Losing grip – Hatching plans
Yo and glad generic weekday! May it’s one and give you a little bit of enjoyable interest time. Failing that, let it at the very least give you a while of day dreaming of your subsequent challenge – I’m positive there may be one. I actually spend approach an excessive amount of time pondering of upcoming interest initiatives, be it RC, Lego or miniature gaming.
I believe anybody studying that is to a point the identical. Thinking, planning, constructing and discovering deep satisfaction in seeing what as soon as solely existed in your mind turned actual. A few years in the past I used to be actually into Lego trains an one in all my largest accomplishments was constructing a Lego practice in my head, ordering the items, and assembling it needing to do solely a few minor changes. From head to actual life with out passing neither paper nor pc, it was nice!
In my head at present is Vanquish Phoenix take two. I’ve two sources of inspiration. First, the title itself: Phoenix. Duh! Obviously the paint scheme needs to be a phoenix, one way or the other. Second: the treal wheels above. I first noticed them right here on BigSquid once they had been launched they usually not solely seemed good however had been solely seventy bucks for a full set, together with a scale hex driver! At that value, I knew I needed to test them out.
As a lot as the worth, I favored the colour. It ought to match the subsequent paint job completely. I’m pondering purple wheels, learn physique, and a phoenix in hues of yellow and orange. Maybe with some black for distinction. Maybe a little bit of blue as nicely. Lots of concepts bouncing round in my head at present. Always desperate to strive new methods, my primary plan for this job is to first spray the within of the physique in Tamiya matte varnish, then paint a phoenix utilizing brush, airbrush and acrylic paints, then end off with Tamiya metallic purple rattle can.
Level of ambition? Way too excessive, in fact. Where would the enjoyable be in any other case? I’ve carried out some looking for phoenix footage on Pinterest and have discovered a pair that are actually, actually cool, however could be actually, actually troublesome to do on a lexan physique. Unfortunately I in all probability can’t publish any of these pics right here, as a consequence of copyrights and such, so if you happen to’re curious you’ll have to take a look at pinterest. Cool and troublesome, that’s what I’m going for.
The actually troublesome bit is that I should do all of it backwards, because it’s a lexan physique painted from the within. Mistakes can’t be simply coated because the first layer of paint on the within is what will likely be seen on the skin. I’ll have to put down the highlights first and shading final, which is the other of what I might do on a plastic mannequin.
This needs to be attention-grabbing, I’ll hold you posted!
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