Glamdring's Secret Santa build
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Duke Maddog
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Way to go Robert! Nice work! I'll be looking forward to seeing this in paint.
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Thanks much! I do have an airbrush, but degenerating hand and arm strength have eliminated my ability to use it. I pretty much hand brush everything now, or have a family member use the rattle can under my supervision.BlackSheep214 wrote:Just catching up on your build. Looking pretty damn good so far. You don’t have an airbrush?
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Thanks Duke!Duke Maddog wrote:Way to go Robert! Nice work! I'll be looking forward to seeing this in paint.
aka Robert
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Duke Maddog wrote:Way to go Robert! Nice work! I'll be looking forward to seeing this in paint.
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Glamdring wrote:Thanks much! I do have an airbrush, but degenerating hand and arm strength have eliminated my ability to use it. I pretty much hand brush everything now, or have a family member use the rattle can under my supervision.BlackSheep214 wrote:Just catching up on your build. Looking pretty damn good so far. You don’t have an airbrush?
Ah... I gotcha.
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Eek, it has been far too long that this has been sitting on the sidelines.
Since weather conditions cooperated for multiple consecutive days, I was able to dive back into the Type 16 with 3 separate rattle cans. OD green on the underside, a coat of JGSDF brown as a base, and then plenty of masking followed by JGSDF green. I love this shade of green, I will have to bookmark it for future builds.
This has been my first experiment with a camo scheme, outside of some hand brushed 1/72 tanks, and I think it turned out reasonably well all things considered.
Since weather conditions cooperated for multiple consecutive days, I was able to dive back into the Type 16 with 3 separate rattle cans. OD green on the underside, a coat of JGSDF brown as a base, and then plenty of masking followed by JGSDF green. I love this shade of green, I will have to bookmark it for future builds.
This has been my first experiment with a camo scheme, outside of some hand brushed 1/72 tanks, and I think it turned out reasonably well all things considered.
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Looking good!
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!"..
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
What Lyle said... 
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
Thanks guys! I biffed it up today trying to do a pin wash and panel accent on the green sections. My acrylic wash bit into the surrounding areas, and now the panels all look like they have a Sun's corona. 
I will overcome....somehow.
I will overcome....somehow.
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Duke Maddog
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Re: Glamdring's Secret Santa build
I'd say from the earlier photos Things went more than reasonably well. Your initial work was spectacular!
As for the pin wash; I recommend coating this first with a clear coat that doesn't react to the underlying paint or the planned pin wash. As for now, well, you could just re-paint over the whole thing using the previous technique and move on from there.
As for the pin wash; I recommend coating this first with a clear coat that doesn't react to the underlying paint or the planned pin wash. As for now, well, you could just re-paint over the whole thing using the previous technique and move on from there.
The Duke
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"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.
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.