Help!

[Atreyeux]

Hi Guys

I seem to remember a while back someone did quite a good painting guide for Drazi engines.... However I cannot find it..... Anyone remember or have a link?

 

[M1ndr1d3rs]

Was it Kickaha? i believe it was also the one with the Vorlon cruiser.

 

[nightshade]

Is this it?

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=37145

I was looking at it today, while thinking about basing fighters.

 

[Atreyeux]

That's the one, thanks guys!!!!

Now to lock myself in the studio for a few day..... :twisted:

 

[Iain McGhee]

Kickaha's are beautiful, but I took the easy way out and used a fine permanent ink pen for the engine pattern. Left it for a week and then varnished it. The hulls were just black ink over gunmetal. I'll take a couple of snapshots with my phone later.

The paint jobs are fast, unsophisticated but surprisingly effective. Pretty appropriate really

 

[Atreyeux]

Hi Iain

Sweet! Any chance of a closeup on the engine......

I cheat with the hulls, Vallejo grey primer, black wash, then 0.1 micron pen between plates and a highlight.... :twisted:

 

[AdrianH]

Kickaha's are beautiful, but I took the easy way out and used a fine permanent ink pen for the engine pattern. Left it for a week and then varnished it. The hulls were just black ink over gunmetal.

I like those a lot! I'm hoping to get a pair of Sunhawks soon and when I do, I'm going to use your method and hope they turn out somewhere near as good as those.

 

[McKickaha]

Kickaha's are beautiful, but I took the easy way out and used a fine permanent ink pen for the engine pattern.

Was offline for a couple of weeks so missed this original post.

Fantastic tip and makes probably the most challenging step on my method very easy. Nice one Iain and great looking canonesque engine effect.

& thanks for the comment, much appreciated.

 

[M1ndr1d3rs]

Has anyone tried the above mentioned techniques on FA scale sunhawks? I'm thinking of acquiring a few (packs).. :wink:

 

[McKickaha]

Has anyone tried the above mentioned techniques on FA scale sunhawks? I'm thinking of acquiring a few (packs).. :wink:

Never seen any, however in theory should be very possible using Iain's pen lining technique. A very quick search on the net showed possible to buy fine red marker pens at 0.2mm nib thickness.

And you want to go the full hog a 0000 brush should certainly be capable of filling in the blobs left after the pen lining.

(I use a 0000 for very fine detail work myself so can recommend for the really small jobs, like lettering traders, which I am going to try over the weekend).

Look forward to seeing your finished ship.

 

[M1ndr1d3rs]

I just saved this link and the pictures for future reference..

It's gonna take some time before I order anything again.. My account and my faith need to recover, because there's still no sign of the models from FRP :evil: