The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Vehicles => Topic started by: aboardthedeathstar on May 10, 2012, 03:32:29 PM
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Hey All. This is my first post here. I've been a lifelong Star Wars fan but am only recently getting into model-making and custom painting. I've attached images of a few of my first projects.
Hopefully I've used the right code and my photos reproduce!
The AT-ST was my first custom paint that I did a few months back. It's a vintage Kenner number. I messed around with the yellow colour scheme which I thought was fairly successful… I later found the top gun after I took these photos. I guess looking at it now some brown rust runs would help lift it some?
The Falcon is one of those Revell Easy-Kits. I LOVED painting this. I really wanted to make it look dirty and old - more so than in the films… I gave it my own colour scheme as an experiment in custom spray-painting using masking fluid. I know it's not screen accurate but I love it nonetheless. Managed to get my hands on a 2.5ft Legacy Falcon(!) off eBay recently so I'm excited to work on that..! Might take a lifetime compared to the Revell version though!
Finally the Jedi Starfighter. I don't know about you all but I thought personally maybe the endless colour schemes available on these toys/models is a bit(!) much and I wondered if I could create something a bit more faithful to the original trilogy in that respect. I think I prefer it stripped back and grey though I think a small amount of colour in a y-wing/x-wing style might work… Nothing too overpowering. So maybe a bit of a WIP this one...!
Would love to know what you all think. There are some amazing customisers on here! So feedback welcome. I'm plotting out a few custom mods to old toys I have as well as paint jobs - I got a couple of other things on the go and I'll continue to upload here as I progress.
Thanks for looking!
Alex
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Wow, what an awesome weathering style. Look for one of these to be on our front page tomorrow and welcome to the Yards.
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Cool Stuff!
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Quite an entrance, those vehicles look pretty cool like that. Welcome to the yards :)
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Excellent work! I wish the ships in the prequels had looked more like your Jedi starfighter; that looks a lot more like the Star Wars I grew up with!
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Wow, what an awesome weathering style. Look for one of these to be on our front page tomorrow and welcome to the Yards.
Thanks so much for putting my work on the homepage! Really appreciate that - I'm working on jet-black Tie Interceptor at the moment which I'll upload images of soon...
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Excellent work! I wish the ships in the prequels had looked more like your Jedi starfighter; that looks a lot more like the Star Wars I grew up with!
Thank you! Yeah, I've picked up a few toys from the prequel that I'm looking to customise/custom paint. I got a couple of ARC-170's I want to spray and weather which should be fun...
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Thanks as well Jedi Minstrel & Incom for your comments. I look forward to uploading more work soon!
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Wow! Welcome to the Yards! I really love your technique. It gives a nice mechanical effect with a beautiful realism to these vehicles. I'm looking forward to more pix of your work.
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Great work man! Love the paint apps you are doing they are so finely done. I have to say you Jedi starfighter is amazing, I have wanted to pick one of these up for awhile to repaint and your work has really inspired the direction I will go. Nice to have you on the yards and welcome!
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Now that is an entrance! Wow, all of these models are stunning! Love your paint and weathering style. Can't wait to see more from you...oh yea, welcome to the yards!
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Welcome! :)
Those are some incredible looking pieces...excellent job!
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Love your work, your painting and weathering is awesome, and the small details you give are great.
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All these look terrific, love the final look of the Falcon but especially the Jedi Starfighter.
Do you mind sharing how you accomplished the look for the Jedi Starfighter? I'd love to try that style on one of mine.
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I see that AT-ST and think about sending my loose BAT-AT for one of those paint jobs. Do you accept comissions?
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The weathering on these is FANTASTIC. Welcome to The Yards!
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Hey! Thanks again everyone for your comments - I appreciate them!
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All these look terrific, love the final look of the Falcon but especially the Jedi Starfighter.
Do you mind sharing how you accomplished the look for the Jedi Starfighter? I'd love to try that style on one of mine.
Hey JediMerc,
For the Starfighter I removed the canopy and taped up the cockpit to keep it clean. Then I sprayed the whole of the outside with a white primer spray (I think I used Tamiya on this one). After that mixed up various washes of greys and browns. (and I used some yellow ochre mixed with black - I used Revell enamel paints and a fat brush. Some washes the paint was thicker than others - some so watery (with thinner) they almost ran right off. Sometimes I'd leave a wash to dry, sometimes I rub areas with a fat clean brush or a bit of tissue to add texture and make the tones irregular. I'm just careful to let it dry throughly overnight between each coat. To be honest I just tend to mess around a bit these washes. Once I got a decent 'grubby' looking base which is all fairly 'mid-tone' I'll use a super thin brush to drop really thinned out darker paint into the runs and grooves on the bodywork to really bring out the details. I won't go too dark too quickly - I'll build it up. Then I added in some dry brushing of greys/near blacks to give it a sooty feel in places.
One technique I think is really effective and I used on all the above models is to put a little wet paint on the brush then run my finger over the top of the bristles effectively flicking the paint off the brush so it spatters and sprays over the model. I think looks a bit like oil/mud splatters etc and worked quite well around the circular window at the front of the Starfighter. I think the main thing I've learnt that works for me is never apply black paint direct. Keep applying dark grey/brown/yellow washes and build the contrast over a few days. It'll look so much richer that way - in the way dirt builds over time.
Hope that helps!
I'm going to work on a B-Wing fighter next week so if you like I can photograph each stage and upload pictures?
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I see that AT-ST and think about sending my loose BAT-AT for one of those paint jobs. Do you accept comissions?
I've never done a commission but I wouldn't say no. I think I'm still nailing my technique - more confident in what I'm doing now - though I'm based in the UK. Where are you? : )
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am lovin those ships ! welcome to the yards !
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I've never done a commission but I wouldn't say no. I think I'm still nailing my technique - more confident in what I'm doing now - though I'm based in the UK. Where are you? : )
In the backwoods of WV in the US I am afraid. It would probably cost more to ship than the cost of it. Hmm.....maybe there is a way for me to get one shipped from the UK to your place. I do like your weathering style.
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Great looking ships, nice paint and weathering, but just a little to shiny for my taste, I love dirt and rust :)