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Modeling => The Showcase => Topic started by: Ruckdog on February 25, 2018, 08:21:05 pm

Title: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Ruckdog on February 25, 2018, 08:21:05 pm
After a week of concentrated effort (basically, all of my free time, and staying up later than was strictly advisable a couple of nights  :D), my Ice Maiden is finished:

(https://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2018/2/26/933280_sm-.JPG) (https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/933280-.html)

(https://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2018/2/26/933279_sm-.JPG) (https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/933279-.html)

(https://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2018/2/26/933277_sm-.JPG) (https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/933277-.html)

(https://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2018/2/26/933275_sm-.JPG) (https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/933275-.html)

(https://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2018/2/26/933276_sm-.JPG) (https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/933276-.html)

(https://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2018/2/26/933274_sm-.JPG) (https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/933274-.html)
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: markymark1970 on February 25, 2018, 09:14:43 pm
Sweet Andy!  Very COOL.
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Ruckdog on February 25, 2018, 11:04:40 pm
Quote from: markymark1970 on February 25, 2018, 09:14:43 pm
Sweet Andy!  Very COOL.

Thanks! I see what  you did there  ;D
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: markymark1970 on February 25, 2018, 11:26:01 pm
Quote from: Ruckdog on February 25, 2018, 11:04:40 pm
Quote from: markymark1970 on February 25, 2018, 09:14:43 pm
Sweet Andy!  Very COOL.

Thanks! I see what  you did there  ;D

I have been told it's hard to slip one by you...
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Brimat on March 12, 2018, 04:13:34 pm
Wow, this thing looks great. Nice work.  :)
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Wanjajoral on March 13, 2018, 12:01:25 pm
What a great piece of work.
How many paint pots did you have to empty for this monster of a ship?
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Ruckdog on March 13, 2018, 01:53:49 pm
Quote from: Wanjajoral on March 13, 2018, 12:01:25 pm
What a great piece of work.
How many paint pots did you have to empty for this monster of a ship?

I actually didn’t need that much! Using an airbrush for most of the heavy lifting made it pretty efficient to paint.
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Covertwalrus on March 13, 2018, 09:01:58 pm

 Very nice indeed! I'm going to have to say this is a superb model and if it weren't for other factors involved in the Warcradle acquisition of the game I'd be really stoked up for the future of DW based on how well this has been produced- Leaving aside your excellent paintwork there, Andy! :)

 As it is I'm rather cautious. :/

 Still, again it's a well-done job, Andy and you should be pleased with the result :)
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Landlubber on March 13, 2018, 10:14:14 pm
Ruckdog, great job as usual! You definitely did the model justice.

Did you free-hand the hazard striping on the doors, or were there mold lines to follow, or did you tape it off...? I've been thinking of using that effect in some of my projects as well.
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Ruckdog on March 13, 2018, 10:23:40 pm
Quote from: Landlubber on March 13, 2018, 10:14:14 pm
Ruckdog, great job as usual! You definitely did the model justice.

Did you free-hand the hazard striping on the doors, or were there mold lines to follow, or did you tape it off...? I've been thinking of using that effect in some of my projects as well.

On this project, the striping was already cast on to the doors. I just had to paint the yellow and black 😉. I’ve done some masked stuff for my FSA Terrans, though.
Title: Re: Finished my Ice Maiden!
Post by: Ruckdog on March 30, 2018, 09:49:01 pm
I did a tutorial video for how I painted my Ice Maiden:

https://youtu.be/TlYSbBPTB8I

 It took me a month to edit it all together, and I'm not 100% satisfied with the result (I forgot to record some of the steps 😅), but I thought some of you might enjoy it just the same!