Scratchbuilding Colony 87

[majorsmith]

Very cool

[uti long smile]

Today I got a coat of paint on the Dragon’s Rest Outpost. I bought this 3D print at the Games Expo a couple of years ago with Colony 87 in mind. It’s a lovely big multi-level lump and should work a treat in the background of shots. All done with spray cans. I used some Army Painter Wolf Grey, GW Zandri Dust and Halfords White as a nice muted palette. Started to add some detail colour after I took the pics, and its shaping up nicely.

[manic _miner]

 Looking good Karl.
 Nice to see new figures popping up in these projects of yours too.

[majorsmith]

That’s pretty darn impressive!

[has.been]

Looks gorgeous, but I have a suspicion
that it is outside my price range.

[uti long smile]

Looking good Karl.
 Nice to see new figures popping up in these projects of yours too.

Cheers - they will be part of the Kickstarter coming next month.

[gamer Mac]

Cracking buildings
That last piece is great

[Chief Lackey Rich]

Neat kit.  Could really do a lot with that just by varying the paint scheme and maybe adding a little scatter.  Anything from a clean utopian scifi look to the battered industrial feel early Star Wars had to a post-apoc/abandoned colony world motif could work.

[uti long smile]

Neat kit.  Could really do a lot with that just by varying the paint scheme and maybe adding a little scatter.  Anything from a clean utopian scifi look to the battered industrial feel early Star Wars had to a post-apoc/abandoned colony world motif could work.

Completely agree. Lots of uses

[CookAndrewB]

Man, I look at that and just see a TON of print time. Really cool, but I can hear my poor Ender-3 begging for me not to print this.

Out of curiosity, how did the spray painting go? Did you notice any of the pieces warping? A couple of weeks ago I hauled a large number of terrain tiles (3d printed) outside to spray them and I ended up with some warped pieces. I wasn't entirely sure if that was caused by the sun/heat or the solvents in the paint. Fortunately, everything bent back into shape with a quick dip in boiling water and the paint survived the process as well.

[uti long smile]

Man, I look at that and just see a TON of print time. Really cool, but I can hear my poor Ender-3 begging for me not to print this.

Out of curiosity, how did the spray painting go? Did you notice any of the pieces warping? A couple of weeks ago I hauled a large number of terrain tiles (3d printed) outside to spray them and I ended up with some warped pieces. I wasn't entirely sure if that was caused by the sun/heat or the solvents in the paint. Fortunately, everything bent back into shape with a quick dip in boiling water and the paint survived the process as well.

I bought it printed at a show, but gawd knows how long it took!

No issues with spray. Just starting to add some detail colour and in fact it’s rather pleasant to paint.

[uti long smile]

Today was finishing off the big tank for the Colony 87 photoshoot. The bottom is what I think is a resin knock-off that I found cheap on eBay a while ago. The top is the GW plastic top to the Promethium Forge.

Lots of enjoyable drying-brushing, shading and a bit of weathering. Might yet add some chipping. The very useful Sarissa mylar stencil helps get you a far future symbol - just turn it back to front and upside down and randomly sponge on summat that looks about right!

[FramFramson]

Good gravy, that dragon's rest is an absolute UNIT! 

[gamer Mac]

Lovely work

[Overlord]

Great stuff Karl.  Looking forward to seeing all the new pics of Colony 87 as much as what's coming in the KS.