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Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Wednesday Workbench 26 October 2022

 


I've begun work on some test paints of the 1:270 scale starships. These were early prints from before I had my printer dialed in which I kept for this purpose rather than binning them. 

I spray primed them all this morning, then used my airbrush to prime three of them grey and one black. This afternoon I also tested the colour shift paint on the black-primed ship. 


It works nicely, but I might get some other colours to try - the copper/violet tones don't contrast as much as I'd like.

I'll do some accent detailing on the colour-shift ship tomorrow and start work on the others.


I've also primed a 28mm test figure I've printed. I'll have a go at painting it this weekend to see how it comes out.


3D Printing


Since the weekend I have printed some more cargo pieces ranging from luggage items up to shipping containers. I also printed some more "bitz" (not shown - it's the same stuff I printed before, just in a different filament colour). I've got a few more cargo items to print, and some other terrain bits. After those, I'm not sure what I will decide to print - I think I've got enough terrain bits to be going on with!

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6 comments:

  1. Dave Stone26 October 2022 at 23:22

    Look forward to seeing how these paint up Tamsin, and see what you mean on the colour shift not having a big gradient to it, but a lot of that could be the photo. Nice looking cargo scenery.

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    1. TamsinP29 October 2022 at 23:01

      Cheers! This colour-shift doesn't photograph too well and the effect seems to vary with different lighting. :)

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  2. Blaxkleric27 October 2022 at 10:56

    Great stuff Tamsin. You've inspired me to pick up my own 3D printer with all your excellent coverage of their pros & cons.

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    1. TamsinP29 October 2022 at 23:02

      Thanks! If you want to chat about 3D printers, I'm happy to offer advice based on my own experience. :)

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  3. Herkybird27 October 2022 at 19:01

    Ah, you can never have enough storage containers!

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    1. TamsinP29 October 2022 at 23:03

      Indeed you can't, especially when you are going to have a spaceship with a very large cargo bay to fill! :)

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