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Modeling => The Showcase => Topic started by: Landlubber on July 13, 2016, 12:42:19 am
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A couple months ago I volunteered to paint the Dystopian Wars demo models for my FLGS. They gave me the models and I promptly forgot about the project. :-[
Fast forward to today, and they're finally done. One cruiser and three frigates each for the Federated States of America and the Covenant of Antarctica.
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/landlubber2011/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4817_zpsvqt0s0tf.jpg) (http://s482.photobucket.com/user/landlubber2011/media/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4817_zpsvqt0s0tf.jpg.html)
This was my first time using white as a main hull color. It wasn't too bad on these ships, as all four are pretty small, but I would NOT want to try this on a large ship. The white is pretty unforgiving, and I had to spend a lot of time going back to fix blemishes from the other colors. But, I'm happy with the final product.
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/landlubber2011/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4818_zpscg1wjtmo.jpg) (http://s482.photobucket.com/user/landlubber2011/media/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4818_zpscg1wjtmo.jpg.html)
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/landlubber2011/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4828_zpskr34o33i.jpg) (http://s482.photobucket.com/user/landlubber2011/media/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4828_zpskr34o33i.jpg.html)
For the FSA, I went with a theme that I've experimented with on my own FSA models. Again, pretty happy with the final result.
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/landlubber2011/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4829_zpsjcw7ky7b.jpg) (http://s482.photobucket.com/user/landlubber2011/media/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4829_zpsjcw7ky7b.jpg.html)
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/landlubber2011/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4822_zps8gxjwdv6.jpg) (http://s482.photobucket.com/user/landlubber2011/media/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4822_zps8gxjwdv6.jpg.html)
Comments and constructive criticism are welcome. Thanks for looking! Now I have to go paint a pile of stuff for the Halo game at Tacticon... ???
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/landlubber2011/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4826_zpsiwcmpqso.jpg) (http://s482.photobucket.com/user/landlubber2011/media/Tabletop%20Wargaming/Dystopian%20Wars/DW%20Battle%20Reports/IMG_4826_zpsiwcmpqso.jpg.html)
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Wow 8) I'm really impressed. I like those white covenant ships a lot.
These are going to look good and probably attract some attention in the cabinet.
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Those are good enough to embarrass me to finally paint my Antarctica.
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Brilliant work!
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Lookin' good there Greg! I especially like how clean and neat the white on the CoA came out!
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Thanks for the kind words all.
The white really was difficult, especially since I was drybrushing the metallic colors (all those gun "nodes" up and down the sides of the cruiser, for instance), so the ships were quite a mess until I cleaned them up. If you could see them up close, you'd notice you can see some colors under the white overcoat. But at tabletop distance, I don't think it's too pronounced.
Yes, hopefully they will garner some attention for the game at my FLGS. We shall see. The best way for people to get interested in a game is to see other people playing it, and unfortunately no one ever wanders over to check out Dystopian Wars when I play at that store. But, I digress...that's a rant for a different time and discussion thread... ::)
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I am gonna thread necro here to say those look sweet
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I am gonna thread necro here to say those look sweet
Thanks man!