Science fiction, fantasy and mecha model building.
The theme for this month's club meeting was Sci-Fi and I decided to do something that I once made when I was 9, the Seaview from the movie and series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
I have two Seaviews in my stash, one from [...]
Not your typical “model”
I made this replica sword known as Oathbringer from a book series by author Brandon Sanderson. The series is called The Stormlight Archive.
To create the sword; I printed out an artist rendering of the sword [...]
Another nostalgic blast for me.
A great kit with absolutely no issues at all.
Primed with Tamiya Lacquer Gloss Black.
Painted with Xtreme Metals Aluminium, ColourCoats Light Mediterranean Blue, Insignia Red.
Citadel Nuln Oil for the [...]
I finished the Master Grade Zugok in military style colors.
Based on the kit of Char's Zugok, I applied weathering with thread carving, edge adjustment, and mono eye changes.
Based on the aircraft being an amphibious MS, I finished it with [...]
INTRODUCTION
Gerry Anderson along with his ex-wife, Sylvia Anderson, made names for themselves with such great kid SF TV shows such as the the Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett and Fireball XL-7. They were noted for their strong use of [...]
This diorama was inspired by reading a compilation book of the art of sci fi artist Chris Foss. If you ever read a science fiction paperback printed in the 70s or 80s there is a good chance he did the art work for the cover.
I wanted [...]
I tried to create a weathering finish on Hasegawa's 1/48 scale kit, using the box art as a reference.
We aimed to create a finish that gives the impression that this is what the Valkyrie would look like if it were real, with a slight [...]
Decided to build another Bandai Star Wars kit since I had so much fun on the last one I did. These go together really easily with no fuss which makes it a low stress build allowing me to focus most of my attention on painting and [...]
A project I was really excited for but got a bit out of Mojo on because of the terrible possibility on the older Bandai kits. Thank goodness they have come such a long way and improved so much.
I wanted to try and do multicolour camo on [...]
I was also done with the Star Destroyer. Bandai, 1: 14500 scale. It had to be sealed here and there, unlike Death Star II. The real challenge is painting, these ships are usually brilliant whites in the movies (except for the Jedi [...]
