have to build it too!
I just realized that I forgot 2 kits that arrived last week.
This is Tamiya re-release of those kits! Nostalgic! 🙂
Here’s some pics of my finished ork boss, Boss Snikrot!
Last part before final reveal!
Grass and small pebbles was added to the base.
The base, stones and grass was painted with Agrax earthshade and then dry brushed with a light bone colour and the stones with a bit of grey.
With that and the rim painted black, I’ll consider him done!
I started this build for a sci-fi group build on Facebook. Probably the last one I build for that gb. I choose a figure just to get a fairly easy build.
I thought he looked pretty cool so the choice was pretty easy.
Starting with assembly which was pretty straightforward.
I choose to have his mask on his forehead, so bot the mask and face would be visible.
I gave him a zenithal primer, which means I first painted him black, then grey in about 60 degree motion all around, and finally I painted white more or less from the top almost straight down.
Lastly I dry brushed white with a soft make up brush, picking up a little more of the details.
I decided to mainly use Army Painters Speed Paint.
I then painted all the metal with Vallejo’s black metal, and also added a few other details. Trying to use speed paint as much as possible.
The metal parts was highlighted with a brighter metal colour, and then I used rust and orange rust to add some rust on weapons and other spots.
After that I used AK’s mud on the base.
I’ll add some grass and a few stones to the base, and do some additional painting before it’s done.
Here’s som pics of my finished build!
As I intend to have it sitting on the stand, I glued the lid in place.
The solar panels got a pin wash.
Everything put in place.
After a clear cote, the decals went on. I tried to use the decals for the window and top lid, but messed them up as they wouldn’t conform properly.
After removing the masking tape from the window and doing some additional wash and painting, I considered it done.
Pics for the final reveal will be posted soon.
