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Miniatures Adventure => Weird Wars => Topic started by: midismirnoff on April 03, 2009, 04:58:59 PM

Title: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: midismirnoff on April 03, 2009, 04:58:59 PM

Hi gentlemen,
I'm working on an all-new technique to get my pseudo-bioshock-ish Untersee MaK (à la big daddy). Let me know what you think of it!

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd35/dottorconti/Esperimenti/IMG_3210.jpg)

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd35/dottorconti/Esperimenti/IMG_3212.jpg)

Title: Re: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: Agis on April 03, 2009, 05:07:15 PM

Very interesting.  :)
It certainly looks very Bioshock-ish!
How did you do it?

Title: Re: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: Sangennaru on April 03, 2009, 05:20:07 PM

I like it!!! maybe it needs a bit more contrast, it is a nice technique, but it has to be really controlled.

I think that the base will become the main point of the mini, when it'll be fished! :)

Title: Re: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: midismirnoff on April 04, 2009, 09:04:44 AM

Hi,
thanks for the comments!
How I made it:

Basically it is a mix of the "Marmite technique" and the alcohol technique applied to powders.

For the "Marmite technique" (in order to get the chipping) i used honey, as in Italy you can't get any Marmite  :P
for this very subtle use of food see here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Marmite_Weathering_Method

For the "Alcohol technique", this is a veeeery short tutorial:
Basically I need something that doesn't drip/ooze, but stays in place. This is beautifully achieved by Vallejo retarder, but it takes ages to dry, and I must wash my model so many times I can't wait that long. So...
I put some coloured powder (not pigment, it's just a powder, soft like flour, I buy it in my colour store) in rubbing alcohol, and wash the white-primed model with that.
I get it dry with hairdryer, then do it again and again with different hues/mixes.

Now, since the alcohol doesn't "glue" the coloured powder to the model, you can brush it away from areas you want to be lighter. You can get this with a toothbrush for a gritty look, or blend it away with a alcohol dipped brush.

You're over. Remember to use some blue-green and some pink for underwater atmosphere.

@ sangennaru:
man, I'm so bad with bases... you should do the job  :D

Title: Re: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: Sangennaru on April 04, 2009, 10:16:29 AM

Interesting! I've never heard of this techniques! :)

Quote from: midismirnoff on April 04, 2009, 09:04:44 AM

@ sangennaru:
man, I'm so bad with bases... you should do the job  :D

yeah, If you want I can... when will we meet? :) you're not sooo far! :)


By the way: please answer my PM, midis!

Title: Re: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: argsilverson on April 04, 2009, 10:34:31 AM

Very nice

I like the colour scheme!

Title: Re: U-MaK (Untersee Maschine Krieger) WIP
Post by: Bako on April 07, 2009, 08:33:10 PM

Very beautiful job on that piece. I'll need to add those techniques to my arsenal ;).