Roktman

Shock of shocks! 😉 I'm building a kit that hasn't sat in my stash for years. 😉 This kit was picked up at at my local scale MODEL CLUB meeting a few months ago. Thanks Mike I. Alice was sculpted by ELLA ARTS. And I've seen STL's over at Cults. Alice is approx 1/10the scale and was printed in a way that there was next to no grow lines nor dimples or "pimples". Just jumping right in after cleaning and priming I tackled all the skin tones, and then turn to the blue dress - While that was drying I turned my attention to the base. It also gave me the chance to try out the new Army Painter Speed Paints 2.0. I picked out a few colors and went to town. They went on very nicely, and even went thru the airbrush very well. The first pic is a little dark, but the second shows how the scene will look. At one point I put the kit base onto a wooden base - just so the painted surface wouldn't constantly be handled. While I was at it, I painted up the Cheshire Cat. I just used the same colors as the example. I Also added the details to Alice's portrait. Next was to start to put the parts together and while doing that I painted the white articles of clothing - The other little thing I did was to add some of my new florescent paint set to the mushrooms and cat's eyes. The UV light really makes them shine! I decided to leave the little head adornment off. seemed very fragile. It was simple to complete all the parts and I was done! Thanks for looking.

Boy, seems I'm constantly playing catch-up lately. Earliest images of the Star kit I took come from February... 😛 In case you don't know, Star is is Michael's love interest and a member of David's gang, though she is only half-vampire, having resisted her thirst for human blood. She helps Michael, Sam and the Frog Brothers to battle the gang, seeing it as a way out of her and Laddie's nightmarish existence. After the head vampire Max is killed, Star becomes fully human again and apparently enters a relationship with Michael. s love interest and a member of David's gang, though she is only half-vampire, having resisted her thirst for human blood. She helps Michael, Sam and the Frog brothers to battle the gang, seeing it as a way out of her and Laddie's nightmarish existence. After the head vampire Max is killed, Star becomes fully human again and apparently enters a relationship with Michael. She is played by actress Jami Gertz. I kind of forget the scale I had the 3D file printed, but I think it's 1/10 or 1/12th. The printing was done by a friend over at Gillusions, from a file by Diklich Arts. The kit came in 6 parts including two heads, body, two arms, two feet and a base- Getting it together was no problem, tho - my fault - I did line up one of the arms crooked that had to be fixed. The next was getting the info for the painting, and while looking at the example paint job, she was wearing a white shirt, and a simple pink/magenta long skirt. However looking at a screen grab of the skirt I was in for an interesting time. The busy design was "interesting", not to mention the multi-color shawl she was wearing and that's also featured in the kit. There's a lot of designs there, not to mention that waist belt she has. Plus looking at the screen grab, she has about 20 bracelets on, and I see a lot of different colors. I'm going to have to get my number 0 brush out along with my opti-visors... I started with a simple flesh tone, brunette hair, and a belt with a lot of purple in it. And the skirt base coat - Now to start the designs on the skirt - And that's where I'm leaving it for now. I was seeing those square plinths with the high backs. So I was thinking of using one of those for Star. I found a screen grab of the abandoned hotel lair the vampires use, and that may be my background. But that's next time. Thanks for looking.

VERY cool job! Love the "box" diorama too!

New to me... I'm going to have to give it a try. I'm getting the same "symptoms" with the Vallejo matte. sometimes it is, many times it's not...

Looks terrific!

Thanks!

Yep. as a Medusa collector a friend got me this lil one. I'm guess it's it's based on a 75mm size. Nothing special about the build. I "had to" change the base, and it's the first time I tried a free hand marble look. Thanks for looking. All done>

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words!

