The next few pages will be pretty cool. I believe this based on how hard it will be to draw.
Other things I've been doing is another model! This time a Tamiya Vought Chance F4U-1a Corsair . From an engineering perspective, Tamiya makes a great kit. Most of the joins are along seams, joints and panel lines of the actual aircraft which cuts down on the amount of filling and sanding. It's sitting on a half-built WW2 carrier deck that I'm scratchbuilding to go with it (and the Grumman F3 Wildcat I'm working on now).
Listening to while posting: Sweet Enemy talking to our good friend Eek who just got back from China and is visiting his folks in Maine before he heads back to San Fransico.
Great model. I really like the platform you've got it on. Make it look more like a scene.
ReplyDeleteWow! Excellent attention to detail on that model. Looks very nice.
ReplyDeleteThe comic is getting exciting. I did have a question...was "spacestion" a typo or the intended term?
Yay! LOVE it! Waiting with baited breath for each new page...
ReplyDeleteAZ: Thanks. I want to do all of my models in dioramas as a model on a shelf is just boring.
ReplyDeleteDon: SPACESTION is a typo. As was leaving the 'D' off of 'dead' (which AZ informed me in an email. I was moving too quickly with the update.
LB: I'll keep 'em comin'!
I love the expression that the guy makes when he's told he's 'aged significantly'
ReplyDelete'aaww shit!'
:-D
great schtuff!
The Suns of Charybdis is coming along well. your rendering of Doc stands out as the best imho.
ReplyDeleteYour story is reminding me of something but I don't want to say at this point just in case it might give away the story.
Nice work on your plane. What techniques do you use? dry brush, washes etc...
TF: that was Sweet Enemy's favorite too. Right now I'm happy to be decent at expressions if I stink at rendering.
ReplyDeleteSB: Ha! I can bet what it reminds you of. After we were going for a while, AndreZero said it reminded him of something and was worried that it would seem cheesy. I figure we'll keep going, though.
For the plane I used an Aztek airbrush (gifted to me out of the blue) with the 'new' (to me) technique of 'pre-shading'. with some dark washes afterwards in the really deep panel lines (like control surfaces and access doors). I really learned a lot.
The figure I just treated like my old D&D minis ;)
That is some great modeling. I'm jealous of your wicked skills.
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