On my way home today I needed to relieve some stress, so I thought I would stop by Michaels and see if they had the crackle stuff.....no luck...they had the ink pads, but not the paint bottles. On my way out the door, something at the register caught my eye.....and after seeing some of Jesters models...gave me an idea/inspiration to have some fun.
Here is the original item.
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...after a few hours of clean up, sanding, filling, scribing a new parting line, adding some small detail, and a coat of primer.
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Now lets hope the rain goes away, so I can shoot some paint over the weekend, and finish this up.
M
Marc, your medication seems to be wearing off. -- ssuR
Quote from: finescalerr on November 20, 2010, 02:00:44 AM
Marc, your medication seems to be wearing off. -- ssuR
Unc the light is on but no one is home!!!
J
??? :-\ Craig
Looks like a design proposal for a TSA robot bomb sniffer. ;D Too bad "cultural sensitivity" will prevail.
Ohhhh, I've been trying to dream up something to do with Desire's collection of Happy Meal toys and I think you're on to something there Marc. I will watch with great anticipation.
Marc, you forgot your helmet again, didn't you?
This is what comes of drinking other people's Scotch.... ;)
Paul
Once Piggy got covered in primer, the nose looks almost like a pair of goggles.
How will it be propelled? Wheels? Tracks? Rotors?
LOL! What a fun little project. I look forward to seeing how you finish it off.
I like this! A top hat, some goggles, a propeller at the back and you have a flying pig! What track gauge is it going to be?
I want some of what you're on Marc.
Now that's putting lipstick on a pig...
John
Kit-bash it and turn it into a flying pig spaceship! :o
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How will it be propelled? Wheels? Tracks? Rotors?
Methane ::)
Surely by Marc actually pausing at the store to look at this seemingly useless keychain, is proof of how twisted our modelling minds can be...always picking up something to consider what else it potentially could be. Its the same way I always get looked at funny at work, when ever I'm caught studying different pieces of medical equipment, to see how it could be utilised or bashed into something once its in my modelling room. Not quite as weird as the pig...but you get my drift?
Cheers,
Dan
He may be able to prove to us that it is indeed possible to make a silk purse from a sow's ear... metaphorically speaking of course.
Paul
Base color of Tamiya mix, with 4 coats of hairspray.
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Color coat of Games-Workshop acrylics, chipped with water and fine brushes, Dullcoat sealer coat, and 2 coats of hairspray.
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Color coat of Tamiya mix, chipped with water and fine brushes, sealed with Dullcoat.
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Not really thrilled with the color of the final green, or the shading on that layer.....and I wish the chipping was just a bit finer on the "wear streaking"....might have been better to do with an airbrush........and there is a bit too much orange peel (due to shooting in the cold and wet here today........but hey for a learning/practice excercise its been good...and it still has a way to go.
M
Something about this makes me think of Rembrandt painting Popeye. -- Russ
;D
Looking good! I agree about the chipping, but you have a way of pulling things off.
I hope you can make parts of it light up!
The end of the antenna blinking would be bitchin'!
Question;
Why would there be so much wear?
There is no air in space, therefore no friction?
I guess it comes from re-entry?
LMAO!
-Marty
Pigs in Space...
Paul
This place is full of crazy people!! Maybe that's why I feel comfortable here.
You need to Photoshop in blaster shots from the nostrils. PEW PEW PEW
John
John, Crazy people on this forum??................ what gave you that impression :o
I like the blaster shots from the nostrils ... PEW PEW PEW
How about a long rocket streak out the back ... POO POO POO
LOL !!!!!!! ;D
Quote from: marc_reusser on December 06, 2010, 02:06:29 AM
;D
(Cue "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", theme from
2001: A Space Odyssey)
Hamdroid
TM BAC-N-111 re-enters the depleted ozone layer of Earth to restore justice and breakfast meats for all...
Or to quote Wayne in
Wayne's World: "I definitely smell some kind of pork product..."
How about ramjet cones in the nostrils...they could be adjustable, like the cones on the SR-71 engines...
Very cool photoshop, Marc...pigs can fly, and very dramatically at that!
I think we'll call this little detour done.....I was going to add some detail decals...but decided to just call it a day.
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Interestingly, this proved to be a much more difficult project than I had originally thought......primarily because it was pretty much one continuous flowing surface, with no small detail to speak of....mades it hard to add interest, and do cool weathering stuff....plus that whole no dust and dirt in space (I do justify the wear marks as being due to space dust, random space debris, and from occasional contact with/entry into an atmosphere ;D)......despite all that it was a good learning/test project.
M
HOLY CRAP HE FINISHED ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kool project too!
-Marty
Quote from: lab-dad on December 20, 2010, 04:52:24 AM
HOLY CRAP HE FINISHED ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kool project too!
-Marty
One down , twenty five to go .
Nick
Quote from: marc_reusser on December 20, 2010, 02:23:19 AMI was going to add some detail decals...but decided to just call it a day.
A lot of stuff I do is real similar. Graphics are the best way to show off the weathering. I rarely have panel lines etc. You could have added a big round recessed vent thingy on the back to give it a focus point.
I think Reefer White was used on a lot of Star Wars ships. It's my go to spaceship color!
Very cool!
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Nice work, very fun little project!
Further evidence you have lost your cotton pickin' mind. In not such a bad way. But, really, to have completed a "pig-bot" of all things! -- Russ
Marc,
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed at home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none.
And this little piggy went...
"Wee wee wee" all the way home...
Jerry