Since this is a hypothetical aircraft, I guess it can go here vs. The Aircraft threads... I pulled this vehicle out of my stash as I was in the mood for something unusual. On site mentions it as the future that should have been. Another created a backstory for it: In early 1929, Thomas T. Brown published an article in prestigious Science and Invention magazine. Article’s title was simple: How I Control Gravitation. However, the topic was anything but simple. Brown proved that using electrogravitics he could control gravity. After few years the sector spun-off and become Gravity control propulsion research center. Soon large-scale tests proved that indeed gravity could be controlled. One of the experiment showed that a solid block of graphite with a mass of 500 kg doesn’t weigh the normal 4903 N but only 3236 N. Only 66% of original weight. Next phase was of course moving this new technology out of the laboratory in and into the field. Sparing no time a special vehicle, Victory 357 (Победа 357), was developed. It was basically an ekranoplan using three small jet engines for horizontal propulsion and an enormous 15,500 HP Kuznetsov NK-12 generator for powering electrogravitics elements. Generator provided enough electricity to reduce the weight of the vehicle from 160,000 N (16,315 kg) to 85.000 N (8.667 kg) making it a reasonably nimble ekranoplan with limited flying capabilities. The kit was made by AMP Models and is in 1:72 scale of detailed gray plastic. Having a quick look at the instructions gave me the first minus score to the kit - there's was just a few exploded views of where the parts basically go. I don't like that. This kit has a complete interior. There's the floor, the front and rear firewalls, a center control. There's two seats made made me smile in that they reminded me of chairs from a 1960's kitchen 😛 There is also a very nice instrumentation panel. The details of the panel were a PE piece and I must admit it is the best looking panel I've ever seen. But when closing up the fuselage I discovered that the "inside just didn't fit in the outside." I don't know what I did or if it's the kit. But the problem stopped me dead until I yanked out the interior. Ahh well, the windows were so small you couldn't see in anyway... At least that what I'm telling myself. The rest of the build went simply, and before I knew it, it was ready for the paint. The color options were a blue or bare metal. I didn't trust my seam elimination skills for the baremetal, so blue it is. I added the decals - went on nicely - and then some weathering. The box art shows it flying thru the skies but until I get to Hobby Lobby for a box base, I just sat it on a block for the pics. I'll update the thread when the base is done. Thanks for looking.

Nice job on yours. Agreed, the kit went together fairly well, but it is a little rough. I remember building it as well as the Frog Vanguard (which was also re-popped and I built again - not easy). With the trouble these two gave me as an adult, the ones I built as a kid must have been horrific. LOL 😂

Nope, those were the decals that came with the kit. What was that saying? Science fiction is usually the parent of science fact...

Thanks!

Here we have a lil one from the now defunct (unless they're hiding somewhere) UGH! Models. It's the Romulan Chowder Class Fighter. A pretty simple kit - A very clean casting led to a super simple build. I added the wooden disk just to make the base a little sturdier looking - Looking up the ship it was a green and I picked the closest color I had and then moved on to the eagle. The first chink in the armor was what was supposed to be decals... I don't know what it was. After a soaking it had no indication of ever coming off. Was it even a decal? so having ruined the illustration what was I to do? Go freehand of course - Oh boy! 8-[ Tried my best. Thanks for looking.

I'm no where near SoCal, but it's always good to see another modeler re-enter the hobby. The best thing about the hobby is you can put a kit down for (insert time period) and whenever you're ready come back and start again. There's new products/ techniques since you've paused, but it's still basically the same ol' building and painting. Welcome aboard! The Duke will take care of you. 😉

Thanks! Turns out I sculpted those two myself. 😁

Tho I have a few more WIPs on the table. I'm going to call it for the building this year Thanks for looking.

I've seen the model here and there at shows but never had a good look. Nice job! 👍👍

Thank you! After so many larger sized figures/busts this one was a test of my eyes/Optivisors. LOL

No one can accuse me of timely building of my models.🤪 This little kit, from JPG Models, was pulled from way deep in the stash. But it's now time to build. From the site: This model is in 1/350th scale and has fairly clean resin casting. It comes in 8 parts, and 3 (radar dishes) that look to be styrene. It didn't take too long to clean up the mold lines and the remnants for the pour stubs. Building is straight forward and the main parts went together in less than an hour. Not included in the kit, but added was the wooden block and the clear styrene rod that will be the base. Looking at the images searched for most were just a plain gray or dull metallic exterior. A few others had it looking like the red and white from the Clone Wars era. The image on the packaging is that plus a lot of weathering, which is the way I went. The block I just made flat black and I was done. As I sort of expected was the little radar domes were all to easy to knock off, and 2 of them were lost to the carpet monster. I'll come up with a replacement. Thanks for looking.

VERY nice job!

