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Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:18 pm
by speedgraflex
Did you really just fabricate an instrument panel from a popsicle stick?
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:57 pm
by Bolleken
speedgraflex wrote:Did you really just fabricate an instrument panel from a popsicle stick?
Nope. I used plastic cart. I made first one side fitting into fuselage half and transfered dimensions onto the stick as gauge for the other side.
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:41 am
by speedgraflex
Thank you for clearing that up! Also, I am curious about the lion illustration as well! What is that from/for? Thanks in advance!
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:04 am
by Bolleken
speedgraflex wrote:Thank you for clearing that up! Also, I am curious about the lion illustration as well! What is that from/for? Thanks in advance!
My kids love animals. So they wanted me to draw a lion and a horse during vacation what avoids further progress of my F-4.
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:44 am
by speedgraflex
Nice work with your sketches, Marius. How old are they, if I may ask (and if you want to answer). No worries. I was looking at the Hasegawa kit you are building. Your work modifying the interior looks great, particularly the pilots. You mentioned these are from Airfix, I believe? What techniques are you using to paint the details?
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:38 am
by Bolleken
speedgraflex wrote:Nice work with your sketches, Marius. How old are they, if I may ask (and if you want to answer). No worries. I was looking at the Hasegawa kit you are building. Your work modifying the interior looks great, particularly the pilots. You mentioned these are from Airfix, I believe? What techniques are you using to paint the details?
Thanks Bruce. They are 10 and 6.
Yepp, the pilots are from Airfix's Hawk.
There are no special techniques to paint the details. I used photoshopped screenshots of Eduard PEs and printed them out. To show more structure I used dry-brushing and washing (water-paint). Chrome or silver details are done with a liquid chrome pen, small black details with Copic fine-liner. You know I was on vacation and so a bit limited with tools. For the pilots-suite I tried something new: I mixed an orange, washed with water color (black) and dry-brushed with white. Because the contrasts where to tuff in my opinion, I used the same orange as very thin glaze to make it more shiny and to weaken the contrast.
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:20 am
by speedgraflex
Cool. Thanks for the information, Marius. Your experiments with watercolor glazes remind me of my weathering idea to use watercolors as a weathering “set effects,” such as engine fluids. I know from working with an art conservator that we used watercolors as a stabilizing filler for surface repairs... I would imagine if a respectable effect was achieved, a UV matt clear coat could seal the effects.
So basically I was thinking:
1. Use chalk and powdered pigments for dry effects such as dust and dirt
2. Use watercolors and tempera acrylics for wet effects
3. Use graphite as well
Again all the above would have to be fixed, and the powdery media would need to be set before attempting to spray a fixative.
Any thoughts?
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:18 am
by Bolleken
Bruce, I am unsure if I got it right. Maybe u can give more details?
Usually I don't like to use water colors for washings. In that case I didn't have my oil colors available.
Sometimes I also used coffee or tea to make oil stains
And such things
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:47 pm
by speedgraflex
You understood. I don’t have any oils at present. I was going to experiment with fast drying oil color called “Griffin” by Winsor & Newton.
Basic palette:
1. Raw Umber #554
2. Cadmium Red Light #100
3. Light Red missing #
4. Burnt Sienna #74
What oil paints are you using?
Re: Bolleken's 1:72 stuff
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:00 am
by KSaarni
Oils are terrific in washes etc!
Myself I have a very humble collection of 3 base oilcolors, but I love them!
- Kari