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[TFmaster]

All right. We all know the Classics are Damn near perfect but there is ALWAYS room for improvement right? OT at least what we kitbashes call improvments...

Anyhoo, I don't want the site bogged down with umpteen billion versions of Classics and the Minor mods done to paint or mold so I thought we could round all those little doggies here.

Here is my take on SS so far. Still have a couple more paint touchups to do but otherwise he's on the right track.





Next on my list? Megatron...who else? Once I get a Secondary version I'd like to make a Classics Browning as well.

Feel free to show off your minor Classics mods here and feel free to talk about what you did.

If anyone has any questions i'll do my best to answer them as well.

TFM

[Greyryder]

Nice. Never thought of giving Screamer a wash. I kind of liked his air show paint, though.

[Insane Galvatron]

Except for the wash ( which looks good, just not my cup of tea ), I really like what you did. I'm thinking of making a mold of my RM Starscream lasers with bigger posts to fit. The ones he has are way too big. I want to make a mold so I can cast new ones repeatedly for the other six seekers we're sure to get.

[tentagil]

If you do mold and cast the RM blasters I'd buy a few sets for my Classics seekers.

And love that paint work, probably do the similiar to mine once I'm all moved and such.

[Hobbyist Prime]

It'a amazing how something as simple as a paint wash can jack up the realism 10 fold!!!! Beautiful work

[jimsloth]

I think I'm going to be using the null rays from my oversized RM starscream for classics whenever I get him. Those cannons just look WAY too big on a mold whos chest already looks a bit on the wide side.

[supremeprime]

how do you do a wash, I like that

[TM 1987olds442]

Mazinkaiser's Classics (G1) Megatron, WIP...

http://www.tfans.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=53849

[REDLINE]

I touched up Starscream, but left his "airshow" scheme intact, just improved a few things, chest, face...




http://www.tfmaster.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5849

[TFmaster]

It'a amazing how something as simple as a paint wash can jack up the realism 10 fold!!!! Beautiful work

I didn't do a traditional was but what I call a "Hard Wash"

I actually paint the entire surface black. Let dry.

Then I use a junk cloth (I have many for these kinds of purposes only) and put a couple dabs of Paint thinner or lighter fluid on it.

Then I rub the entire surface clean.

The end result is a perfect depth of black left behind in the cracks and looks much better then any marker type pens I've used in the past.

It's even simpler to outline the lines with a marker pen then do a quick rub with Paint thinner/Lighter fluid.

As long as any messy lines left behine are cleaned the remaining should stay within the cracks.

A straight "Wash" is just using a type of thinned paints and hope it stays neatly behind. Doesn't work or look nearly as good.

TFM