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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Gunbird on August 25, 2007, 10:00:59 PM

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: Gunbird on August 25, 2007, 10:00:59 PM

Remember these?
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/28mmcontainers.jpg)

Some progress:
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/Other%20stuff/28mmcontainers3.jpg)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/Other%20stuff/28mmcontainers2.jpg)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/Other%20stuff/28mmcontainers1.jpg)

Tops flattened and a sheet of plasticcard added. Freehand stuff based on a Fallout sketch and the old Philips logo. Quick and dirty. Next.

Johan

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: fatgoblin on August 26, 2007, 02:21:09 PM

wow!  Very nicely weathered!  Wish I could find cool containers like them!

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: PeteMurray on August 27, 2007, 04:32:53 PM

It's amazing how much better simple plastic containers look with some graphic elements and some weathering.

Quick, someone ask him how he did the rust!  :D

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: Gunbird on August 27, 2007, 05:13:26 PM

Now that u mention it  :twisted:  I did it a bit diff this time, just a brown wash over  white base, covered with red with bits left open for some flat brown. The effect is less effective when compared to my normal method, but the time saved is handy for other things. It is just for scenery, after all, and I wanted to try something less orangy this time.

Still, good to know u like and yes, simple things with a decent paintjob are so much more usefull.

Johan aka Rustmonster   :lol:

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on August 27, 2007, 05:13:44 PM

yep, very realistic! I wish i had that lot of patience for making some realistic stuff  :?

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: supervike on August 28, 2007, 03:02:45 AM

Wow.  They look cool as heck.

I'm not following how you made the tops smooth...just filed them down???

Title: Remember these? (28mm containers)
Post by: Gunbird on August 28, 2007, 09:03:02 AM

Well, the original tops were ribbed lenghtways and had 2 big holes in them. I used the sander to remove the top ribs and make it a flat, smooth durface, then applied regular plastics glue and a sheet of 0.5 Styrene to cover it up, then sanded that again on the sides.

A little bit of hard work for a decent result.

The undersides are still open though.

Johan