Hey Everyone,
I know some of you have heard about this already, but for anyone who has not, on 2 March Central Connecticut Scale Modelers Club is hosting a modeling seminar. We are fortunate to have three great guys coming to do demos and workshops for us:
Steve Reid of Celticwerks (www.celticwerks.net )
Joe Farina of Farina Enterprises (www.farinaenterprises.com )
Iain Hamilton of AK-Interactive USA (www.ak-interactive-usa.com )
I was fortunate enough to meet with Steve and Joe a couple of weeks ago and they gave me the products that they will be using for the demo. Over the past week, I took some time to paint them up a little so people can get an idea of the type of stuff we'll be doing in the seminar. I thought I'd share a few pics to show you what I was able to do:
Everyone who participates in the seminar will get this base - it is an industrial ruin. The pit at the center can be left open, or as you see in the picture, a cover is provided:
In addition, there will be some pipes and various nozzles and fitting as well. These fit together to make a section of pipeline:
When I started working on the piece, I realized just how diverse it is. With the base you can really do some nice groundwork, painting the rubble and concrete (I had even toyed with the idea of drilling some holes and having some weeds poking through), and then with the pipeline and girder tower you really have an opportunity to do some rusting and weathering.
Because we will use brushes in our seminar, I decide to paint everything that way, wih the exception of shooting a coat of primer from a rattle can. In this picture, I've started painting the concrete of the base - the rubble has been given a coat of light grey and the pit walls a mixture of light concrete and grey:
Next, I began picking out individual bricks with red and did some drybrushing and added a various washes to make things pop a bit:
While that dried, I turned my attention to the pipes and tower. First, everything got a coat of Tamiya NATO Black.
Then the pipe fittings (can't recall the actual names) were painted with Vallejo Blue Grey. I drilled a hole in the base to fit the end of the pipe and voila:
Since these pics were taken, I've spent some time chipping the paint on the pipe fittings. I also painted up the tower and cover. Both of these had been given a shot of hairspray after I primed them so I could do some heavy chipping and weathering on them. I'll post some more pics when I get a chance.
If anyone is interested in our seminar - check out the flyer: http://www.ipmsccmc.org/Docs/Seminar_Flyer.pdf
You can also contact me and I'll give you all the details.