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Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Vehicles => Topic started by: Spacemunkie on October 05, 2012, 08:48:39 PM

Title: First post :)
Post by: Spacemunkie on October 05, 2012, 08:48:39 PM: Hi all - First post :)

Stumbled on this forum looking for inspiration for Hasbro SW mods. Some great stuff here!

Here's an A-wing I finished the other day - tried to stick reasonably close to the studio models :)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/415707_10151065790297344_1701860739_o.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/133333_10151065790397344_1122913233_o.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/580785_10151065790172344_1840369389_n.jpg)
Title: Re: First post :)
Post by: maxx-replicas on October 06, 2012, 03:04:25 AM: Hey Spacemunkie, welcome on board ;D

Your A-Wing repaint looks very impressive (have it also seen on therpf ;) )- a really very good paintjob, thanks a lot for sharing and I would be great to see more mods/repaints from you :)
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Post by: Tamer on October 06, 2012, 04:30:19 AM: Wow looks good to me. Your first custom is on our front page.

And welcome to ISY.
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Post by: Mando Assasin on October 06, 2012, 04:52:02 AM: Great job! Love it! Welcome to ISY!
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Post by: mr.Jedi1977 on October 06, 2012, 05:48:41 AM: Tha,ts one hell of a paint job and a great first post !!! welcome to the yards
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Post by: Mungo Baobab on October 06, 2012, 08:43:48 AM: Nice Ship!
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Post by: jangorick on October 06, 2012, 12:07:04 PM: Nice Work and Welcome. Look forward to seeing more from you. lvva
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Post by: hangarbay94 on October 07, 2012, 01:23:37 AM: Oh WOW! she is a real beauty. certainly one of the best A-Wing customs I've seen. I especially love your panel painting effects, I've never quite been able to get that effect...

Tutorial please!
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Post by: Wookie-Balls on October 07, 2012, 01:28:29 AM: Now that is a work of beauty! Thanks for sharing, and again welcome to The Yard!

Regards

Ray
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Post by: Art deWhill on October 07, 2012, 03:32:32 AM: excellent job! Reminds me that I always wanted to do a painting with an A-Wing.
Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff ;-)
Welcome to the yards!
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Post by: Spacemunkie on October 07, 2012, 07:46:51 PM: Cheers :)

Quote from: hangarbay94 on October 07, 2012, 01:23:37 AM
I especially love your panel painting effects, I've never quite been able to get that effect...

Tutorial please!

I'll keep a record as I go when I unleash the paint on my current project! This one was actually very simple to do. The only airbrushing was to base coat the white. The rest of it is hand painted. Panel effects are all done with Tamiya Weathering Master soot (the single most useful thing I've bought for models of this size...) gently brushed on with tape to mask panels. Blast marks are TWM soot dabbed on with a wet makeup sponge thingy. Fading on the red is done with TWM snow - exactly same as the soot. There's a handful of chips painted on in light grey. That's it :)

Here's a previous custom that I abandoned :-\

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/ScottSymonds/IMG_0888-3_zpsd115e374.jpg)

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/ScottSymonds/IMG_0893_zps40e54b74.jpg)

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/ScottSymonds/IMG_0896_zpse274c999.jpg)

Wrong forum but it saves creating a new thread - here's some 'action figure' repaints - the Clone Wars Yoda is actually a vinyl keyring:

(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4078/4896854313_fab2bd3c8d_o.jpg)

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3398/3183520485_761916f480_o.jpg)

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3150/2628454755_a2f854f0fe_o.jpg)
Title: Re: First post :)
Post by: wraithnine on October 08, 2012, 01:12:31 AM: man i love that Grievous starfighter ,just love it! welcome to the yards its a custom extravaganza!
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Post by: Clonehead on October 08, 2012, 04:51:13 AM: Sweet work on that greivous star fighter! That is one I'd like to see you finish.
Welcome to the yards!
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Post by: Mando Assasin on October 08, 2012, 05:03:37 AM: That is SICK! love the hot roddish scheme! AMAZING!
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Post by: Tamer on October 08, 2012, 07:40:48 AM: That paint job on that Grievous SF is slick. Back on the front page.
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Post by: mr.Jedi1977 on October 08, 2012, 08:02:27 AM: Again some real out standing work on the grievous ship!!!
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Post by: Luke Sprywalker on October 08, 2012, 08:16:09 AM: Whoa! Great vehicles! Love the A-Wing repaint! Looks like a studio model to me. The Grevious starfighter is killer! Love the paint choices and aplications! Your weathering is phenominal! Welcome to the yards!
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Post by: JediMerc on October 08, 2012, 10:29:41 AM: The updated Grievous SF is a beauty! Looks like a film model/prop more so than a toy now---awesome work!
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Post by: Tankster on October 09, 2012, 12:20:10 AM: so nice man movie quality stuff with your paints!
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Post by: ScreamingSamuraiStudio on October 10, 2012, 06:51:03 AM: That's some amazing work..Awesome stuff and welcome to the shipyards
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Post by: hangarbay94 on October 12, 2012, 10:03:48 AM: Really superb job on the Grevious Starfighter, I especially like the grey paint chips on the white.

Excellent, really excellent customs.