My hands shake a lot so I can't do really small details very well but this is my first attempt at painting some squadrons (or miniatures at all)
They're not great, but still look better than they did out of the box so I'm OK with it.
I didn't have a place to host the pictures so I took 2 short videos of the squadrons and put them on YouTube
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Watch how you brace yourself, put both elbows on the table to stop or limit the shakes.
If you brace your wrists you'll actually compound the problem as you have a pulse there that aggravates the shaking.
Thanks for the tip!
Aggressor Assault Fighter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI15V8rnK6w
Millennium Falcon beat up / battle damaged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulQEW-xz5GE
JumpMaster 5000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQb-N40vBY
HWK-290
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucTc7-dZLk
Edited by hippy777Shakes and all they are very good looking.
Thanks for sharing.
TY Amanal
They're turning out better than I thought I was going to do that's for sure.
And I already prepared a story for any mistakes / ugliness....
Battle of Endor.
extra black smudge? Battle of Endor
crooked line? Battle of Endor
wrong color??? Battle of Endor
heh.
Keep in mind you tend to see the little wobbles and errors.
Most people looking at a model tend not to be 4" away from it as you may well be when painting it. As such I think people tend to be far more self critical that they should ever be.
Very true.
Shrunk down some pics so I could attach them
More to come when I get the file size small enough (tomorrow)
Give them a wash! Nuln oil works wonders in small doses
I have a bunch that are washed, I didn't want to do these ones, I wanted a squadron of "Fresh off the factory floor" look. The first batch I did have a lot of "battle damage" / flown thru explosions soot / smudges on them. Soon as I get htem under 325k size on disk, I'll post them here.
Stick them on Photobucket.
Then, view them there.
Then click the link on the side that has
and post that link here.....
Now Size is Irrelevant!
Yea I was trying to avoid a 3rd party hosting site as I don't already have an account set up or anything but every time I try to upload the dang photos the forum wants them to be smaller than the last time I did it so my new sizes are still a little too large. Grrrr...
Okay, Let me go set up a photobucket account (grumbles)
Yeah, the site is only budgeting a certain amount per account, total... So you're filling the tiny amount of space you have.
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They are slightly out of order and I uploaded the lower quality versions of the images but I hope it turns out well enough here: (Flood of pics incoming...)
It may have been a hassle to register, mate... But that is a
much easier
way of presenting the visual media for appraisal...
The stuff looks fantastic mate, no matter what order you look at it
Thanks Dras
I actually learned a lot by the end of the project (I have 3 left to do but had to head back to work so I can't get to them for a couple weeks)
But due to getting better brushes (man that made ALL the difference) and learning some stuff I plan on going back and retouching some of my first ones.
Plus I have a friend who wants me to paint his now
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Despite operating a paint-for-profit service, I am a firm believer that just about anyone
can
do it.
Very nice looking paint jobs there!
Even at those small scales, FF did a great job of detailing them, which likely makes it easier (or harder, depending on your POV) to paint them as lovingly as you did.
Well done!
Nice job on the squadrons - they're fiddly at the best of times
Very nice looking paint jobs there!
Even at those small scales, FF did a great job of detailing them, which likely makes it easier (or harder, depending on your POV) to paint them as lovingly as you did.
Well done!
Nice job on the squadrons - they're fiddly at the best of times
Thanks
I actually plan on retouching some of my earlier work when I get back home ( I do shift work 2 weeks at a time) now that I've gotten some better brushes I think I can make better lines / details for sure
Finally got back home and got around to finishing up the last few paint jobs
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I don't mind how the Slave-1 turned out but I'm not 100% happy with the other two...