Topic: Phatty's Custom Vehicles

[spudafett]

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT use enamels on your figures.  for most vehicles it'll work fine... but they WILL not work right on most modern figures. just fyi

[Phatty]

See, I disagree.  I've used enamels on figures, and although it DOES take a LONG time to adequately dry, I think they look extra sharp, especially on armored forms.

[Mike Cypress]

Yeah, I think I will experiment on some of those dollar store figures before I mess up any of my beloved Clones. I appreciate the advice fellas.

[spudafett]

See, I disagree.  I've used enamels on figures, and although it DOES take a LONG time to adequately dry, I think they look extra sharp, especially on armored forms.

I have done a few with enamels that worked, and if the figure is made of the older harder plastic it does work fine... but the newer figures (like the clone wars clones) which are made of the rubbery plastic, the enamels never dry on them.
I painted a boba figure when I was just starting out that I let sit for litterally a month and half and it never dried.  The enamel paint remained tacky and sticky...  so I just don't even risk it anymore.

[Mike Cypress]

Yeah, I tried to paint a figure once when I was a kid and the paint was always sticky and it got dust on it so it all clumped up. Guess that discouraged me. I too have noticed that the Clone Wars figures are a different plastic. Rubbery. I did pick up Cad Bane this weekend. He's such a cool character.

[Phatty]

Ok, I have primed 2 more vehicles for customizing.  A Snowspeeder and Landspeeder.  I'm debating if they will be fleet specific, or planet specific.  I got me an airbrush finally, so I'll be testing it out on these.

For the Snowspeeder, I'm torn between making it a dark red or a dark green.  The red would be fleet specific, while the green would be forrest specific, such as Endor or such. 



The Land Speeder, I have no idea yet.  I'm debating on personal vehicle for the Overseer of the Imperial Shipyards.  I still need to MAKE an Overseer yet, so I just don't know.

[spudafett]

can't wait to see what you do with these...

me personally would LOVE to see an "forest terain air-speeder"

[Clonehead]

I agree with Spuda, a forest recon speeder would be killer!

[lambonspit]

I agree with Spuda, a forest recon speeder would be killer!

I agree with both!! Would be something out of the ordinary and you could pull it off easily!!

[RedLeaderOne (00fire501)]

I agree also with a forest recon speeder.

[Phatty]

Then Forrest Recon Speeder it shall become!  Thanks for the input!

[hangarbay94]

I'm just catchingf up with things....

ooooh forest speeder, I'm very interested to see how this turns out!!!

[Phatty]

Here is a preliminary shot of my Forest Speeder.  I finally bought me an airbrush, and tried it  out on this project.  I started with a base of a forest green, which cracked over a small section of the ship, but was able to turn that into battle damage.  I used some Dark Yellow to accent it a bit, showing some dirt.  Then I used some black for some weathering and battle scarring.  It's my first attempt at airbrushing, so take that into consideration!

[Clonehead]

Looks good, Pat. Throw some black details in the cracks and drybrush it up and this thing will sparkle. How do you like your airbrush?

[Phatty]

It's messy!  I'm getting used to it still.  I like the effects it brings.  I'm going to play with it a little more yet, see how well I can do this one up.  I still need to do the canopy and guns, add in a few more emplacements, and see what I come up with!