2001 Astronaut

[Stuart]

Very cool!

[Impisi]

this looks very interesting, a good start me thinks

[speedgraflex]

Raises hand… I have a question! Why did you leave unpainted areas when you added the silver layer, Carlos? Is that because the Vallejo Silver is not a good base coat for another color?

[Stikpusher]

Raises hand… I have a question! Why did you leave unpainted areas when you added the silver layer, Carlos? Is that because the Vallejo Silver is not a good base coat for another color?

Which I painted areas are you referring to? I didn’t use silver on areas that wouldn’t be silver… the helmet, check and backpacks, associated straps, gloves and boots. I can’t say if the Vallejo silver is or is not a good base color, but I just didn’t want to overpaint silver with whatever color.

[speedgraflex]

Thanks, Carlos! You answered my question within asking another one! The areas are the backpack, hoses, straps, boots and perhaps even the gloves. I usually spray a solid layer of whatever the prime color is even if it’s metallic like silver, copper or gold to avoid missed areas, so I was wondering if I should not use a metallic coat as a base coat. Does this make sense? If I paint an aircraft engine silver I paint the entire engine then will add in details, for example.

[Stikpusher]

Ok, got ya. I am handbrushing everything now that the primer is on. So it’s not that the silver is a good or bad base, I just tend to paint figures in this manner nowadays. I paint around things that are not in the base uniform color.

[speedgraflex]

How's it going??

[Stikpusher]

I’ve done a bit more work on painting him up…





Not too happy with how the look of some of the colors are turning out at this point…

[speedgraflex]

Someone built a 3D file for full-size printing. It's not accurate - at least I don't think the agency emblem should be there for one thing! However, these two images do give ideas on colors and textures:





4K Film stills:

[Stikpusher]

Great reference Bruce, thank you!