HYGOG
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You know what they say about robots with big feet...
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Some drilling and a PE fin (I knew I'd need those!) to just add a little something something.
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Holy seam lines Batman, the fit of this kit is not exactly up to Bandai's *current* quality standards.
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Someone must have started this kit, because that shoulder piece was off the runners and pretty mangled. I could have filled the damage, but this seemed like a good time to add a "racing stripe" detail to just cover the area. Cheating? No. Efficiency!
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I think the stripes and the PE details are elevating this big blue boy bit by bit.
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I think this completes the build! There are some pontoons (or something?) that may be able to go under the shoulders, but other than THAT it's basically done. No huge seam lines on those luckily.
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Here he is all broken down into sub assemblies for painting. The yellow paint is for details that will later be masked. I want to try some tonal variations by mixing in neutral grey to the purple.
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Yellow details that I'll have to mask now...
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Black then purple for the torso. I’ll undercoat some with grey and not at all for others to vary the paint scheme.
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Here you can see the three purples... just different enough.
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Needs a bit of touch up.
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I like the color variations... I think it’s working out nicely.
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Matte coat.
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Backside.
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Beginnings of the beach, complete with jetty!
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Possible pose
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Masked for rock painting.
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THIS is the pose! Fingers in the water means cool wakes and splashes!
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I'm opening a water park.
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I did the pour!
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This guy's going to make a serious splash.
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Don't you hate it when you get sand in your giant robo-toes?
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In the home stretch now... a bit more pigment and then some matte (except on the water).
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Коментари
17 June 2019, 13:25
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Sorry guys, I accidentally deleted the album, but it's back with a couple of extra shots in it. Looks like Scalemates is none the wiser, too. 🙂
24 June 2019, 12:19
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I'm no masochist, Nate. The seam line removal has taken every trick in the book. Some were fine with just plastic cement and sanding, others took some putty, and others took some superglue to fill gaps and divots.
I usually use acrylic putty, but I'm thinking I should have gone with some of the Tamiya putty that I have. The acrylic stuff is easy to use and doesn't smell, but it doesn't sand as well I don't think.
24 June 2019, 12:38
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I like Tamiya putty. The excess can be easily removed with their Laquer Thinner.
24 June 2019, 12:49
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That's something I didn't know! I'm putting that tidbit in the toolbox. Thanks!
24 June 2019, 13:20
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Okay! The majority of the build is done. There are a few bits to complete (some pontoon like things that go under the shoulders) but not much in the way of a seam line slog. I should see if this has been retooled or redesigned since this '89 release and build that as a comparison.
Now, on to painting. The M4 tractor I just completed is blue, so I want to do something else. I asked for advice from my girlfriend (she's an artist and usually has a good color combo up her sleeve) and she said purple shades and yellow accents. I think that'll look really cool, with a main color of a dark purple, and then lighter accents and tonal variations if I can pull that off. The racing stripes are definitely gonna be yellow, and maybe I'll do a paint stripe down the center of his head.
Actually, she said "candy purple" and I said, "no thanks I have other builds I'd like to complete this century."
3 July 2019, 12:10
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Mighty leader of the Blue Lobster folk, rise and free your kind from... whatever terrible fate it is just suffering...!
Looking good, I like the lines, I like the color... Will it receive some weathering or will it go ocean-clean?
3 July 2019, 14:37
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Thanks Slavo! I'm dying at the blue lobster comment! I definitely will weather this bad boy, he's just screaming for it. And hopefully I can put it some sort of diorama with water coming out of the drainage holes.
3 July 2019, 16:31
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Penguin, I just checked out some of your albums! Very nice! If you've got tips on creating tonal variations, which you seem to be GREAT at, I'm all ears.
5 July 2019, 12:23
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Glad to see you like them, Paul! 😉
If you'll check discussion of my spitfire build, you will find lots of my
thoughts and sources of inspiration: Result | Album by rPenguin (1:48) That was really cognitive build for me.
As for main things, that I try to keep in mind, are:
1) try to use semitransparent colors for modulation
2) use several layers
3) don't use black for shading (and mixing colors), only if base color is grey or pretty close to it
4) I don't like classic preshading, so I try to use a whole darker base and highlight it gradually, so there will be no strict boundaries
5) mix colors from close colors if you can
P.S. As for Miyuki, you can call it cheating) It's still diffucult for me to achieve this result from the first attempt
5 July 2019, 13:25
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Is that some new paint I see? Sorry Slavo the blue lobster is no more...
8 July 2019, 15:35
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The glue's not quite dry on the jetty yet, but the diorama is starting to come together. Boy, dioramas are addictive.
I want to add some beach scene items, like towels and a few umbrellas. I'd like the scene to read as if everyone was scared off the beach by something other than a shark, which happens very frequently on Cape Cod where I live. (There's even an app to get alerts on sightings.)
I was thinking about making some towels out of tissue paper and diluted white glue, and then painting them after application to the sand surface. For umbrellas, I thought a wire frame with more of the tissue paper. Do you folks have any ideas in that department? This is 1:144 scale, so a six foot towel would be like 8.5mm long...
Once that's done, RESIN POUR! Exciting stuff. 🙂
12 August 2019, 13:24
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Well, in 1/144 I don`t think you actually need frame for umbrellas, just a central rod, you can paint dark lines on inside of umbrellas like there is a frame) What about surfboards or aqualungs? Or some vertical japanese flags?
12 August 2019, 19:38
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LOL Bob! That IS a scary sight. No one person should have access to that much hair gel and self tanning spray.
Penguin: Surfboards! That's what I need! That's perfect, thanks. I'm taking a lot of inspiration from the surrounding area, so maybe a kayak, too.
That might work with the umbrellas, good call. I could use stretched sprue for the pole and plastic sheet for the cloth part instead of tissue paper on a frame. Actually, your suggestion will probably be a heck of a lot easier. Thanks again!
12 August 2019, 20:36
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👍 👍
I came up with more! You can make sun loungers, but it's probably difficult, because of their thin armrests and frame.
Heh, I figured out how not to make the frame on the umbrella and how to make the frame again for something else. 🤔
12 August 2019, 23:24
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Looking good so far. been a while since I watched the progress, but...
30 August 2019, 15:58
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Nice water! + a stylish color combo with purple & yellow 👍 Fun on the beach! 🙂
30 August 2019, 17:38
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Thanks for the encouragement guys. I'm really hoping to enter this in Granite Con this year... Unfortunately most of my models would fall into the "sci-fi" category, so I'm going to be competing against myself quite a bit.
3 September 2019, 13:07
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Thanks Nathan! I'm going to put this one in a show in a few weeks. My first model show ever!
7 October 2019, 13:08
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You did really well with the feet underwater, but it all looks great!
7 October 2019, 13:23
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Awesome Paul. You should have a great time. Dont forget to bring some extra $$$ for the vendor area!
7 October 2019, 13:29
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No idea why this has to go SCI-FI, my kids would happily testify they´ve seen precisely this dude on the beach several times, even had a chat with the pilot & assisted in fighting off a sneak attack of the Barracuda amphibious drone squadron, just all the other people ran away & apparently took no pictures... aaand left the sunshade umbrella in place😉
8 October 2019, 10:20
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Seems lovely, I already want to go to this beach and tame this Hygog!
8 October 2019, 22:16