Blackadder Thunderhawk Project, A Work in Progress

    Rule of the Incredibly Small:


    I seem to be going to a lot of trouble with an interior that no one will be able to appreciate fully but there is a bit of fun in testing my limits besides which I wasn't even aware that FW included all this detail in their cockpit before I began researching it.


    http://i.imgur.com/EeS6h17.jpg


    This first image overexposed as it is tries to give a hint of the just finished center and side consoles.


    This next image show the detail better; I tried to replicate the FW center control panel to varying degrees of success.....


    http://i.imgur.com/vRpZBHi.jpg


    This next shot is more like itshowing the computer monitors and control buttons....


    http://i.imgur.com/ojwFLpQ.jpg


    Over the shoulder view where I will be applying paper green cutouts for the cockpit displays.


    http://i.imgur.com/1iZWvnQ.jpg


    Finally, a front end shot showing the beautifully details pilot seats that no one gets to see after the crew is glued in.


    http://i.imgur.com/3lde8zD.jpg


    I may just magnetize their little bottoms :D

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    First Try:


    Today was my first attempt to paint heads and faces so after reviewed 'Buy Painted's' tutorial:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erDncOZiihc


    and discovering it's gonna cost a lot of money to get all these one shot paint vials I decided to mix my own out of the paint I had on hand.


    http://i.imgur.com/l3jGDyE.jpg


    So I started with Vallejo Model Air 71.112 Sand for the flesh base.


    and then applied a Violet wash made out of Game Color 'Royal Purple' 16 and 'Warlord Purple' 72014


    The head in the cockpit is a practice head from my bitz box that is pretty beat up and had a coat of Testors Enamel.


    http://i.imgur.com/Gu4hl5s.jpg


    For ease of painting and to allow for the backrest detail to be seen I magnetized the upper torsos so the can be removed readily.


    http://i.imgur.com/lzhOFiD.jpg


    The heads when finished will be mounted on wire and plugged into the neck recess.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Front Row Redux:


    Try as I might I cannot get decent images of the front row, this is the best I can do...........


    http://i.imgur.com/7StnvaW.jpg


    The head in the middle has part of the skull exposed and the head on the far right; has most of the skull damged and covered with a partial metal prosthesis.



    http://i.imgur.com/cMZ9tR5.jpg

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

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    Derelict Marines:


    Probably everyone has them and on a whim I decided to try to salvage these abused figures so gathering the worst of them I managed to cobble together fifteen and of these I painted five flat black.


    http://i.imgur.com/JXlhjDn.jpg


    I then gave them a light brushing of aluminum powder to see if it was worth pursuing the project further; it was.


    These little guys have taken on a new lease on life and when I finish adding the arms and armament they will serve as the nucleus of my marine company.


    http://i.imgur.com/KB3vOcI.jpg


    These ten others below needed a lot more work missing bases and jetpacks, heads and torsos but these to will get TLC and a brand new paint job to boot.


    http://i.imgur.com/xx04EmA.jpg


    http://i.imgur.com/aumMbJA.jpg


    I can then start on the other hundred or so that are not in such bad condition.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Panorama:


    I'm not lyin' to ya I hate painting, anything I can do to expedite the procedure I'll go for so when I arrived at this Technique if you can call it that I went for it and I share it with you take it or leave it.


    http://i.imgur.com/OxiwARk.jpg


    Basically it's spray paint every thing with 'El cheapo 0.99 ¢ a can Walmart flat black enamel and dry brush aluminum powder on it.


    http://i.imgur.com/ISyIRmg.jpg


    In all it averages out to about five minutes effort per figure no lie; so the results aren't Pro painter quality but I could devote an hours labor per piece and not come upwith anything half as good.


    http://i.imgur.com/D4i5j02.jpg


    These figures are/were literally GARBAGE and anyone in their right mind would have tossed them so I had nothing to lose for the attempt.


    http://i.imgur.com/aYy4PAe.jpg


    Naturally I plan to augment the basic work with a bit of colour here and there; purity seals glowing eyes etc and of course paint the bases....


