Sulfer Crested Romulan

[MSgtUSAFRet]

Very nice, Tesral!!

Love the detail!

Steve

[Vahmp]

KOOL!

It almost has a Dyson Sphere ship (from STO) vibe going there.

[Tesral]

Just to prove I have not abandoned this. The focus is a bit soft.

Gold paint is a bear. It never seems to cover. And this kind of detail painting drives me up the wall. This is going to need a light sanding a second coat, and a lot of touchup. BUT, I'm still working on it. Green...the next Rommie is green.

[Greyryder]

This is why I put down a coat of yellow, under gold. I mostly use Model Master acrylics, and their metallics are infuriatingly transparent.

[el gato]

Just to prove I have not abandoned this. The focus is a bit soft.

Gold paint is a bear. It never seems to cover. And this kind of detail painting drives me up the wall. This is going to need a light sanding a second coat, and a lot of touchup. BUT, I'm still working on it. Green...the next Rommie is green.

I'm really not very good at this, so <<insert encouraging words here>>

If it helps, I've found that the most frustrating and infuriating of builds yield the highest satisfaction rate in the end.

[Tesral]

This is why I put down a coat of yellow, under gold. I mostly use Model Master acrylics, and their metallics are infuriatingly transparent.

I sense a plan coming together. This is Vallejo game color "polished gold" and it is just as infuriatingly transparent.

The deal is if you step well away from the model it looks fine. The bright gleam of gold and you don't see the patchyness.

Dammit, metallic didn't usse to be like this.

I'm really not very good at this, so <<insert encouraging words here>>

If it helps, I've found that the most frustrating and infuriating of builds yield the highest satisfaction rate in the end.

Then the Constellation should be museum worthy. (My spell checker keeps wanting to render that as "constipation " at the rate it is moving, this could be appropriate.)

This one is it mainly the detail painting. Something I'm not good at to start with. The idea of running a bit of pale yellow under the gold sounds good.

[el gato]

Then the Constellation should be museum worthy. (My spell checker keeps wanting to render that as "constipation " at the rate it is moving, this could be appropriate.)

I have many, including a couple that just don't want to finish themselves, no matter how many times I take a stab at completing them (insert my Phase II E here). It's like they're possessed. Or vindictive. Or both

[trekriffic]

You can also do gold over red, or so I've heard.

[trekriffic]

You can also do gold over red, or so I've heard. Gives the gold a warmer look.

[Tesral]

I have many, including a couple that just don't want to finish themselves, no matter how many times I take a stab at completing them (insert my Phase II E here). It's like they're possessed. Or vindictive. Or both

I have yet to have one finish itself ... I have to do it.


Now, if they did finish themselves I would call them possessed. (It put its own decals on...freaky.)