The highlights are really well done, as always. I am still envious of how fantastic your canopies look! Can we get a group/fleet shot, or have you sent the others off already?

What's next on the agenda?

I want to see more scratchbuilds .. or paintjobs .. or anything by Macross. I just can't get enough.

EXCELLENT !

Looking as Fantastic as ever !

Also nice to see a Paint thread that is still ACTIVE.

Looking forward to seeing more Builds and re-pants Macross.

there is nothing like the Inspiration of other custom builders and Painters like yourself.

All the best,

Barry.

On 2015-08-07 at 3:27 AM, SFC Snuffy said:

The highlights are really well done, as always. I am still envious of how fantastic your canopies look! Can we get a group/fleet shot, or have you sent the others off already?

What's next on the agenda?

There will be a group photo when I've painted all the ships. Only a few left!

On 2015-08-07 at 4:48 AM, Conandoodle said:

I want to see more scratchbuilds .. or paintjobs .. or anything by Macross. I just can't get enough.

Would you perhaps say you are addicted? I could live with that.

Anyway here's the latest repaint. A Starviper that's been inspired by the infamous Death Head Moth

Absolutely stunning work - great job!

You've inspired me to pick up some more Most Wanted kits to repaint

Oh, now that's cool! Even better, I think it's a scheme that I could replicate with my own (limited) abilities. Though probably without the fancy color gradation on the upper wings.

Very nice, sir!

On 2015-08-08 at 2:47 AM, SFC Snuffy said:

Oh, now that's cool! Even better, I think it's a scheme that I could replicate with my own (limited) abilities. Though probably without the fancy color gradation on the upper wings.

Very nice, sir!

The 'fancy colour gradation' is neither fancy nor a gradient. I just stippled some colours using an old brush. I did this to achieve a mottled appearance and it's something that anyone can do.

Here's the next Starviper. I call it the Rainbow Starviper. Now this one was a dog a of a female persuasion to get right and not something I want to repeat.

Oh, now that's cool! Even better, I think it's a scheme that I could replicate with my own (limited) abilities. Though probably without the fancy color gradation on the upper wings.

Very nice, sir!

The 'fancy colour gradation' is neither fancy nor a gradient. I just stippled some colours using an old brush. I did this to achieve a mottled appearance and it's something that anyone can do.

Here's the next Starviper. I call it the Rainbow Starviper. Now this one was a dog a of a female persuasion to get right and not something I want to repeat.

You so crazy...

Get dat **** ZEBRAH done up Brah!

The 'fancy colour gradation' is neither fancy nor a gradient. I just stippled some colours using an old brush. I did this to achieve a mottled appearance and it's something that anyone can do.

Well, there's egg on MY face.

The latest StarViper is incredible. I really need to get some more practice with an airbrush.

Macross,

I figured you would help me with a painting problem I have (not for X-wing).

I have a model of a 1:48 P-51 that I have, naturally, painted with silver Testors enamel paints.

When I tried to put a black wash on it, the silver immediately came off and covered my brush and got in the wash.

What am I doing wrong? Do I need to use an acrylic wash on enamel paint?

You can also change the order you lay down paint. Lacquer, enamel then acrylic. The solvent for each successive layer won't attack the previous one. If you're laying down lacquer over bare plastic mist on the coats and build them slowly. Put on too wet the lacquer solvent will craze the plastic. Never a good thing.

A clear gloss over the base coat will protect it from the washes and make it easier to remove in case of mistakes.

I recommend doing a search on YouTube for Mig Jimenez, AK Interactive or Ammo of Mig. Very informative. If you're building scale you've probably heard about those products.

I hope this helps.

Macross,

You can't see it but you're getting a standing ovation for these. Simply awesome!

They're all great but my two favorites are the Tiger Meet Y-wing and the rainbow Star Viper. Simply gorgeous.

I want to have the sex with that Rainbow Starviper. That's gorgeous!!!

On 2015-08-09 at 4:23 PM, CyCo said:

I want to have the sex with that Rainbow Starviper. That's gorgeous!!!

I'm fairly certain that your sentence has never ever been spoken before in the history of mankind. Please, if you want to molest butterflies, do it in your own spare time.

Here's the last Starviper. Only two ships left before the group photo.

How do you get your panel lines so clean and consistent?

How do you get your panel lines so clean and consistent?

I paint them? You know, you are certainly not the first who have remarked upon my panel lines. Are they really that good?

How do you get your panel lines so clean and consistent?

I paint them? You know, you are certainly not the first who have remarked upon my panel lines. Are they really that good?

Yeah, they're that good.

I paint them? You know, you are certainly not the first who have remarked upon my panel lines. Are they really that good?

Yeah, they're that good.

Yes, yes they are. There's never any bleed-through, the highlighting is always perfect and the panels are clearly delineated without over-saturation.

It's taken a few days but here is one of the last ships, a thunderbird HWK

Amazing HWK!

Waiting for the group photo...

That HWK looks like it's ready for the illicit Cloaking Device upgrade!

And here's the 17th and final ship. Another HWK, this time inspired by the legendary phoenix. The last picture shows all 17 ships together.

Simply stunning!

Simply stunning!

Agreed!

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I don't think I have any new adjectives that have not yet been used to describe your work - fantastic, awesome, superlative?

A technical question, how do you prepare your minis prior to painting? Do you strip them (and if so,. how), hit them with a primer, or just start painting over the original paint?