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Here is my latest model, The weapon are is interchangeable. Let me know what you think!

FYI images are 800x600-ish

Darker! Don't let anyone mistake you for a Smurf.

Did you primer your model? Just wondering because I couldnt help but notice the alternative weapon ends are not primered and that concerns me. Other than that nice work!

Top tip for photography: wait for an overcast day with a white-grey sky. You get a much softer light that doesn't cast hard shadows, and don't have a yellow spotlight/blue ambient light contrast from the sun and sky.

Alternately, on a sunny day, take your photos while in the shade. There's enough ambient light to fully illuminate your model without harsh shadows or wash-out.

Element206 wrote:Did you primer your model? Just wondering because I couldnt help but notice the alternative weapon ends are not primered and that concerns me. Other than that nice work!

Nope I have not gotten into the world of primer. Im always concerned that I would lose details.

lindsay40k wrote:Top tip for photography: wait for an overcast day with a white-grey sky. You get a much softer light that doesn't cast hard shadows, and don't have a yellow spotlight/blue ambient light contrast from the sun and sky.

scipio.au wrote:Alternately, on a sunny day, take your photos while in the shade. There's enough ambient light to fully illuminate your model without harsh shadows or wash-out.

I will give that a try next time. Its a tad hard since all I have to take photos on is the roof of the building next-door to me. I cannot seem to find decent light city level.
Still thanks for the tips at times I think getting decent photos is one of the hardest part of this hobby.

Excellent paintjob though, I commend you on your attention to detail in terms of tubes and stuff Also, nice clean coats, very well painted, as said could be shown off a little more with the right lighting.

Maybe you could do something cool with the black spaces on the legpads?

What's going in the interior? It looks very... colourful, almost garishly so. Other than that, good job!

Sam__theRelentless wrote:Excellent paintjob though, I commend you on your attention to detail in terms of tubes and stuff Also, nice clean coats, very well painted, as said could be shown off a little more with the right lighting.

Maybe you could do something cool with the black spaces on the legpads?

Thanks, I have not decided on what I want to do with the leg pads. I'm just kinda waiting in the hopes that when I come back to it with fresh eyes I will come up with something.

Grimtuff wrote:What's going in the interior? It looks very... colourful, almost garishly so. Other than that, good job!

I will admit the light makes the interior look brighter than it really is. I might just give the whole interior a light wash. Thanks!

Always primer. The only time you will lose any detail is if you apply a thick layer of the stuff. Give it an even coat fo black (for example) primer and the paint goes on easier and shadows make themselves.

To darken up the blue try giving the blue sections a coat fo blue wash. That will darken up the cover and also add some shading in the recesses.

Other than those points its a really good paintjob. Nice one.

You could always reserve those black spaces in the leg armor for when you game & use them for battle honors that he earns in-game.