And there we have it. Thank you for following me on this awesome build. Until my next model.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Pt. 5 Final Reveal
And at last, the Bandai 1/48 scale AT-ST model is completed. I now present my finished model.
And there we have it. Thank you for following me on this awesome build. Until my next model.
And there we have it. Thank you for following me on this awesome build. Until my next model.
Pt. 4 Painting The AT-ST
So the the first thing I did was paint the body of the AT-ST with Tamiya fine gray primer.
I really like this color and it's very accurate to the color of the AT-ST. So I'm going to actually use the primer as my base coat.
This first thing I did was airbrush very lightly, a geenish gray tint around some of the panels of the head, as well as a little shading here and there.
I then sprayed a coat of clear laquer over the primer and airbrush to seal and to aid in my weathering.
So I'm starting out with a black wash over all of the body.
After black washing, I've taken a chunk of a green sponge and torn it a bit. I will then dip it in black paint, dab most of the paint off, and lightly dab some of the edge areas around the head to make paint chipping marks.
After doing some chipping around various areas of the model, I'm then proceeding with some more weathering.
What I am first going to do is apply a coat of laquer thinner over the paint.
While this is wet, I apply dabs of black paint with a very fine tip brush...
Then with a wide dry brush, lightly sweep downward over the black spots of paint making weather streakings down the model.
I also apply some laquer thinner to other areas and brush mud, rust and dirt pastels into it for more weathering and detail.
The next thing I've done is modify the base. I cut a piece of foam to fit around the outside and make it more organic and not square.
After gluing the foam to the base, I then drizzled hot glue all along the outer edge to create an organic flow to the edge.
At this point, I'm ready for the next stage of covering the base in Elmer's glue....
Then cover the glue with brown ballast, to simulate earth and green bushes for vegetation.
Because the ballast is all a singular brown color, I decided to highlight with airbrushing dark brown for deeper recesses...
And a light tan color for dusty highlights.
It was then time to glue a branch from a tree to simulate a fallen tree that had be blasted.
And to add vegetation around the base.
See Pt. 5 for the final reveal.
https://at-stmodelbuild.blogspot.com/2017/10/pt-5-final-reveal.html
I really like this color and it's very accurate to the color of the AT-ST. So I'm going to actually use the primer as my base coat.
This first thing I did was airbrush very lightly, a geenish gray tint around some of the panels of the head, as well as a little shading here and there.
I then sprayed a coat of clear laquer over the primer and airbrush to seal and to aid in my weathering.
So I'm starting out with a black wash over all of the body.
After black washing, I've taken a chunk of a green sponge and torn it a bit. I will then dip it in black paint, dab most of the paint off, and lightly dab some of the edge areas around the head to make paint chipping marks.
After doing some chipping around various areas of the model, I'm then proceeding with some more weathering.
What I am first going to do is apply a coat of laquer thinner over the paint.
While this is wet, I apply dabs of black paint with a very fine tip brush...
Then with a wide dry brush, lightly sweep downward over the black spots of paint making weather streakings down the model.
I also apply some laquer thinner to other areas and brush mud, rust and dirt pastels into it for more weathering and detail.
The next thing I've done is modify the base. I cut a piece of foam to fit around the outside and make it more organic and not square.
After gluing the foam to the base, I then drizzled hot glue all along the outer edge to create an organic flow to the edge.
At this point, I'm ready for the next stage of covering the base in Elmer's glue....
Then cover the glue with brown ballast, to simulate earth and green bushes for vegetation.
Because the ballast is all a singular brown color, I decided to highlight with airbrushing dark brown for deeper recesses...
And a light tan color for dusty highlights.
It was then time to glue a branch from a tree to simulate a fallen tree that had be blasted.
And to add vegetation around the base.
See Pt. 5 for the final reveal.
https://at-stmodelbuild.blogspot.com/2017/10/pt-5-final-reveal.html
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