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My objection to Badger has nothing to do with it's product and everything to do with the tactics I've seen it's employees use. Just not interested in supporting them.


Oh, and... thanks RiTides!

My Iwata works great, the user is pretty unskilled so ....

I have an Iwata HP-C plus that I picked up relatively cheaply through amazon from Japan.

I'm happy with it. It works.
and it doesn't complain about my use of enamel paint and white spirit unlike the cheap AB that came with my compressor.

Big surprise for you today! I'd posted my cool aquisition at Adepticon this year... three sci-fi themed shipping containers I was going to use as terrain. Well, I got five more today! I can't begin to tell you how much I love these, they make me smile every time I look at them and I'm very excited at the prospect of being able to feature them in a battle report!

Here is my full set. Props to anyone who can give me full line-up of companies & movies!




And here's a pic with some figures for size context... you can see that two crates high will block LOS for anything short of a knight.




If you're interested in something like this AWESOMENESS... you're out of luck. They're mine... ALL MINE!

OK, just kidding. Drop me a PM and I'll hook you up with the artist who is a fantastic person to work with. These were not really expensive either.

Wow, those look awesome

I know jsut about all of them, save MNU and Yoyodyne...


Really appreciate the Zorg one

Very clever stuff! I get most of these references, but it looks like I have some movie-watching to do.

Actually, I gave him the idea for Yoyodyne. I didn't know MNU either, though I have seen the movie it's from. Really cool logo though and very believable on a shipping container.

Those crates look great!

I'm taking personal responsibility on educating Ramos on Yoyodyne. It's important to educate the youth today.

They look brilliant. Nice variety as well.

Here's the key based on the original photo... top to bottom.

The purples are looking really good, but I can see what MajorTom means. The purple would benefit from more shadows and highlights. Next time

I can't believe I've missed so much while I've been gone!

@endtrans: Good to have you back mate, don't be a stranger.


OK... as this project is lagging... I'm going to finish it up today. First I'll try the airbrush one more time. Think it'll hold together enough to get this done. Then some quick lining and highlighting... then on to the final details.





On a side note... Yorkright FINALLY started his own painting thread. He's a good friend of mine and a very talented painter. If you get a chance, go over and give his thread a look-see. It's called... Yorkright's Blog. Wow, that's imaginative.

*sigh*

No Weyland-Yutani? For shame!

Good luck with the AB -

@Tom: Actually that was one of my first suggestions but I couldn't get him to bite. I'll try again later.


Here's the re-work of the body sections... also re-highlighted the rest of the red.

I think this is as far as I want to go. As exciting as Tom's mock-up was, to my eye it's decidedly pink... which is something I specifically set out to avoid. I'll work on re-doing the gold and white and hopefully will even get the decals done tonight. Everything except the basing... that's my goal for today.

I like it. Slightly more subdued, makes it more grim. And this wa


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I like it. Slightly more subdued, makes it more grim. And this way, it won't stand out too much compared to your other troops.

Ah that looks much better!

Wonderful crates! Is Buckaroo Bozsai the 30 minute version of the original film (Buckaroo Banzai)?

Looks great to me!

Pro tip: you misapplied the modulation on the upper facet of the chest... remember, dark touches light at every edge, so you on the upper facet, you should do the gradient exactly as it is on the front facet. Darkest at the bottom, lightest at the top. I think if you give that a shot, you will be shocked at what a difference it makes... I am badgering you to do it because I think getting a solid grasp of modulation will be a tool you use on nearly every mini you ever do, and it fits your style well.. YMMV


PS, you have the full spectrum of purple, indigo to magenta, I think it looks great and extremely purple, with the Magenta being a much more beautiful interaction with the gold, a much warmer purple than what you would have sticking to violets.

PPS - if you REALLY hate the magenta, you can knock back everything by applying a dark blue wash over the entire model except the metallics. This will maintain the brightness contrasts by also darkening up the dark areas a bit too.

I also support the blue wash suggested by Tom, I bet it would work a treat. However, I don't see the problem with how the model is now, seems fine to me.

Also, sounds like Yorkright has finally given in. Sounds great

OK guys... I think this is as far as I'm going to take it. I still have details and decals to do, but the basic paint job is complete.

@Tom: Sorry, I'm not quite sure what area you're referring to, but it'll have to be mis-applied I guess. I need to finish this up before I lose my enthusiasm & I still have a lot to do.

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Pro tip: you misapplied the modulation on the upper facet of the chest... remember, dark touches light at every edge, so you on the upper facet, you should do the gradient exactly as it is on the front facet. Darkest at the bottom, lightest at the top. I think if you give that a shot, you will be shocked at what a difference it makes... I am badgering you to do it because I think getting a solid grasp of modulation will be a tool you use on nearly every mini you ever do, and it fits your style well.. YMMV

Dunno if this helps but this graphic is a nice explanation:

That chart above does assume a surface that reflects light in a fairly normal fashion. The modulated purple & magenta gradients look like ChromaFlair, which seems totally appropriate for EC.

So, I've learned a whole bunch just reading the posts from the last couple of pages.... so much info, it's awesome for a noobie like me

I'm liking the big purple machine Gits, it's coming along well... we all have that model (or two) that we can't quite get the paint to do what we want.

And those containers... I LOVE those containers, they are awesome!

Thats looking really nice Git's, the white breaks the purple up really well.

Well irrespective that thing looks bloody beautiful. He's a "Prince"

Finished!

Thanks everyone for you support and especially MajorTom11 for all the amazing suggestions, help and especially patience! I'll make sure I get the modulation right on the next projects before I start painting all the details!

That's a nasty piece of work.. Well done!

That just looks amazing, Gits.

Very nice indeed

The white really pulls the model together gits! Well done!