Shrineworld Garrison (what’s still legal??)

[Kierdale]

It's been a year since I last worked on it, but my son Ryu insists I get the Martlet finished, so I've been painting/spraying today. :tu:

 

Hopefully something to show soon.

 

 

Oh and go post your tanks in the Hall of Honour's Showcase :tu:

[WarriorFish]

I see the little dragon has good taste - as expected

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The memorial looks great. Does it count as an objective in your games?

[Kierdale]

I've never yet used the monument but would probably use it as a piece of terrain (an office would look good stood up there commanding the troops....as well as being sniperbait :D). Perhaps the statue but could be designated an objective...that's a good idea, Bjorn. :tu:

[WarriorFish]

I've used my Pride of the Guard statue as an objective a few times, or sometimes just some terrain decoration. Looks really nice and adds something different to the table :D

[Pearson73]

Nice idea, really looks the part as an Imperial fighter.

[Kierdale]

Upper surfaces brown and green are done (inspired by WWII Spitfire colour schemes...and using the same colours as my tanks):

And the underside is Thunderhawk Blue drybrushbrushed with Baharoth Blue. Not particularly visible here! :D

Next up is decals, then weathering (mainly sponging), then metallics, then weathering the metallics.

Oh and do all of the cockpit interior/pilot.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

I like the camouflage pattern on the fighter.

[Kierdale]

Thanks!

 

Do you think I should paint the foremost plate, around the air intake rim, a colour like yellow (bf109-style)? Something to add some colour. Red?

[Bjorn Firewalker]

I think yellow matches that camouflage color better. Green and red only look good together for fruits, flowers, and Christmas decorations, in my opinion.

[WarriorFish]

Really like the colour, I also think a spot of yellow on the nose would look nice :)

[Kierdale]

Okay, yellow it is then. Yellow shows up weathering nicer as well so that's good :tu:

I'll do that plus I need to paint the panel just in front of the cockpit black to stop glare, then decals, then weathering.

[Kierdale]

22 decals done (and that's only the top of the plane), none yet matted (that's next).

WARNING - HIGH OUTPUT LASER

Ooooh yeah

Warnings by the engines and a rear hatch/cap

More warnings here and there. A small red text decal doesn't show up much in the brown by the canopy. Unfortunately a lot of my yellow and these red ones are just too thin. I'll be more selective buying decals next time.

Ubiquitous pin-up :tu:

I chose the number 4 for this bird as the Martlet was the symbol of the 4th son.

A small warning down by the autocannon (likely reads "Try not to break this off when landing."), and on the nose a lightning bolt (in case anyone needs reminding what the Martlet counts as).

I'm going to do a few decals on the underside - not many as who'll see them? - then matt them all down, then get on to weathering.

[elmo]

It always impresses me how much better a few well placed decals make a model look...

 

Great work Kier

[our_baz]

The yellow nose really pops! Love it.

[The Pounder]

Really great stuff! I agree with elmo, the decals really add a little extra!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Impressive.

[Kierdale]

Basic weathering is done. Next up is metallics then some more weathering.

The front piece of the cockpit broke when I cut it off the sprue if I remember correctly. Not much I could do about it but the crack isn't shockingly eye catching.

The underside will get a lot of dirt/sand weathering powders before the end.

I deliberately left off kill markings so I can put them on as they're earned :tu:

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The paint work remians impressive.

[WarriorFish]

The colours are really popping, especially with the transfers :tu:

[Kierdale]

The Martlet is complete!

This morning I realised the port/starboard red/green lights need redoing, but other than those, she's good to go.

Just need FW's rules now :)

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Well done.

[WarriorFish]

The conversion is great, with the fine paint job it masquerades perfectly so I wouldn't be surprised if some didn't see the source model until they got quite close! :tu:

[Kierdale]

...and then it's too late for them! :D

 

Thanks for the comments. It was fun to make, convert and paint.

And reminded me I have an LED-filled Valk/Vend' to finish sometime.

 

But I'm also keen to get 20 more penitent beastmen homo sapiens variatus conscripts off their sprues and painted!

I don't have enough lasguns for all of them, but such concerns never bothered the Red Army!

[Tallarn Commander]

An outstanding conversion and paint job! How did you achieve your bare metal/scratched paint effects? Did you use a sponge, brush, or both?