greg 56 Report post 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 8 Slick, Freiherr von Schlitz, sleeping_squirrel and 5 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post 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* 5 Botticelli, Farcages, Freiherr von Schlitz and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McKinstry 322 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 Really great work. I love what you did with the heat lances. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post 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. 5 Farcages, Botticelli, Slick and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 These fliers look way shinier in the photo that in real life 8 Marden, OliJ, Slick and 5 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post 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 14 Marden, tansalus, Lord Nobody and 11 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OliJ 26 Report post 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;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Botticelli 134 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 Fantastic stuff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Freiherr von Schlitz 35 Report post Posted July 9, 2017 Great colortheme and superb paintjob. And you did well on the red gradient Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slick 332 Report post Posted July 17, 2017 Quite simply a beautiful fleet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Nobody 338 Report post Posted July 17, 2017 Looks like you ... NAILED IT !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post Posted July 17, 2017 Thanks everyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presidente 655 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 Very impressive work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S.Mike 1,108 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 Stunning work! Clean and wonderfully cohesive! Honestly there isn't enough compliments... just damned amazing. Well done sir! -Mike 1 greg reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paradomutante 29 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 great work greg, how did you painted the decks? 1 greg reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post 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 1 Paradomutante reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venter 218 Report post 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? 1 greg reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post 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. 1 Venter reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post Posted August 12, 2017 Not finished painting anything new yet but I have taken a few more pictures. 8 Works Raptor, Gen. Eric, Botticelli and 5 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicius 298 Report post Posted August 13, 2017 how did you get the white so clean? Nice contrast with my victorian black french fleet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Nobody 338 Report post Posted August 13, 2017 I like the red stripe! Maybe add it to the rest of the fleet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg 56 Report post 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. 1 Nicius reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicius 298 Report post 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
