Duetzefix Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi! I started painting again yesterday, and it was fun! I don't think I've finished painting a model in more than five years, now, let alone three. But I realised I'm rusty. So I hope this thread can motivate me to keep on paintin'. Maybe the rust'll flake off that way. Anyway, here's some pictures: It's my first try at OSL, so I'd be grateful for any hints, tips etc. Oh, and, forgive the "quality": The only camera I have is my phone. FragEmAll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryjak Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 As these are effectively the first models you've painted, you're off to a good start. OSL is very difficult with just brushes. The best results are from an airbrush, so if that's not an option, you need to get some 'technical' mediums to mix with your paints. Vallejo has an excellent line of these modifiers; Citidel has a few as well. Worst case, you can try some advanced techniques like wet blending, as a last resort. If you find a solution that works for you, great! If not, these models still look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frans Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Good choice of colours Duetzefix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 @Ryjak: An airbrush is not an option for me at the moment, but I'll look into the "technical" mediums you mentioned. The paintjobs are supposed to be tabletop standard, anyway, so I probably won't bother with wet blending. @Frans: The colour choice is the only thing you can mention as positive? My models must be awful! I hope I can get a few cruisers done this weekend. Now that I've said that I probably have to paint them, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frans Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 @Frans: The colour choice is the only thing you can mention as positive? My models must be awful! No, it was just the colours that caught my eye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klarg1 Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 OSL is largely about blending your light color into the base color underneath it. You can do that with patient glazing using thin paints. You can do it much faster with an airbrush, but (IMO), you have to use somewhat translucent pigments to get it to look right. I would also recommend applying the glow effect using a slightly darker color than your brightest light effect. It brings out the engine as the light source, and makes the light cast on the hull look more like cast illumination than source light. It's a tricky effect to do well, but you're starting out well, and asking the right questions. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted June 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 It puts the paint on the resin or else it gets the hose again! So, it's been a while. Nice being back. I painted some things in the last few weeks, didn't want to keep them from the public. Or the public from them. Anyway, I could use some motivation to keep going. First the Aquan half of the Taskforce box: Carcinus and Ladon Ladon shows off its engines Oh no, Carcinus fell over! Nereids, still don't know where their engines are so I just guessed And the first finished things from RotO, more to come: Chimaeras, confused The belly of the ... beast? Small aggressive aquatic creature? Liquidators, with purpose Nothing funny to see here, folks Strange structure I think it just turned on ... So cute! Let me know what you think! Skyhawk and RuleBritannia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuleBritannia Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Lovely colour schemes! Duetzefix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Really nice work on the lenses in the last photo - and I like the way you've split the contrast on the ships with a darker top and then a brighter underside to bring out the detail of the underside in a way that often gets overlooked in spaceship games. Duetzefix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted June 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Thank you for your feedback! The colour scheme on the Aquans is basically what I came up with after I saw a picture of a whale shark. It's easy to do (just spray the bottom white then the top brown) and looks pretty, although it probably makes the whole fleet look really brown on the table. In my experience the problem with many space ship models is that you can't really see all the detail on the bottom of the ship and, in this case, the colour of the bottom, which is a bit of a waste because it's pretty to look at. The Directorate colour scheme is something I think I blatantly stole from Kurgan IIRC. I'm not 100% on my interpretation of the colour scheme on the frigates, I think it's a bit boring and could use a little more contrast. Maybe some brighter green stripes on the dark green parts for the larger ships? Here's a better picture of the Anathema drone, the one I took yesterday was too blurry to post: And here's two pictures of the Shiva gunships, the one on the left is the one I finished today, the right one has been finished for about three weeks, now: Not sure why exactly the left one is so much darker than the right one but I'm just going to accept it. Left one isn't completely varnished, either, my spray can of matte varnish crapped out on me yesterday, maybe that'll change something on how it looks. Next up: Sulis heavy cruisers, probably by the end of the week. First I need a new can of varnish. Skyhawk and RuleBritannia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Interesting paint scheme for the aquans. I'm not sure I've seen one like it. Duetzefix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I like to believe that's a compliment, so thanks! Here, as promised, the Sulises: Not much to say: Today's Sulis is on the right, the other one has been finished for a few weeks already. New varnish actually helped evening out the models. Oannes coming up as soon as I get to it, so probably tomorrow. No promises, though. Skyhawk and Bessemer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Duetzefix said: I like to believe that's a compliment, so thanks! It was a compliment. Their very cool. Duetzefix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted June 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 So, as (not) promised I'm back with the big 'un, only a day late. The light is bad today which messed up my pictures, so please be kind. Oannes: From the bottom: And the whole shoal: Next up: Directorate. I guess I'll start with the gunships. I give myself time until next weekend, if I'm not back by then inform the president. RuleBritannia and Skyhawk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuleBritannia Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 The beautiful brown speckling reminds me of Moya from Farscape. The windows are really, really good. It's an amazing fleet. Duetzefix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Thanks, that's really kind of you to say. Fashionably late here are the Aquan SRS that have been lying around for weeks but I only just got around to take a picture of: And, as promised, Annihilation-class gunships Kelenken and Paracrax, ready for duty: The Turmoils should be quicker, I hope. Skyhawk and RuleBritannia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted July 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Not that quick, it turns out. Anyway, on to the Turmoils, DFC Bathornis-PI99 and DFC Illuyanka-S001 (as you can see I looked up the Directorate's naming conventions): Pictures are very blue this time, don't ask me why, I didn't do anything different. Next up: Well, the Anarchist, of course. Last ship from RotO that's still missing. RuleBritannia, Skyhawk and Ryjak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimat Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 14 hours ago, Duetzefix said: Next up: Well, the Anarchist, of course. Last ship from RotO that's still missing. No, not the Anarchist, no one likes the Anarchist (except Directorate players i think ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcradle Zak Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Loving how these look, Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duetzefix Posted September 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 So this took longer than expected. Anyway, they've been done for two weeks now so here's some pictures: First up the dreaded Anarchist battleship DFC Kukulkan-TQ6: Some SRS tokens: And the complete fleet: Thanks for all the nice and supportive comments, by the way, I really appreciate it. :) My next project is a Terran Patrol Fleet but I'll post the whole thing once it's done, I think. RuleBritannia and Bessemer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy'slawofcombat Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 did the same color for the main body but brass on the engine components .... like you choice of colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
