Round 4 - Spacefleet vs. Spugs - Confab

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[alone_withmyaxe]

Both great entries!

Froggy those spugs are great! really nice eye sparkle give lovely depth.

And Mr Ferret, those space ships are some of the most amazing I have ever seen, beautifully evocative space fleet!

Good work both of you!

[inkydave]

Very tough choice. Ill not vote now in case I change my mind
I will have to pop back now and then and see which one makes a more lasting impression.

[Chambersofminiatures]

Froggy, stick to your guns!

[Malebolgia]

Fantastic space fleet Laughing Ferret! WOW! What's your painting recipe? The contrast on the white ships is superb, but looks like a lot of work. Any tips?

[Froggy the Great]

I'd be interested in that too, as I've painted a couple fleets like that.

[Laughing Ferret]

I like these spug aliens- I'm sure you've said before Froggy, but where are they from? Could see myself picking some up 

Thanks Alone! Very kind of you.

Malebolgia: Thanks! I struggled with finding the right process for these ships. I have been waiting 2 years to paint this fleet- and have 3 or 4 painted in various shades of grey in the trial & mostly error process that will need to be redone.

I started from a white primer. Then paint the whole ship in Vallejo Model Color Pale GreyBlue. wash with a mix of water, extender, secret weapon concrete wash & a bit of Badab Black wash with a touch of the Pale GreyBlue paint. I don't have a percentage, just mix it to what looks right for the eye, the darker color you see on the ship.  With a wet brush, pick up the wash from the edges and forward parts of the large panels.  with very thin paint, redo the base color with a touch of white, blending in with the wash mix that is left, about half to 2/3 of each panel, and keep adding white to this mix as you layer & blend up, with edging in pure white after. 

have something interesting to listen to, it's tedious work

[Old Coast]

Ferret, who makes those Ships? and where can I get them?...I thought they were Spartan Games but apparently not (or I am just not seeing them)
Fantastic Job !

[Laughing Ferret]

Thanks Old Coast!

The Ships are from Ground Zero Games, from the Neu-Swabian League ships.
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=52

edit: correct link now- was the TV Theme for 'Rockford files' for awhile    a friend of mine is planning a Norse Blood Bowl team, with a name that means 'Rock & Ford' so I was teasing him that they'd have to have that old show for their theme song. the link was still in copy Sorry to confuse any in the interim 

[phreedh]

Those spugs are really getting to me - didn't care for them at first but now I quite like them. =)

Ferret, that ship painting method sounds like a recipe for madness and insanity!  They do look very nice though!

[Wirelizard]

I've always liked the looks of the Spug miniatures, and everytime I see Froggy's examples I like them more. Must find an excuse to get back into 25/28mm skirmish gaming one of these days...

And as with a few people above, I badly want to see tighter closeups of those ships and have the painting technique described. There's a big flotilla of Full Thrust ships in the box by my feet needing attention!

[Laughing Ferret]

Werelizard: I went through the process of the white above, but if you have more questions, feel free to ask 

the 800x800 pixel limit made it hard to get any closer on the whole fleet, and didn't leave much room at the bottom for the individual shots.
In hindsight, maybe I should have entered a smaller fleet, but I like the look of a lot of ships together, and since that's the amount I painted that's what I went with. It's only a dent in the total fleet that is still in drydock

I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to post other pictures of them right now, but after it's done I could post the individual shots in their original size (before they had to get squeezed into the bottom remaining space).

[Froggy the Great]

I completely understand having a huge unpainted fleet with a fiddly scheme and being unable to get a good pic.

That said, if my Spugs had to lose (thoroughly(again)), this is an excellent team against which to do so.