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Your paint skills are legendary.
Some panel lining. This guy is ridiculously loaded with detail, bringing it all out is a major part of this custom. These pieces took me the best part of 90 minutes to complete. Heaps still to go!
Note that these are unfinished pieces, not quite up to a standard I'd be happy with. They still need a bit more of a tidy up and a bit more detailing.
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Woah man, looking epic!
Wow mate, this is coming along REALLY nicely! The panel lining makes a HUGE difference, like you say there is a LOT of detail in this figure. Loving your idea of silver with gloss white on top. Looks amazing.
And that face! OMG! It just looks so beautiful!!
Finished the last of the spray painting this weekend, working on finishes the rest of the week before the deadline for completion next weekend. After my buyer sees the commission (only fair if he gets to see it first), I'll be putting up a gallery of the finished piece.
As a teaser, here is the completed Scamper. Enjoy!
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ummm, when you say black wash ( pardon me, Im not a customizer hehehe) is it just a watered down paint that you apply so all the grooves get a bit then wipe off the excess to the places you don't want the paint on? what paint do you use?Quote:
Originally Posted by M-bot
I actually use a Citadel wash (Badab Black), watered down a little further with acrylic thinners. In this instance, I try to 'hit' all the grooves without smudging any excess on the bits I don't want to, so I don't have to do the wipe down. TFs are a little different to things like the Warhammer miniatures (and the like) because for the most part, they have nice straight defined edges, so it's a bit easier. For those bits that do get some of the wash outside the defined edge, I dry brush with the original colour to clean it up a bit after the wash has dried.Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
Edit: I guess you could just get a regular paint and water it down as much as you need to, but I'm suspect a dedicated wash is a bit more specifically designed for the job.
From what I've seen of a black wash for panel lining it's watered down so it's very runny and a very small amount is dabbed into the panel line with something fine and the surface tension of the liquid propogates it along the panel line. more is dapped further along to make the line continuous. It's a very elegant method of line definition I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
I think some specific washes have another element in them to increase the surface tension to ensure it does as UM suggests. But UM has described the process really well.
I agree. M-bot now that you are finishing the titan up, don't forget to arrange a bazillion high quality photos from a bazillion angles. Pick the best of them to show your wares and help land you more paid customs when you decide.
Look at the quality of pictures of the biggest and best customiser out there. After all, your actual custom ends up with just one person but the pics you choose are what the rest of the internet decides upon.
No doubt you probably already had this under control. :o
You are absolutely right, I'll be photographing the living suitcase out of this guy when he's done. But...Quote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
I'm not the greatest of photographers. I'll be having a good close look at the toy photography thread to get a bit of a handle on what kind of settings I need my camera on, that kind of thing.
Look out for the completed model this Sunday night! Buyer is picking it up in the afternoon. I'm working like a demon to get it done. Plenty of late nights this week!:D
We'll have our awesome camera too, we can help take some good photos too :D
Awesome!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Man can't wait to see the final figure m-bot.... you did a lot of work into him!!
so excited to see the finished product :D everything i've seen so far is amazing
Lookin good, can't wait to see the end product
A few final teasers before tomorrow's reveal...
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Final touch ups earlier today before reassembly tonight... Gonna be down to the wire with this one...
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...then the family can go back to eating at the dining table.:)
Amazing! Huge dedication man and the teaser pictures give me chills for how awesome this is gonna be!
You're getting chills? I damn can't wait until I pick him up tomorrow lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbot
Excellent work dude, finished product is gonna be huge.
I'm getting very excited to see this. Those teaser images aren't helping my already building anticipation much! The hours until the final reveal are going to be VERY long!
Really looking forward to seeing this too..... :D
Omg guys it is fantastic.
Big big thanks to M-bot for making this custom and for your hospitality while we put the figure back together.
More teasers to come until the final reveal on Tuesday (hopefully)
A couple of things:
It's done now. Finished, and in Azrael's hands. I am relieved beyond belief.
Metroplex was not, despite my best efforts, ready on time for Azrael's visit to pick him up. Az was understanding and ridiculously patient, despite me really putting him out. It wasn't fair and I'm sorry. I underestimated how long certain final tasks would take. I hope to learn from the experience.
Az wasn't the only one put out, my wife has become something of a "Metroplex widow" for the last 2 weeks (when my work on him went from a little almost everyday to eat-sleep-work-Metroplex), and especially the last few days. She's awesome and deserves better than me.:o
I take full responsibility and any negative feedback Azrael's sees fit to give is more than likely richly deserved. He requested (more than fairly) for me to keep the final reveal until he has a chance to get home and put something together himself first. I'll put the last few teaser shots up as soon as I can, and the full reveal will come in a few days. Sorry to all who were expecting it tonight.
Argh it's fine dude lol (even though you did try poison us with your Melbourne water :p)
And as for everyone expecting reveals, I too apologise, but I came up with a great idea that will be fantastic once completed, so bear with us on that.
For the time being, enjoy the few teaser shots we took before boxing him up for transport.
Making us wait!! Nooooo
Totally fine! ;) just adding more tension and anticipation
yeah I can't wait to see it as well....! there's always the finally touches that pushes the dead line back!! :p
So you know how many hour you put into him? from the quote earlier I think your selling yourself short hey .....
Well bring on the pics!!
Pictures, I'm excited to see the pictures!!
I'm glad you're happy Az.
All good things come to those who wait. ;):)
I didn't time it, but put in approximately 40 of the last 50 hours before the handover, and at least 20 hours in the week before that. Many more in the weeks before that too, with a full day's work on him some weekends and on my days off work. Loved every minute of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by lancalot
Finishing touches were the absolute killer, and putting him back together afterwards took way longer than I imagined (just ask Azrael!!!). I've learned a good many lessons from this custom. Isn't it always the way? The best lessons are sometimes the hardest to learn.:o
Just two more teaser pics before the big reveal...:)
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I'm old so stop teasing already:p
I can't wait to see it.
Fantastic teaser pics. Make sure the reveal is big so we can give 1orion2many a simulated heart attack :p
ugh the wait is killing me! ;)
Oh for goodness sake.. RELIECE TH PICKS!!!
SecondedQuote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
Gonna be a riot on our hands if I don't get the reveal happening lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
Sorry peeps, I've been a bit sick since coming back from Melbs, working on taking shots now, so just be patient and hopefully all will be revealed tonight or tomorrow.
Final reveal will be later on tonight. Because it is M-bot's creation, I will let him do the honours when he gets home :)
Hope you're all excited :D
:eek: still nothing yet :( got my excited for a minute there seeing a new post in here