As these beauties were so close to being finished yesterday, I decided against doing a "Paint Table Saturday" post. I'm sure you'll agree that they were worth waiting for.
The vehicles are all resin models from Antenocitis Workshop's "Designed for Infinity" range.
VT Fairlane Taxi Cabs
The three-pack was meant to come with decals, but they were missing. Antenocitis are going to be slipping them in with my next order (which should ship in a week or two once they are up and running again in their new location).
I guess you'll be seeing another post of these three once the decals arrive and have been applied!
Eco-Cars Pangit City Cars
Anomala "Beetle" Cars
Bulabok City Cars
These come in "drive" configuration...
...and parked configuration.
Prepping these was a bit of a grind, but they were fun to paint.
They look awesome, nice work.
ReplyDeleteStrange but wonderful work m'lady!
ReplyDeleteThey look excellent, and the highlighting on the glass is superb.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking models. I've also added some of these to my Judge Dredd collection
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above, the highlighting and metallic effects are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWow - they look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteTony
They look the part, and the glass is stunning!
ReplyDeleteVery snazzy!
ReplyDeleteFantastic work Tamsin, how you've done the glass works so well
ReplyDeleteThey are brilliant! They look like a collection of exotic beetles (not the VW type)
ReplyDelete@ mattblackgod - thanks! :)
ReplyDelete@ Ray - cheers, m'dear! :)
@ Mut - thanks! :)
@ Neil - cheers! They're nice models to paint. :)
@ Herkybird - thanks! :)
@ Tony - cheers! :)
@ Barks - thanks! :)
@ Jacksarge - cheers! :)
@ Dave Stone - thanks! :)
@ Paul - cheers! I see what you mean! :)
Excellent work, and oh so many!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteTerrific work, Tamsin, and very tempted to pick up a few myself. I especially like the glare effect on all the windowscreens/windows. Presumably a quick airspray of white? Corking result however you achieved it.
ReplyDeleteCheers! It was a bit more involved than that:
DeleteAfter airbrushing on a protective coat of gloss varnish, I blacked out the windows then using the airbrush
3:1 mix of VMA black and VGA Alien Purple
2:1:1 mix of VMA black, VGA Alien Purple and VGA Electric Blue
3:1 mix of VGA Electric Blue and white ink
1:3 mix of above
All of those were quite heavily thinned.
That was followed by a thin glaze of 2:1:1 VMA black, VGA alien purple and VMA scarlet red.
These are fantastic! And very timely as I have a bunch of futuristic cars blocked out in base colours.....could I ask how you got the shading on the main body colour? Or is it the natural colours under the lights working with the varnish?
ReplyDeletePossibly a bit late, but I did zenithal pre-shading before airbrushing on the base colours.
DeleteStarting with a black primer, the first step was to airbrush a mid-light brown (for all but the blue cars), adding beige/buff and then an off-white in a couple of stages, airbrushing from higher angles each time.
For the blue cars I did a similar process but starting with a dark blue grey, adding pale blue grey and then white.
I also used a black wash to panel-line and recess shade following a gloss coat after doing basecoats on all the details.
Ah, I don’t have an airbrush so wouldn’t have helped and I suspected that’s how you got these results, I’ll just borrow the bits I can use though.
DeleteYou can mimic the effect to an extent with drybrushing - just use a large, soft brush (make-up brushes are ideal for this!), going almost all over with the darkest colour, reducing the area covered (and using softer strokes) as the colour gets lighter. For the actual colours, thin them to a heavy glaze consistency and apply that in layers until you are happy with the colour saturation.
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