Raedwald’s Sci Fi Thread (p.9 - Pilots)

[Ragsta]

Those are lovely, I really enjoy Pig Iron too. I feel like their website pictures are a bit... hit and miss these re. the newer stuff.

Those heads are some of my favourites too, great work again mate.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Looking good! 👍

[LouieN]

Good work.  I like the grey

[axiom]

Great-looking troopers. I really like their no-nonsense look.

[hubbabubba]

They're really cool.

One of those ranges that I've always meant to pick up and never quite got around to it.

[Raedwald]

Thanks for the kind words all, it really is a great motivation.

@Ragsta - I know what you mean about the Pig Iron website. Still, really grateful that the range has been continued after Simon and Lisa Jackson moved on from it. 

The rest of the System Troopers are on their way, but in the meantime I finished some scratch built fences.

These started life when I spotted an odd metal rack thing in the scrap bin at work (still no idea what it was), but cut in half it looked just like security fence posts to my eye. The boys in the toolroom kindly chopped it up for a reward of biscuits, and I added some scrap mesh and bases, all scavenged from the same treasure trove scrap bins. 

Raedwaldsdottir helped me with the basic painting and weathering, and they were topped off with curled strips of car body mesh, ŕ la White Dwarf 144.

Cheers,
Raedwald

[OSHIROmodels]

Biscuits as a reward always worked for me 

They look great and also look like the little baskets that poncy pubs serve chips in?

[AKULA]

Nice job - looks the part, especially with the signage

[has.been]

Good work.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Looking good!

[Raedwald]

Thanks all!

@OSHIROmodels - Yep, biscuits, that excellent workplace currency. See what you mean about the mesh  , in this case it’s used on the casing for a custom electronic product.

@AKULA - The little details, like the signage and static grass go a long way towards that suspension of disbelief.

Unfortunately I balanced it out by getting my measurements slightly wrong on the bases, leaving a little gap between each  . Still I can live with it - advice to anyone else making linear terrain though: have a little overhang at the edges!

Cheers.

[Raedwald]

 Hi all,

Finally finished the squad, with the energy weapons and last two troopers. These guys were crying out to be drybrushed, with all their angular features, but I foolishly opted for line highlighting on the armour; turning a 6 minute job into a 6 hour slog! 

Delighted to have them finished and added to the ranks though.

Hopefully I can get something else finished before year end now.

Cheers,
Raedwald

[Pattus Magnus]

Oooh, those are great! Pig Iron’s figures are some of my favorites and your paint jobs on them are brilliant (in a subdued businesslike sort of way).

[DalyDR]

Very nice!

I too went with individual edge highlights when painting my PI figures.  They have a LOT of edges on them . . .

[Raedwald]

@Pattus Magnus - Thanks! I do like to keep it subtle usually.

@DalyDR -

Very nice!

I too went with individual edge highlights when painting my PI figures.  They have a LOT of edges on them . . .

Thanks. You can say that again, I considered counting them on the final figure, but quickly abandoned it as I got going!