    http://i.imgur.com/jTCmX83.jpg


    but where else are you gonna get such an acceptable return for such a bit little effort; just FYI........take it or leave it.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Exercise in Green and Graphite:


    I wanted my marines to be more in keeping with what I perceive to be a viable colour scheme for combat troops but still giving a nod to the garish propensities of the 40K genera; therefore I coloured my troops with OD green and graphite literally powdered graphite.


    http://i.imgur.com/3KeQcNf.jpg


    After spray painting flat black 0.99 cent a can black flat primer I brushed in graphite pigment and achieved in my estimation a realistic military patine on both the armour and the weapons.


    http://i.imgur.com/vjqe8IM.jpg


    Painting the shoulders and the gauntlets were the most time consuming part of this project so far but I still have the accent colours to add.


    http://i.imgur.com/vxlBVHS.jpg

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Errand of Mercy:


    In my practicing to paint the Thunderhawk I experimented with the colours I've chosen on some derelict Dread's; two plastic and one metal which were sorely abused in their time. I found these in my son's junk box (their from his friends, he paints much better than these were plus someone converted the metal one to a Chaos...)


    Anyhow after repairing and stripping the coarse paint-jobs I rebuilt the Dread's and painted the weapons and greaves OD green over flat black and then drybrushed on some graphite powder....


    http://i.imgur.com/IFIMqpQ.jpg


    I then highlighted the bas relief insignia with Vallejo gold.


    Now here's the beauty of using dry graphite highlighting; whilst painting on the gold there were occasions when I smudged some gold on areas I didn't want picked out in that colour; I simply pencil eradicated the indiscretion with a sharpened 2 HB pencil.


    Plus the dry graphite highlights the detail wonderfully with an incredibly minimum of effort.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Cockpit Detailed:


    Seems the depth of field is too fine for my camera; I can't seem to get a good image of the crew in the cockpit......


    http://i.imgur.com/j1kxER2.jpg


    No excuse for this next one, just a poor photographer....


    The guy in the foreground is too ugly, anyway I like the guy with the broken nose in the right seat; puts me in mind of my old drill Sargent :D


    http://i.imgur.com/kxXXCVO.jpg


    This image is a bit better it shows the steering yoke mechanism which is unlike any AC I ever worked on but I guess the genetically enhanced SM don't need fly by wire or hydraulic assist to steer a T'hawk ;)


    http://i.imgur.com/chPhDqB.jpg


    Much better image but the pudgy faced guy in the Capt'n seat seems a bit out of focus.


    http://i.imgur.com/Nm32iex.jpg


    Cockpit seat is a bit tilted in this side view before I install mounting magnets...


    http://i.imgur.com/2c9ZO9H.jpg


    And finally the cockpit flight panel before I install the video flight displays (EICAS) engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) is an integrated system used in modern aircraft to provide aircraft crew with aircraft engines and other systems instrumentation and crew annunciations.


    http://i.imgur.com/t1tBZ4C.jpg


    Seems to be a distinct minimum of instrumentation


    for a re-entry vehicle but I guess those plugs in the backs of their heads provide data directly to the brain synapses.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    He dude,
    to be honest I don`t like your painting scheme. I mean it is in your hand and when you like that it ist totaly right but i think you make such great scratchbuilts and the paiting should be in the same level.
    Do you want your own chapter or could the raptors be a alternativ?

    Thanks for the input;


    E.I.C.A.S. Instrumentation:


    As mentioned above computer monitor instrumentation was 'state of the art' when I left the aircraft field replacing the 'mechanical ribbon' instrument found in older aircraft such as the Lockheed L1011 (Gad, what a POS!)


    Anyway the FAA said that the monitor displays could be used as the primary instrumentation so long as there were a discrete component instrument as a secondary back up.


    http://i.imgur.com/t1tBZ4C.jpg


    In the far flung future that craven conditional; isn't, er wasn't, er won't, er will not have been necessary.


