Good critics are hard to find. You've a keeper.PaulE
Blaster Bates! Wow, a real blast from the past (pun intentional) - remember the sketch about the dog turd? Saw him way back and still have him on vinyl - brilliant!!Rick H and Graeme C, thanks for your nice posts.
I've wrecked the walkway walls where necessary and added what I think will be enough rubble to the most damaged areas.
A bit of p.v.a., then, as with the first 'Layer', I just tipped a mixture of bits onto the model from a dizzy height - And left it alone!
I know I harp on a bit about rubble and debris, but I think you can never have enough of the stuff. Pile it on. Apart from the actual building off-cuts, make it out of anything to hand and paint it all different shades and colours. Then tip it on the diorama. Don't start pushing things around "That doesn't look right. I'll move this and that." Leave it all alone. A shell hit isn't fussy what goes where......
Anyway, enough lecturing.
I still have a few bits and bobs to add, but it's nearly there.
View attachment 424123
View attachment 424124
View attachment 424125
View attachment 424126
View attachment 424127
View attachment 424128
View attachment 424129
View attachment 424130
Time to add the players.
Cheers boys, and thanks for your continued interest. All much appreciated - And how!
Blaster Bates and Fred Dibnah (Destroyers Extrordinaire)
That's NOT fair. Not only can you do stunning models...... You paint watercolours to a good standard too.....All great comments chaps, they keeps my juices flowing!
My severest critic (Guess who?!) looked over my shoulder at some pictures of the progress of this and suggested it might need some sort of background.
So, as it's not nice outside, I set to this morning and did as I was told.
I hope it will sit behind and partially fill in the gaps between the buildings on the model....
The first attempt didn't have any damage, she had a blimp and said it should.......
Here is the result.
Brush painted in water colours.
View attachment 424220
I realise plenty of my buddies on here who dabble in sketching and painting will already know, but when doing something like the above, the more the detail, the closer stuff will look. Less detail, the further away the buildings will appear to be. This is what I've tried to do with the above sketch.
I will probably cut around the buildings, then add some black thread to replace the wires I've done in the picture - We'll see. This could give me a chance to incorporate any nice sky that floats by into the final photos.
Cheers,
Ron
Similar to how I feel.That's NOT fair. Not only can you do stunning models...... You paint watercolours to a good standard too.....
Yet again you find me having to contemplate the futility of my modelling existence when compared to yours....
....having to contemplate the futility of my modelling existence when compared to yours....
Ron,Thank you Andrew.
I'm chuffed you like the model and the 'Add-on'
Last time I felt like this was now't to do with model making, but when I inadvertently 'glanced' at the bloke next to me in a pub toilet!
The moral is. Never compare yours with someone else's. Just enjoy what you have/do. Gorrit?! Good boy.
Biggus Dickus.
Ron,
Nowt to do with anything other than looking at a masters work, then comparing with my own work. I enjoy working on the kits or dio that I do, but I'm fairly sure that I'm not equal to doing anything like you or the other masters seem to be able to produce almost on a daily basis.
All I have to say is, he's not the Messiah he's a very naughty boy!Thank you Andrew.
I'm chuffed you like the model and the 'Add-on'
Last time I felt like this was now't to do with model making, but when I inadvertently 'glanced' at the bloke next to me in a pub toilet!
The moral is. Never compare yours with someone else's. Just enjoy what you have/do. Gorrit?! Good boy.
Biggus Dickus.
For FULL Forum access you can upgrade your account here UPGRADE