Freedom fighters WIP - Photos now working

[christopher300]

For ages I have been putting off finishing building and painting my vehicles

So I am doing a WIP. I have a chimera, hellhound, basilisk, manticore and medusa built now

I did some work with plasticard on the chimera but to be honest it got very tedious so I won't be doing it to the rest.





I had to do a lot of filling as I rushed it off. It looks a bit neater once undercoated.





A dry brush brings out the plasticard and I actually really like it





The black will be part of my camouflage pattern so I am now prepping to spray my next colour in the pattern

[Batou]

I don't like the texture(?) of the plasticard myself but I'm waiting to see your painting. I've never seen digital camo on Chimera before but I think it would look great. Really interesting idea. Fingers crossed!

[Wraelis]

That plasticard looks pretty neat. I'm also really curious how this will look once it's all painted up. Looks promising though!

[Adkenpachi]

Thats very VERY nice

[christopher300]

Ha thanks. This took ages to do though, I am not that patient at times and it stopped being all that precise and very much just stick things on and lop bits off insitu hence its rough on the edges.

[emptyhat]

May 22, 2013 5:51:40 GMT -5 Removed said:

Stop being lazy, do this to everything, it's awesome!

I agree, if you do this for all the vehicles it will be maddening at the time but think about all the adoration you'll get when they're all finished.

[christopher300]

do you think all should have the same texture? Or maybe different?

[drake]

I think you should stick with the same texture, it looks awesome!

[Sgt. Rock]

I'm on the bandwagon with the texture. It almost reminds me of the zimmerit anti-magnetic coating the Germans put on their tanks in WWII to keep magnetic mines (*cough* melta bombs) from sticking to the tank. I can see how gawdawful tedious it would get, though. Certainly not an endeavor I'd have the patience to undertake.

[christopher300]

It wouldnt be as bad but for some stupid reason they have silly angles and shapes

[Deleted]

Great color scheme, the digital pattern is rare in 40k and should be used more often.

[Cosmic]

May I ask where you got the textured plasticard from? Great work too!

[christopher300]

This texture in particular I got from a local hobby sop in Perth. In another hobby shop, which sells all your model trains and planes and stuff like that. They have lots of the plasticard

[Cosmic]

Hmm I shall have to hunting around the local model shop then, thank you.

[RocKStaR]

I love the ideas going on here, original and unique. I think it already looks great, can't wait for the finished product.

[christopher300]

Ok well here is an update. I have used the GW spray gun. Very useful, saved a lot of time. It was time consuming putting the stickers on to get the pattern but I like the outcome. I knacked up the turrets as I had a couple of problems with the spray gun so they will need redoing. But here are pictures of the chimera that will be used by a melta vet group and also a hellhound, althouh tomorrow morning I will be using it as a bane dog. I still need to finish this i.e all the details like he pipes on the hellhound and the track.......

What colour should the tracks be?



















Looking at t I think a fourth colour would have worked as well as the greyey blue colour dominates so there are gaos. Maybe a brown or a green?

[Batou]

here are pictures of

I can't see any... Why?

[danesk]

Me neither... But I can speak for the tracks:

Brand new - Glossy black

Used every day - Very shiny, almost silver

Used, but in a "meh"-kind of way - rusty

[emptyhat]

May 24, 2013 8:02:23 GMT -5 christopher300 said:

do you think all should have the same texture? Or maybe different?

All the ones you can stand doing, do with the same texture. (although I can't see the pics so I hope this isn't a horribly timed response)

[christopher300]

Photos should now be working

[treadiculous]

I commend your bravery and initiative for doing unusual and difficult designs, they look great!

Plastruct is always worth investigating as they have a huge (really freaking huge) plastic product catalogue - and a lot of ebay sellers now sell varioous bits of plastruct at reasonable prices.




I like this contradiction:


"I have used the GW spray gun. Very useful, saved a lot of time...

...as I had a couple of problems with the spray gun so they will need redoing"


The GW spray gun is awful - do not spend any more time or money on it and invest in a real spray with compressor.

Speaking from experience it really is the best option (it may seem a lot, but those cans of air soon get used up).

Throw your GW spray in the bin - I did earlier this week and feel much much happier.

(for a link to some evidence: commissar.proboards.com/thread/11641?page=1 )

[Batou]

Now I can see. The digital camo looks great, have to try that myself someday. And after painting that plasticard is also OK.
For the tracks I would go with black then heavy wash with some muddy browns (or pigments if you use them) and then a light drybrush with boltgun or chainmail.

[RocKStaR]

Probably keep the black for the treads. I love the color scheme and digital camo, and for the textured hull I kind of want to steal that idea... I may just steal them all together because they match my color scheme almost perfectly.

Awesome job, I love it.

[christopher300]

Jun 10, 2013 12:58:31 GMT -5 Batou said:

Now I can see. The digital camo looks great, have to try that myself someday. And after painting that plasticard is also OK.
For the tracks I would go with black then heavy wash with some muddy browns (or pigments if you use them) and then a light drybrush with boltgun or chainmail.

Thanks

Would a brown wash over black even show up anything?

[danesk]

About the digi-cam: Keep it as it is, and if you really feel like you have to ad something use a "real" grey. Right now they look primed for city-fighting, and brining in browns or greens would only ruin their good looks!
And one question: Is it ordinary masking tape that you have cut out or is it the hobby-version?