greg Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Hiya. Ive been collected RoF models for ages but only recently started to work through them and paint them up. Also trying to improve my photography and get better at photographing minis - so feedback/opinions welcome Urial, Venter, sleeping_squirrel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Inspired by several great fleets on this forum I went with a contrasting red for my fliers. I spent ages airbrushing a graduated red on them but it doesnt really show in the photo *sob* sleeping_squirrel, Botticelli, Farcages and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKinstry Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Really great work. I love what you did with the heat lances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thanks matey. Had a lot of trouble getting the lances to look right - lots of failed attempts before I found one on this forum (forget whos) to copy Speaking of lances - here's more. Slick, Botticelli, Farcages and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 These fliers look way shinier in the photo that in real life Botticelli, Hubcap, WestAustralian and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 And here's the big group shot - thats pretty much everything Ive painted so far. Still plenty more to do though Slick, Lord Nobody, tansalus and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliJ Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Really nice ! The color are very top notch Your heat lance effect is subtle almost realistic and match with the color. Like the red band on your ship;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botticelli Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Fantastic stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiherr von Schlitz Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Great colortheme and superb paintjob. And you did well on the red gradient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Quite simply a beautiful fleet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Nobody Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Looks like you ... NAILED IT !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Thanks everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presidente Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Very impressive work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Mike Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Stunning work! Clean and wonderfully cohesive! Honestly there isn't enough compliments... just damned amazing. Well done sir! -Mike greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradomutante Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 great work greg, how did you painted the decks? greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Paradomutante said: how did you painted the decks? The decks are just a light tan (Coat d-arms Horse Tone Roan) thats washed with Army Painter Strong Tone Ink (aka GW devlan mud). The flight decks are the same with the added steps (a) when dry brushing the gold trim around the sides, mess up and splotch gold onto the decks (b) panic and dry brush white in the middle of the deck + stipple black/brown wash around the edges to cover up the mess you made (c) hope that nobody notices Paradomutante 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venter Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Who! Great job, man! Might I ask what's holding up the SAWs? I suppose it's just another flying base, right? greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted July 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Yeh, it's just a normal flying base. All my fliers + flying bases are magnetised so I added a magnet on the underside of the saw "tray" and was good to go. I was soooo tempted to do that cool thing Ive seen several folks do - to saw off the individual fighter planes and attach them to wires - but just don't have the time atm. Venter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted August 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Not finished painting anything new yet but I have taken a few more pictures. fracas, Lord Nobody, Gen. Eric and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicius Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 how did you get the white so clean? Nice contrast with my victorian black french fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Nobody Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 I like the red stripe! Maybe add it to the rest of the fleet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 4 hours ago, Nicius said: how did you get the white so clean? Nice contrast with my victorian black french fleet It is quite the contrast huh! The white is an air brushed light grey (vallejo, forget the name) gradient up to 50/50 grey/white. Then I pin wash the dark lines with a light body black wash and after Ive painted decks/metallics I edge in pure white. Nicius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicius Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 it looks really great! Thanks for the rundown on the white. I might try it myself sometime, but for now I'm staying clear of white paint schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
