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Offline MsBhaven

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« on: February 29, 2008, 11:51:00 AM »
Over the past 6 or 7 months 5point has been collection model airplanes. Everytime we go to wal-mart we have to run to the toy section to see if they have any new ones. I thought I would post pics of the ones we have now and see if you guys have any. We have about 3 more that we have to put together and 2 small ones also that are 1:100 scale size but cant get them to look right with the camera.

Here are the ones we pics of. We have a total of 12 model planes..







« Last Edit: February 29, 2008, 12:12:05 PM by MsBhaven »
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« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 11:58:16 AM »
Thats just way to clean.Get some burnt umber and turpentude and make a wash to dirty up those panel lines for cod's sake.
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« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2008, 12:10:26 PM »
we just laid that flooring on sat and we did it wrong we are going to take it all up and do it again. If your so worried about the lines why dont you come over and make your little mixture and do it yourself. I dont see me walking around my house in a maid outfit cleaning and doing everything. Your more than welcome to swing by and do it if you'd like.
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« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2008, 12:28:07 PM »
lol... zooom!

He's talking bout the models. :lol
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« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2008, 12:29:56 PM »
I saw those at Walmart too, I picked up a 109-G6.

Wish they would have had those toys when I was a kid...  :(
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« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2008, 12:30:07 PM »
Hey, MsB,  I think Dea was talkin about the planes,  not the floor :lol ... they need to look used and beatup...

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« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2008, 12:41:33 PM »
:rofl  I wasnt even looking at the floor.I was refering to the planes being to clean.I like to dirty em up a bit.Dirt in the wing panels and such.Grease on the wheels and all that just been used in combat stuff.Gives em character but bt all means,you bought em and you can display em anyway you prefer.Its just alot of fun to give em a used look.:aok
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« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2008, 12:46:40 PM »
Good start, but they need weathering and proper highlighting no matter what. That's just part of modelling in general.

Highlighting, as its most basic, is fading the colors and making the edges brighter and shinier. It adds definition, and there's multiple techniques for doing it.

The quick way is "dry-brushing". For example, if you wanted to do the edges of your bombs, you'd paint them a darker metal color. Then, with your lighter color, get a bit on the end of your brush, and wipe most of it off on a napkin. Now lightly brush that over the surfaces. The paint will stick the the edges and brighten them up.

Highlighting by hand is very, very time consuming. It involves anywhere from 3 to 102983213 shades between the colors and requires an exceptionally steady hand. For my generic troops in warhammer 40k armies, I tend to do 7 shades, and 15 shades for leaders... but those are for competition and affect tournament point scores. I'm not very good at it :(

Inking is a "cheater" method imho, but it works. It's literally an ink, so make sure you cut it with water, then simply "wash" it over the model. The ink well settle in crevices, dry, and darken them up nicely. The downside is that sometimes it turns out too shiny (at least for my liking).

Black-lining would really make the colors pop and be a beautiful model, but you lose a bit of the realism. That, imho, is better for personell instead of vehicles, but I've seen it done before.

Weathering just makes stuff look used. I prefer mine in parade ground appearance, but iirc, a good technique is to use wall spackle mixed with brown paint. This gives a nice "mud" you can apply with a brush. Running your thumb over a toothbrush loaded with it can give you some really nice spray patterns.

Try this site. It's actually for miniature wargaming models, but the methods and techniques for painting vehicles are the exact same.

This is *not* my work, but it helps give the idea. Look at the skull on top of his banner pole. That's good highlighting between just 2 colors ("bone white" & some shade of brown.. forgot what its called), and then highlighted again with a touch of white. The results can be fantastic with a bit of practice.

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« Reply #8 on: February 29, 2008, 12:48:22 PM »
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Originally posted by MsBhaven
we just laid that flooring on sat and we did it wrong we are going to take it all up and do it again. If your so worried about the lines why dont you come over and make your little mixture and do it yourself. I dont see me walking around my house in a maid outfit cleaning and doing everything. Your more than welcome to swing by and do it if you'd like.



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too funny. woman posts comments and pics of planes, then thinks he is talking about the floor.


sorry I'm laughing about it , but it is too funny.

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« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2008, 01:00:33 PM »
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I dont see me walking around my house in a maid outfit cleaning and doing everything.


Yeah Yeah, but I bet it's one o them French Maid Outfits tho. :lol
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« Reply #10 on: February 29, 2008, 01:06:45 PM »
Oh LOL i thought you were talking about the floor. I never knew that you could do that kind of stuff to model planes. When you said turpentude i thought that was some kind of floor cleaner. LOL.. whoops.. Oh well i just wanted to post them and see if you guys had anything.

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« Reply #11 on: February 29, 2008, 01:09:43 PM »
For future reference, you should display all your models on a clothes dryer.

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« Reply #12 on: February 29, 2008, 01:12:56 PM »
why would i want to display them on a clothes dryer
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« Reply #13 on: February 29, 2008, 01:17:54 PM »
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why would i want to display them on a clothes dryer

Keeps you closer to the laundry room... dont you have some clothes to fold?  And do something about that floor,,  jjeezzz, girls playing with model airplanes... whats the world comin too...

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« Reply #14 on: February 29, 2008, 01:18:38 PM »
It seems to be becoming the standard in AH :)



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