Saphos Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Greetings. Here I present you with my finished Stormraven and Furioso. You find the WIP-thread here: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=221296 It is not easy at all to do decent pictures with my camera of models that large. So I hope that you´ll excuse me a slight blurriness or two. ;-) As expected, Quickshade doesn´t work that well on that large a model. In real the shading effect is a little nicer that in the pictures but still kinda blotchy. Luckily, through the matte varnish it now looks like dusting/burnmarks which is quite fitting for this oribital reentry vehicle. I had two different problems. Firstly the brush I used in the beginning was too stiff and secondly I didn´t thin down the Quickshade enough. With the softer brush I was able to cover the areas evenly better and to reach all nooks and crannies. Until I thinned the Shade down some more, it started to dry and thus get streacky (when brushed over again) before I was able to cover the area I was working on evenly completely. Next time I will try to work on one area at a time (beginning with the highest) and then work down. The corners of a already shaded area can be thinned down again using turpentine in case the shade has run over into the new area. This way the individual areas of the model get finished one by one and you should be able to control that no excess Shade runs down in lower areas, thus ruining the alredy applied coat (which was a huge problem for me). Dreadnought: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5467...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5467...57625828875029/ Stormraven: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ Dreadnoughtstowage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5467...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5467...57625828875029/ Stormraven with Dreadnought: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5467...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5467...57625828875029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/5468...57625828875029/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbrad Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 very, very nice work, a little too clean for my eyes would be my only criticism great rich red on both. PhilB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 All I can think is "I can see my house from up heeeeeerrrreeee!" Paint job is great, but I'm not a fan of the "slung face-down" Dreadnaught stowage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphos Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Thanks. :-) It is a little less clean in real life due to the shading. I haven´t really got the knack on weathering and battledamage so far. But I like it enough this way to not care. ^^ The red is achieved by using a white basecoat and then the Pure Red spray from Armypainter + Quickshade Strongtone. What would you suggest would be a better way to store the Dread? There are many ways to solve this so I bet that people would love to hear other ideas. I saw one where there was just a magnet glued to the top of the Dread and the fakemagnet. Problem with that is that the feet are sticking out below which I don´t really like the looks of. Besides that I haven´t seen a solution so far where you can attach the actual Dreadnought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 40k Hobbiest Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 My only issue is that once the Stormraven sets down, Mister Dreadnought gets dropped on his face. According to you, the dreadnought (when attached upright) has its feet sticking out below the bottom of the Stormraven's landing struts. So here's what I propose: shorten the legs on the dreadnought. You'll have to do an insane amount of modeling, but I think you need to shorten the pistons somewhere or do something so that he can be carried by the Stormraven with his feet still down in such a way that the thing can set down and then release the dreadnought (at which point it'll extend those pistons and rise up to his full height). I don't know how you'd do that, but that's my non-finished opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphos Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Well, you lost me at the "insane amount of modeling" necessary. ;) But kudos to those that do so. I imagine that the Dread is loaded before hand (in whatever way) and then dropped by a magnet and winch (which is at the model) in an upright position on the battlefield (before the Raven lands). Works probably the other way around, too. You are quite right in your criticism imho. So, keep it coming folks. :) We ain't quite there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 40k Hobbiest Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Yeah, my idea seemed a lot easier before I started typing it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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