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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2012, 01:37:16 pm »
Indeed! Great job man. Can't wait to see how your Sky Fortress comes out ;).

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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2012, 06:45:48 pm »
Thanks Ruckdog.

Ah yes, hmmm, yes, well, the Sky Fortress...yes...

Let's just say that I could get more models painted if I could clone myself. 

But I will get to it....it's too cool of a model to let it sit in it's blister.
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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2012, 02:59:16 pm »
Hi Guys,

Beautiful pieces to be sure!!! Superb work!

I especially like the airship and bomber stands!

Gary

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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2012, 07:46:11 pm »
Hi Guys,

Beautiful pieces to be sure!!! Superb work!

I especially like the airship and bomber stands!

Gary
Thanks for the kind words Gary.  Maybe one day I'll have more painted models to post...
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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2017, 12:48:23 pm »
Bringing this thread back from the dustbin...

I've toyed around with various paint schemes for my FSA for almost 6 years. They are my original Dystopian Wars fleet. I always knew I wanted to do a "wood and metal" scheme for them, as it fits the steampunk aesthetic (in my mind, at least). I've tried different combinations of colors for both the wood and metal over the years, and they were close, but not *quite* right.

I'm happy to say that now, I've finally figured it out. And more importantly, I wrote down the names of all the paints I used.  :D

So here is the the start (or re-start) of my FSA.





Liberty-class heavy battleship:



Princeton-class gunships:



Augusta-class frigates:



Revere-class corvettes:



Independence-class battleship with kinetic generator:



I'm pretty happy with how they've turned out. Watch this space for updates, as one of my goals for 2017 is to get my FSA completely painted up.

Comments and constructive criticism area always welcome. Thanks for looking!
« Last Edit: March 26, 2017, 01:03:08 pm by Landlubber »
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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2017, 01:13:58 pm »
They look really good when you put them all together. I like the subtle color pops of the generators.

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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2017, 06:41:21 pm »
Great work! It is awesome to see them all done at long last.

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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2017, 11:49:16 pm »
Great work! It is awesome to see them all done at long last.

Thanks Ruck. It actually does feel good to have them painted. Especially ships like the Lexingtons, which have been languishing half-painted or half-primed for literally years.
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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2017, 11:56:12 pm »
They're turning out real good.  Love how there are pops of color all all of the ships, particularly the red kinetics and rocket tips, the blue paddle wheel housings with the white stars, the bronze(?) of the boilers, pipes and whatnot.  Clean yet visually interesting.  Keep up the good work!

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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #24 on: March 30, 2017, 12:02:12 am »
They're turning out real good.  Love how there are pops of color all all of the ships, particularly the red kinetics and rocket tips, the blue paddle wheel housings with the white stars, the bronze(?) of the boilers, pipes and whatnot.  Clean yet visually interesting.  Keep up the good work!

Thanks Mark! Yeah, I had to make sure they didn't go monochromatic with that hull scheme--especially the Liberty, which has very little exposed wood on the deck surfaces. The Independence is different, as it has much less armor covering up the wood.
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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2017, 12:02:35 am »
Small update. Finished my Yale-class heavy destroyers for a hobby challenge at my local gaming store:









Great detail on these little ships.

More to come hopefully this month...
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Re: No-frills FSA
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2017, 11:55:54 am »
Looking good! Glad to see the whole squadron done. The white stars on the bows are a really nice touch. :)