This latest kit is an offering from Fantastic Plastic. It is the Alpha & Omega Doomsday Missile seen at the end of the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes. In the first "Planet of the Apes" sequel, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (1970), the stranded human astronauts find a community of mutant humans living in the ruined subway system of the former New York City. Their ancestors having survived the nuclear apocalypse that destroyed the surface world, they reverently worship one of the last remaining artifacts of that bygone time -- a "Doomsday Bomb" bearing the ominous "Alpha-Omega" symbol. The kit is 12 parts in 1:24th scale. It looks much taller than it's 12" height. It is all 3D printed with all the attachment points cleaned off, but I gave it a light sanding anyway. It's not often that you get a garage kit. Leave all the parts in the box, shake it and it builds itself. This IS one of those kits. According to FP, it's a simple mock-ICBM (albeit it scaled down for filming purposes) with added fuselage texture and a pair of fins, the missile also has a weird hook on its upper body, its only function that of an easy point where the invading ape army can latch their ropes and bring the doomsday weapon crashing to the ground. Looking at the missile and the hook, there's no way it would last 10 minutes before I accidentally break it off, so into the parts box it went. And in one day the model was done. Next I started looking at the painting. The instructions says it's a golden color. But looking at the screen grabs of the movie (image above), it looked more to me like a silver or chrome with some orange tarnish on it. Since it's my model that's the way I'm going. I got out my trusted Rustoleum Chrome paint and gave it a shot. Looks great. I left it for a few days for the chrome to cure, and then hit with with a thinned sepia wash. That did little to nothing, So I decided to give in a little and added a mist coat of a gold from Vallejo. Adding a little more at the bottom I was happy with the result. while I was letting this last paint coat cure, I had to address the decals. FP uses an excellent printer, but being so thin, it needs a coat of Microscale's Decal Film. While the decal film is drying, I decided it's a good time to take break and think about the base. The kit comes with a small diameter 3D printed base, but I was thinking more of something like the set in the film. Check back for that soon. Thanks for looking.

Terrific work!

In a rather surprise move IMHO a manufacturer has come up with a cryptid scale model. Earlier this year, Pegasus Models has released the Mothman.

Copper was a physician stationed at American Antarctic research station, U.S. Outpost 31. The character appears in the 1982 film The Thing and was portrayed by the late Richard Dysart. His fate is also briefly touched upon in the 1991 comic series The Thing From Another World. The kit is another addition to The Thing collection of bust kits by Gillman Productions. As with the others, it is in 1/4 scale and the casting is very nice. There is only the slightest seam line across the hair and a bubble on one tooth. The scene depicts just after the Norris Thing's stomach munches off his arms. After the usual prep for resin, it gets a prime and then I start with the skin. And begin with my normal coat of pink. Continuing on when the pink is dry, it's gets it's base coat of flesh. Then a little Citadel Reikland Flesh shade thru the a/b to reinforce the skin shadows. If you try this technique, make sure to leave some of the pink showing... While that was drying I turned my attention to the base. It is basically a big hunk of resin with the Norris Thing's stomach teeth. Wow that was a large description... I've been watching the videos of pro miniaturist Eric Swinson, and in his critique videos, he's often said don't let the painted base rival the figure itself. So I've been trying to make my bases a little plainer. The next items on the agenda are his hair, the shirt, and the ... blood. The hair was fairly easy, as it just a salt and pepper look. Now off the top of my head I pictured more salt, but in looking at the images, I was wrong. So a little more dark colors went into the head. The shirt is a maroon red shirt, with a beige-white undershirt. V's Cavalry Brown suit the bill. I added a little beige to some of it to create a highlight. The blood was next. My feeling in re: to this is that less is more. But this a pretty gruesome scene. So the stumps have to be bloody, but I left enuff flesh where you could still see it, plus a bit of the bone. I also put a little so some of the arm got it, but used a purple wash to indicate bruising (not that bruising would happen that fat. Finally, I mixed a water down blood color and with the a/b created some spatter - a little on the arms some on the shirt - which the red color of that tones down the gore, and then a few dots of it hit his face. A finally spatter on the base and I was done. Thanks for looking.

Terrific job! Sort of looks like a shadow box without the box. I like it!