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if it was my world... i´d get the big wallets to get less money for getting dusty... but well if it was my world...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
if it was my world... i´d get the big wallets to get less money for getting dusty... but well if it was my world...

you would have a really bad case of Asthma?

hmmm... well... i guess if your able to choke miscreants to death by just clenching your fists... then having a case of asthma is not too much in return....

I am afraid I would be unable to resist turning to the dark side. The first time someone yelled at me over the phone... BAM! Force choke thru the phone line.

over that distance? is that possible? where could i enlist???

The Force is only limited by your imagination, man.

Do or do not. There is no try.

hmmm.... good point...ha! i had a list.... now where was that phone?...ah....starting with the algebra teacher...

Here I used my usual wood paints, but used my new Bombay Brown India Ink first in an overall wash, then streaked with a fine detail brush in an attempt at an Oak woodgrain.

Unfortunately the back of the secretary looks best IMHO.
Click and zoom, you tell me if you agree or not??
I'm now going to spray it all with yellow glaze, to lighten it up overall.

Wow dave that effect looks superb mate! the desk is spot on! so is it just a wash of the ink then textured by running your brush through it?

Thanks Nerd!
Yeah, Vallejo German GrunBraun primer, then Vallejo Air Wood (wood is a perfect highlight shade of the grunbraun), then Brown india ink wash, then wherever there was a dark puddle of ink I streaked around it with the brush to suggest knotty parts and rings of the Oak, then just random streaks everywhere else. I let the overall ink wash dry completely overnight before addign the streaking this morning (DAY OFF WORK- GO ME!!)

Also, this is all resin- this is the BEST resin kit I have ever built, really amazing craftsmanship and perfect quality freakishly thin casting!
And these India inks give you the lustre and richness of oil paints, without having to use flammable thinner and seperate brushes. Strangely, it seems to look flat when wet, but shiny when dry. I haven't used any future or gloss coat yet.

Wood effect looks really good.

One thing I can see is that the ink or paint seems to be a bit thick at the edges of some of the pieces. But that may just be the angle of the picture or the lighting catching it and may not look so obvious irl and may not show when built. The effect works though, just those bits may need a little attention.

Yep, it dried that way, but those are shelf boards and will be mostly hidden in shadow. I took more care on the wider shelves at bottom, because they will be more visible. The grain is always more pronounced on the edges anyways..I can justify it

Yeah it looks like you did, the middles of the shelves etc all look good. I'll keep it in mind when I find myself doing some wood.

Wow. Just wow.... That looks amazing! Heh.... And I still cant believe thats a resin kit!

Bag end will look really good, but do not forget the papers and books and food cups and plates all over the place

This is not for Bag End- it's 1/35 scale- too big
but it IS a proof of concept project in many ways

 dsteingass wrote:
This is not for Bag End- it's 1/35 scale- too big

Your problems can easily be solved by the invention of the shrinking ray.

Even Gandalf looks like a teenager next to it!

That wood effect is actually pretty amazing stuff I can't wait to see more...

dsteingass wrote:This is not for Bag End- it's 1/35 scale- too big
but it IS a proof of concept project in many ways

i can see why you wanted tolighten up the furniture a bit for overall ambience reasons... but i liked it darker way better... as a study for future slef built stuff this is a total success! the wood grain is awesome! i had a look at the gallery and zoomed in on them... and it is really fooling me... at first as you stated it was a resin kit i thought it had a 3D effect to support that woodgrain effect... but none such... all flat... so double the awe for that outcome!

Thanks Celeborn! -Much appreciated!
@Vik- (on Obi Wan voice)- "Patience, my son"

I have an idea!

We're not done yet!

you know... because of this whale patience schtick i would probably be one hell of a fast sith converted... really... even my kids ask me...are jedi allowed to laugh? constipation and so on discussion emerging

so....having cleared that patience issue...

are you finshed?


are you finshed?


are you finshed?


are you finshed?


are you finshed?


are you finshed?

now are ye?


and what is that mobster for?

The Mobster will be the figure in the diorama that the furniture will also be a part of.

I am now painting a Zinge Revolver for placement in the open drawer of the desk.
Zinge's Ork-sized revolvers are pretty close to 1/35 scale

...We'll switch gears to some 1920's gangster stuff for a diversion I need a cool car now!


Yaya..Touchups I know...My eyes have been working on this enough for tonight!
The kit has a desk lamp, and old-fashioned telephone too, I'l need to make a 1/35 ashtray!

that ahstray better sport a nice cigar then too^^

and yep...an orky zinge revolver...that is fitting for 1/35 in my view... looking good... just love the green felt inside the drawer!!! that is the kind of love for detail we are used to in this thread!

Thanks Vik! From the moment I saw the drawer was a separate piece...I KNEW it needed to be green Felt..

there are some things that are meant to be this way and only this way... i know it would ruin the cool looking woodgrain look... but what about a matching (darker) green leather cover/blanket like you have in banks or older offices?

like:

THAT..Is a VERY GOOD idea Vik!!
Only problem is those are usually built out farther on rol-top desks, so the roll top can..roll..down

I think this one folds up and in
This desk is more this style:

yeah? thin sheat of PC and you´d be set...^^


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oh and add two scores on either side for some detail^^

NOW If it were inset leather, it would be:
1. Cooler
and
2. hard to do now.

well... ok...^^ as i said ...it would ruin the wood look... and we cant have that^^