The Energon Pub

by **Taiga_Shinjiro** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:28 am

Well, when I say WIP....

I mean this is literally the first stage.
Just primed him white (although I really should have primed him grey, because he's now pink where the red is and white where the blue/metal is)

And then gave him a wash on all the parts i'm going to get looking like metal.

Opinions on it so far? I'm going to drybrush metal colour over the black but don't know whether to use acrylic or enamel.

Also, can't decide on what character to make him- Magnus or Nemesis?

I'm figuring that Nemesis would be a hell of a lot easier......

According to sources its very hard covering up all the red on this figure.

Constructive critisim, please! >_<

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:44 pm

Drybrushing with enamel can be a pain.

If your going for that showroom look, you can use enamels for the main body parts, but I'd suggest acrylics for the drybrushed sections.

Lookin' good so far!

by **olokin** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:31 am

Your new project looks promising. I've seen a lot of Nemesis on this sight, maybe Magnus then?

by **rhinox555** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:01 pm

rpetras wrote:Drybrushing with enamel can be a pain.

If your going for that showroom look, you can use enamels for the main body parts, but I'd suggest acrylics for the drybrushed sections.

Lookin' good so far!

Untill you read this

by **Taiga_Shinjiro** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:44 am

UPDATE:

Drybrushing on limbs and torso....I think it's a littel heavy, but....overall good? =S Opinions!!
I need opinions!!!
This is really my first major repaint/kitbash....

Back, minus backpack (I've made it removable).

Oh, and opinions on this please-

Does this gun look grossly out-of-scale? I think it fits quite well....

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:43 pm

The gun seems a little excessive. Once you get him finished up you'll have a better idea how it fits. Otherwise, seems to be moving along quite well. :wink:

by **Taiga_Shinjiro** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:48 am

Yeah, I was thinking that about the gun LOL

Well....time to scratchbuild a sword, then. ^_^

by **Taiga_Shinjiro** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:12 am

Started on the body-
Used gloss black which turned out waayyy too glossy-

So started to weather and highlight edges. It looks kind of rough but I'm not finished with it yet- I'll be sanding edges and going over some other parts to make it look the paint look worn in places. I may even toy with the idea of some battle damage.

So heres what it looks like now:

I can't really decide if I like it better now or before I started weathering.
I don't know if its particularly apparent but I went over the body very lightly (perhaps a bit too lightly!) to give it a slight rusty look.
Its only apparent upon very close inspection, though.....>_<"

Opinions, anyone?

News Credits: 9 · by **Orion_Prime48** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:22 pm

I think it looks great so far cant wait to see it finished

by **Taiga_Shinjiro** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:44 pm

Latest update and possibly last one before this one's done and finished-

After this its just tidying up and such, and Nemesis is finished! ^_^

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:57 pm

rhinox555 wrote:
rpetras wrote:Drybrushing with enamel can be a pain.

If your going for that showroom look, you can use enamels for the main body parts, but I'd suggest acrylics for the drybrushed sections.

Lookin' good so far!

Untill you read this

Didn't say it couldn't be done, I said it was a pain. Mostly in the cleanup. :grin: