Hey guys,
Yesterday (19 February) I had the opportunity to attend a workshop put on by none other than Rob Ferreira in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Many of you may know Rob as 'Scratchmod'.
About 24 people were in attendance. Each of us received a resin Matilda turret that Rob had previously given a quick basecoating and chipping (yeah, the poor guy chipped 24 Matilda turrets to get ready for this thing!!!). Rob then walked us through the process that he uses to achieve some of his dynamic results.
The workshop was held in an Ratskeller, so when we broke for lunch, there was some great German food and beer to whet our appetites.
The afternoon had more weathering and then a color modulation demo by Iain Hamilton.
While nothing that I saw yesterday would amount to rocket science, it was great to sit down with a bunch of fellow modelers and see how people do things in person, rather than trying to visualize it from online descriptions and pictures.
Here are a few pics of my effort. Definately not up to Rob's standard, but I really was pleased with the results. As Rob said, sometimes all it takes is the willingness to give it a try. It is too easy to NOT try because you are sure you'll mess it up.
Just want to give a big thanks to Rob! He put together a great workshop. I am sure all who attended had a ball.
PS If you start seeing a bunch of heavily weathered Matilda turrets popping up in all the armor forums, now you'll know why... 