First-Aid wrote:(and knowing is half the battle!)
Slap me with a fish, why don't you?!
First-Aid wrote:(and knowing is half the battle!)
Va'al wrote:I keep track of everyone. Backwards.
There are atandarfs to maintain.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Hey, If Mindmaster survived then you should do just fine.
vegetacron wrote:Because you are going for a more "realistic" look with realistic wear and tear. IRL, exhausts and guns have holes in them, due them serving a purpose other than to just look cool. If you look at that picture, you'll see his gun has a hole in the barrel. Exhausts have holes in them.
I spent close to two years (40-60hrs a week) painting
f-primus-unicron wrote: ok why is garbage? because its the same as every "battle" damage repaint customizers do, it doesnt looks like a robot after a battle, i like the paint details, really, but the wheathered effect just doesnt work, it doesnt looks "real", for me it looks like a scratched all paint, maybe, some white glue over the paint would
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Now before I go any further, I realize I probably don't deserve to criticize any part of this work…
That said, I think you could have gone easier on painting the head. The paint was a little too heavy for my liking. And that's my only criticism here.
AutobotMR2 wrote: Hopefully you do some more work with the other WFC figures!
Mindmaster wrote:
Edit; Just remembered to add this, but a quick question: how was the axe done? It doesn't look like the one FansProject did just recently...
Warbreaker wrote: I also admire how you've scratchbuilt the axe, though I must say the shaft looks rather... basic.
T-Macksimus wrote:I'll support those who have a varied opinion on this piece just for the fact that it IS their opinion and everyone has the right to a different viewpoint. This is art after all and everyone sees the same piece of art based on their own personal likes, dislikes, tastes, etc...
My own opinion happens to be that I'm VERY highly impressed. As a Cabinet Finisher who has had to do custom work like antiquing, burn-through and even had to "paint" wood grain where none exists…
BeastProwl wrote: Anywho, your also part of this "Transtopia Masterclass" thing?
I think I need to rephrase then. I wasn’t going for ‘realism’ but screen accuracy. It seems that on Cybertron exhausts don’t have ventilation holes! In the trailer the exhausts don’t have vent holes so I didn’t drill any. For the gun I now realise you refer to the hole at the end, not along the barrel. I considered drilling that out but decided to paint the end instead. Now you’ve brought this up I think I’ll drill a shallow hole and repaint it, as well as redo the eyes. New pics coming soon!
Thanks for the links, I'll look at those later as I’m always looking for ways to improve. Unlike you I haven’t spent thousands of hours painting. I’ve done around 30 customs and figured everything out myself as I sent along.
vegetacron wrote:The big thing i would personally like for you to take away from the thread as that there is alot out there on the internet and there are whole communities of hobby lovers that like and do the same thing that you do - you just hafta spend some time with Google to find them.
Mykltron wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Now before I go any further, I realize I probably don't deserve to criticize any part of this work…
That said, I think you could have gone easier on painting the head. The paint was a little too heavy for my liking. And that's my only criticism here.
Don’t worry, hints from anyone are helpful. Oiling it all up with copious compliments helps!
What do you mean by ‘going easier on the head’ and ‘too heavy’? Do you mean too much damage?
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Mykltron wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Now before I go any further, I realize I probably don't deserve to criticize any part of this work…
That said, I think you could have gone easier on painting the head. The paint was a little too heavy for my liking. And that's my only criticism here.
Don’t worry, hints from anyone are helpful. Oiling it all up with copious compliments helps!
What do you mean by ‘going easier on the head’ and ‘too heavy’? Do you mean too much damage?
What I meant was that, IMO at least, there seems to be too much paint on the head, making the paint-job look too thick.
Mykltron wrote:The trouble with that is that blue seems to have very little covering power. I found that with Scattorshot which is where I first tried paint chipping. There's the black base coat, silver dry brushing, white base coat, five coats of blue and a coat of clear blue there. Even without that paint the details on his head aren't very clear, they're all rounded.
I've PM'd you about the drybrushing.
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:your customized BB Bee is awesome! Other customs I've seen tend to go overboard with the weathering. I like your more subtle approach.
trence5 wrote:Excellent
Excellent
Any chance you could tell us how you went about making the ultra cool war Ax? I'm drawing out a variation, for my D.I.A. commander, but I'll be using clear blue plastic instead.
Three sheets of plastic. White inner sheet with the red/yellow fade painted on. Outer transparent sheets are where the details and black fade are painted. The metallic frame is layered over that. The shaft is made from WFC Megatron’s and RotF Skywarp’s missles plus a cog from DotM Ratchet’s mechtech weapon. The sections are joined with magnets so it can be assembled around his hands as parts are too thick for 5mm holes.
Mykltron wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:your customized BB Bee is awesome! Other customs I've seen tend to go overboard with the weathering. I like your more subtle approach.
Are you talking about Final Battle Bumblebee? Cos there is also the pre-battle version called BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades). Of course, the latter has no weathering at all so I hope that's not what you call subtle!
KnightStrike wrote:I have to say I really love this mold and so I like seeing all the customs of it, but this is hand's down my favorite custom paint. The detail and weathering, the paint scrapes, its all fantastic. Topped off by that killer axe, this thing is just mind blowing.
Registered users: Bing [Bot], Google [Bot], Google Adsense [Bot], MSN [Bot], Sabrblade, Yahoo [Bot]