Nice catches!
Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
Re: Now, for my next trick! Finished!
Fish. Aviation. It's all about streame lines.
Nice catches!
Nice catches!
When the sun of culture hangs low even dwarfs throw shadows.
Re: Now, for my next trick! Finished!
Aerodynamics...hydrodynamics...body/fuselage...control surfaces....it's all the same!!!mostrich wrote:Fish. Aviation. It's all about streame lines.
Nice catches!
You can see on the crappie, that there's a bit more fin, than what there should be...
The Smally is the same way, and all the edges are fat and way too smooth.
Using a Dremel, I ground down the excess, thinned and roughed up the edges. I don't think I've ever caught a fish that had perfectly smooth edges to their fins.
Also got the molded eyes drilled out and installed new ones (still got to add the eye membrane to the smally)
On to the salmon.
Couldn't get a good "true to the eye" shot here. Inside the gill plates was built up with multiple layers of several colors...if it would actually be seen...it'd look....okay.
These fish vary wildly, when it comes to the inside the mouth. Some are light, some are a nasty looking, inky black...and the rest are somewhere in between.
Tongue, gills, throat section...
Head in place...
Still got a ways to go, before I attach the heads...this is just where they're at as of right now.
Re: Now, for my next trick! Finished!
Got the heads attached.
Amazingly, for as big as these things are, there was very limited points of contact between the heads and bodies...just 3-4 tiny spots. I used 5 minute epoxy at those points, and for extra security...I drilled a pilot hole and countersunk a screw. The massive gap was filled with Magic Sculpt resin/epoxy.
There was not point of contact where the belly is supposed to meet the "chin", between the gills. I also filled in with Magic Sculpt.
I foresaw some issues with the fins...they did not fit nicely where they were supposed to go.
A happy accident happened though. I filled the sink with hot soapy water, to wash them before attaching them. They got quite soft and pliable.
I was able to reshape/straighten them and make em fit there slots a lot better.
Again, gaps were filled in with Magic Sculpt.
The other fins will be added later on in the painting process.
Amazingly, for as big as these things are, there was very limited points of contact between the heads and bodies...just 3-4 tiny spots. I used 5 minute epoxy at those points, and for extra security...I drilled a pilot hole and countersunk a screw. The massive gap was filled with Magic Sculpt resin/epoxy.
There was not point of contact where the belly is supposed to meet the "chin", between the gills. I also filled in with Magic Sculpt.
I foresaw some issues with the fins...they did not fit nicely where they were supposed to go.
A happy accident happened though. I filled the sink with hot soapy water, to wash them before attaching them. They got quite soft and pliable.
I was able to reshape/straighten them and make em fit there slots a lot better.
Again, gaps were filled in with Magic Sculpt.
The other fins will be added later on in the painting process.
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Re: Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
Been busy with the smaller fishies.
Got the smallmouth finished up the other day...
Mounted on a piece of driftwood from where we go salmon fishing.
I think my nephew will be pleasantly surprised. It's a replica of the one he caught on canoe trip with the Scouts.
Got the base colors down on the crappie a couple days ago...
Spend last night detailing scales and painting the markings...
Also spent some more time on the salmon, getting em prepped for painting...nothing worth taking pics of.
Got the smallmouth finished up the other day...
Mounted on a piece of driftwood from where we go salmon fishing.
I think my nephew will be pleasantly surprised. It's a replica of the one he caught on canoe trip with the Scouts.
Got the base colors down on the crappie a couple days ago...
Spend last night detailing scales and painting the markings...
Also spent some more time on the salmon, getting em prepped for painting...nothing worth taking pics of.
Re: Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
Those look great!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
How are you going to tackle the smell?
When the sun of culture hangs low even dwarfs throw shadows.
Re: Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
That's some very good painting.
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
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Re: Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
Wow Jeremy! They look magnificent! I cannot get over how real they look! Those markings are stunning... I don't even think there are words to describe how stunning they are.
Torben you're a scream!mostrich wrote:How are you going to tackle the smell?
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Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: Now, for my next trick! round 2,3,4, and 5!
Thanks dudes!
This is a fun, new challenge!
This is a fun, new challenge!
mostrich wrote:How are you going to tackle the smell?