(Army Painters) 25mm Sci-fi (NAC has landed)

[Dr Mathias]

Very nice. I love the idea of a future UN, that has some firepower

[Commander Vyper]

Nice Daniel like the way they've been presented too. Looks like the company care about their products,  card packaging support on the tank barrel. The quality of the casting is spot on.

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Lovely looking models

 

Nice Daniel like the way they've been presented too. Looks like the company care about their products,  card packaging support on the tank barrel. The quality of the casting is spot on.

Yup,definitely not my last Purchase from Chris 

Very nice. I love the idea of a future UN, that has some firepower

Thanks Bud 

Here's something new:seeing Dr. Mathias excellent Step by Step Painting made me realise how much i love wip/Process Photos 
Not that any of you fine Chaps would need my Painting Tips but here's a quick Tutorial of how i paint a Mech relatively easily 

GW Charodon Granite Primer



Vallejo US Army Green Basecoat



mixed Vallejo Silver Grey with the US Army Green for the Shading,i've applied 3-4 thin Layers.


forgot to take a Pic of the next Step  After the Shading i've applied a Filter to blend the colors.The Filter is simply made of the Basecoat Army Green+ Secret Weapon Armour Wash mixed with Vallejo Glaze Medium and most importantly distilled Water  The Model is now Green again  ,Added Decals and painted some Details,the Cockpit,Headlights etc



End of Part 1,hope you enjoyed it. I'm posting the Weathering and Finishing tonite 

[Dr Mathias]

Looks great, nice to see process!

I've not tried the 'filter' method yet, I suppose its just a matter of time.

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Looks great, nice to see process!

I've not tried the 'filter' method yet, I suppose its just a matter of time.

thanks   I'm not using Filters all the Time but i found them very practical when painting Mechs.


Here's Part 2 of the Tutorial  

Materials used for the Weathering


i used a soft Pencil to "drybrush the sharp Edges of the Model,also added some Scratches here and there.
before/after




next came the Rust   Mixed GW Calthan Brown with GW Macharius Orange,watered down with Vallejo Matt Medium

before/after



Okay, hope you can see it on the next Pics: Streaking Grime

First i painted small stripes n Dots (the dark Grey Paint )



Streaking Grime takes about 20-30 Minutes to dry.After that i blended it with White Spirit.The Result is a light Grey Chalky Effect,just like real dried(Rain) Water,very subtle but also very cool   Sorry Pics really don't do them justice  



then i came to the Weathering Pigments,not much to say here,i drybrushed the Powder onto the Model and fixed it with Pigment Fixer.Earth Tones for the Feet,Black Soot for the sooty Parts...

after/before





Finally, Vallejo Gloss Varnish for the Cockpit Dome and the Headlights-finito  



Yup,thats an inverted 5  






NEXT!  

[Dr Mathias]

Excellent! 

then I came to the Weathering Pigments,not much to say here, I drybrushed the Powder onto the Model and fixed it with Pigment Fixer. Earth Tones for the Feet,Black Soot for the sooty Parts...

Umm, 'Not much to say'? You make the pigment part sound pretty easy. I hate the stuff, not sure what I do wrong but applying it after fixer, before fixer, with or without seems to produce crap results. What is the secret, I must know!

[thebinmann]

That is amazing, but the speed makes it really something else!!!!!!

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Well i'm using the Weathering Powders from NOCH,they're the very best in my opinion,Vallejo Pigments are the worst  
applied with a very blunted Brush,a Layer of Pigment Fixer,Job's done  

Alternatively you could mix the Pigments with distilled Water and Matt Varnish until you have Paste and gently brush it on your Model  

That is amazing, but the speed makes it really something else!!!!!!

thanks Adam,i could have done this much faster though,a certain Mordheim Warband i also have on my Painting Desk slowed me down 

[Predatorpt]

Daniel, your tutorial makes is sound so easy!

 It's just a pity there's guys like me, who can't even paint a straight line, . Great work as usual, thanks for the tutorial!

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Daniel, your tutorial makes is sound so easy!

 It's just a pity there's guys like me, who can't even paint a straight line, . Great work as usual, thanks for the tutorial!

Cheers Mate  Honestly,if i can do it,anybody can...

Somebody has to stop me,more Mechs showed up on my Doorstep 

[Commander Vyper]

No customs issues with those eh?

Nice paints on the mech mate.

[janner]

Amazing results

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Long Time no Update,sorry Guys  finished few more Pieces at least 

Light Mechs for the FSE.these are 1/35 powered Suits from Crusher Joe,pretty slick Models me thinks...




Size Comparsion with a certain 1/35 Pilot and 28mm Mini


next is a light Mech for the UN,not very keen on the Model a bit pricey for what you get, it's the 1/144 Quaedluun Rau from Shapeways,still looks good as a light Mech next to 25mm Minis 



erm,another Project but fits in here aswell 




thanks for watching 

[Dr Mathias]

Wow, great finds for mechs and beautiful painting.

[Predatorpt]

Glad to have you back and see that the project is back on track