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PixelMagic471
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I'm really loving all of these great physical model builds you've been sharing with us lately.
It's just that they are hard to mask all at once and get clean lines. So I have to mask one side for clean lines, and the other has to be unkept. Then when that is dry, I'll mask them the opposite way to get clean lines on the other side. It'll work out in the end.
It makes sense to me. Though, I have to say, that's one thing I always hated about painting was masking, especially tiny model parts. At least these are bigger sections.
Heh, well, here's the thing. I first tried to use Tamiya XF-23 Light Blue lightened with white. For some reason, this came out GREEN once it dried! This pissed me off greatly.
So what I did then, was take Vallejo Light Blue, and lighted it with Vallejo White. 3 parts white to 1 part Light Blue. I oversprayed this over the green. This mix seemed to nail the exact studio model blue I was after.
Well, the blue color pretty much completely covered the green leaving no trace. My color is lighter than the blue than the studio model, and that is by design. The smaller in scale a model is, the less contrast and intensity you can have in the colors. Otherwise it starts to look toy like.
For instance, the black solar panels on my model are in fact very very dark gray, but not black. Black would look too out of scale for something so small. Likewise, my blue is the same hue as the studio model, but a lighter shade.
More detail here...
http://www.cybermodeler.com/color/scale_effect.shtml
I might weather, but it will be very subtle. I don't like dirty imperial vessels.
And it's Vader's ship, so you can bet the grunts kept it showroom clean.
"You have failed me for the last time..."
Seriously, I agree that Imp ships should be clean. They had the big budget and massive forces. It was the Rebel Alliance who were all ragtag, so their stuff should be dirtier.
Great job on everything, it looks fantastic. :thumb: This is still one of my favorite ships of all time and the best looking TIE fighter, in my opinion.