Flying Carrot Steve Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 2 hours ago, Insuranceman said: Instead of an easter egg. Better hope they are not Toyo T1Rs with that kinda bhp! 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIY-Si Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 It's not lego, but it did take me a decent amount of time. This little fella leads my army of toy soldiers, and for scale stands on a 50mm diameter base. All hand/brush painted, including the freehanded letters and number on the shoulder pad and banner. It's the most detailed thing I've ever painted, and I reckon there's maybe 30 hours in the painting. I really need a better way of photographing my models. Do any of the modelling community on here have any tips? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Carrot Steve Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 14 hours ago, DIY-Si said: It's not lego, but it did take me a decent amount of time. This little fella leads my army of toy soldiers, and for scale stands on a 50mm diameter base. All hand/brush painted, including the freehanded letters and number on the shoulder pad and banner. It's the most detailed thing I've ever painted, and I reckon there's maybe 30 hours in the painting. I really need a better way of photographing my models. Do any of the modelling community on here have any tips? I'm not a modeller but I know a little about photography. What you need to sort is a different background, something that doesn't distract from the model. Your current background is way too 'busy'. And then lighting is key. Try different types of light and experiment with how the light is shone upon the subject. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIY-Si Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 8 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said: I'm not a modeller but I know a little about photography. What you need to sort is a different background, something that doesn't distract from the model. Your current background is way too 'busy'. And then lighting is key. Try different types of light and experiment with how the light is shone upon the subject. Thank you. The busy background is mainly because I hadn't intended to share the photos much, so they were mainly for my own reflections on the techniques and so on. I do now have a bendy arm work light, so I shall see what I can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 01/04/2024 at 21:37, DIY-Si said: It's not lego, but it did take me a decent amount of time. This little fella leads my army of toy soldiers, and for scale stands on a 50mm diameter base. All hand/brush painted, including the freehanded letters and number on the shoulder pad and banner. It's the most detailed thing I've ever painted, and I reckon there's maybe 30 hours in the painting. I really need a better way of photographing my models. Do any of the modelling community on here have any tips? Warhammer 40k, that brings back happy memories! I started playing when Rogue Trader came out in 1987, waiting every month for the White Dwarf magazine to drop through the letterbox with new updates 😂 My late 80's Eldar, Harlequin and very rare Stumpy armies are still boxed up in the loft. The painting standards are quite primitive compared to yours though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIY-Si Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 4 hours ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said: Warhammer 40k, that brings back happy memories! I started playing when Rogue Trader came out in 1987, waiting every month for the White Dwarf magazine to drop through the letterbox with new updates 😂 My late 80's Eldar, Harlequin and very rare Stumpy armies are still boxed up in the loft. The painting standards are quite primitive compared to yours though! I started with 2nd edition 40k in the early 90's, when the box art captured my attention. It's always been Space Marines for me, but going to the village newsagents for my White Dwarf was always a good day! The scale and level of detail in the models now is worlds apart from the old school white metal models. Even though the model I posted is a kit bash of mine, there are plenty of others off the shelf models that are bigger, more detailed and more of a pain to build. Titan models are an actual thing now too...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrzej Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Amateur painting chamber had not enough paint for nosecone but quite happy with results as for spray cans paint Neighbour white car is still white 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 12 hours ago, Andrzej said: Neighbour white car is still white 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansoeb Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Hand polishing stainless steel is a major pain, aching wrist and fingers but it’s soooo shiny. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrops-paul Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 30/03/2024 at 00:19, Flying Carrot Steve said: Is that a B17 Flying Fortress? Yes it is, triggered by watching the show on Apple. I normaly stick to tanks/armour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Baker Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 1 hour ago, Ansoeb said: Hand polishing stainless steel is a major pain, aching wrist and fingers but it’s soooo shiny. Looking good! I really need to do this on mine - what did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Ingram Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 My wife bought me a 3D printer for my big birthday, and my OCD put it straight to work getting my toolboxes more organised than they have ever been. I've even created extra space for more tools 😁 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrzej Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 I know "no comments" , but... WOW!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansoeb Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 59 minutes ago, Dan Ingram said: My wife bought me a 3D printer for my big birthday, and my OCD put it straight to work getting my toolboxes more organised than they have ever been. I've even created extra space for more tools 😁 Am I the only one who finds this arousing? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansoeb Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 1 hour ago, Paul Baker said: Looking good! I really need to do this on mine - what did you use? I used Peek polish/ metal cleaner. It did take me well over an hour. The compound is very fine so there may be other grade’s available. It’s what I had laying around, used about half the tube and a couple micro fibre cloths 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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