    Seen below I attempted to duplicate the EICAS displays with images I downloaded from google,


    https://www.google.com/search?…KAhWKOz4KHcajBLkQ_AUIBigB


    printing them at greatly reduced sizes and cutting them out and pasting the instruments on the four blank displays.....


    http://i.imgur.com/f2UWD6S.jpg


    A simple yet effective way to duplicate vehicle gauge and annunciator panels.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Umpity Ump Cadians:


    I've taken on the task to get all my ground troops up and operational meaning break them down hopefully at the glue seams (not always successfully I might add) scrap and clean off the glue seam residue and whatever paint can be removed I have come up with about fifty Space Marines and about eighty Cadians plus an untold number of Chaos Marines and assorted denizens. anyway the Marines are pretty much done and two days ago I started on the Cadians.


    I practiced on some metal Cadians from the year one and needless to say the work was tedious but I managed to get them to come out halfway decent but I suck at picture taking so the images didn't come out too good;


    http://i.imgur.com/l9XRRKt.jpg


    this being the best of a bad lot:


    http://i.imgur.com/9hS0wU1.jpg


    So graduating to the plastic Cadian assault squad I came across this interesting discovery......


    http://i.imgur.com/712KZVv.jpg


    I'm always on the lookout for anything to break the tedium of repetition and this I think will come in handy; note the brush on the center of the last image; you wouldn't think such a huge flat tipped brush would serve for fin detailed work but this is what I discovered mainly by accident. I got called away and this flat tipped brush hardened with Agrax Earthshade wash, Rather than soak the brush to soften it I figured that applying paint with the stiff brush would gradually soften until the hairs were flexible again. Imagine my surprise that the stiff edge was ideal for applying paint to seams where say the 'pants meet the boot top' or the 'sleeve meets the gun barrel.' When the tip of the brush softens that you cannot get a fine demarcated line just squeeze the excess paint off the brush between your fingers and let the paint dry to harden the bristles.


    Has anyone ever heard of this trick before?


    BTW None of the soldiers in these pictures are finished, I'm only about halfway through the process of detailing and washing.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Zitat von Nachtschatten

    Great! Where do you get these Vehicles from? I want to buy them, too :D



    The store link is included in my post:


    http://theminiaturespage.com/news/1490387090


    I haven't yet purchased the vehicles; I am looking for a US source According to the article the cost per vehicle is £16.20 GBP.


    I also am looking for the Warthog price £17.20 GBP also a fantastic looking vehicle




    If I can't find these I may have to scratch build them.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    100+ Reclaimed Cadians:


    Well here is the fruits of a week or so's labor; 100 repaired and renovated and basically painted Cadians.


    http://i.imgur.com/YKULkTh.jpg


    These sets do not include the 20 metal Cadians I painted last month.


    http://i.imgur.com/hFfMhNc.jpg


    It's amazing how good these images came out.


    For colour I spray painted the entire set with flat black and brush painted the tunics and trousers with Vallejo 'Model Air' Khaki Brown and my own special concoction of armour green of Citadel 'Death World Forest and Vallejo 'Model Color' Luftwaffe Camo Green 50/50. Flesh I painted Vallejo Model Air 'Sand'.


    http://i.imgur.com/zTdtfp8.jpg


    After Painting I washed with Citadel 'Shade' Agrax Earthshade.


    http://i.imgur.com/lmpQOjp.jpg


    Now I have to learn how to apply decals.......

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Bovine Space Marines!


    What next, Pigs in space? I was rummaging through the abandon materials I inherited and came across these humongous Space Marines standing half again taller than the usual SM grunt. On painting them I noticed decidedly bovine features.


    http://i.imgur.com/QT3UDV3.jpg


    http://i.imgur.com/DNgGpoN.jpg


    The armour is quite elegant with compact jump packs but who thought cow faces would look good? What chapter are these; I can't find them with google.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Boring:


    Yeah that's what my son says, all my painting motifs are boring but having been in the military there is very little garishness in current military attire; I can only assume what holds today will hold in the far flung future, at least in some chapters.


    http://i.imgur.com/fdnOHIh.jpg


    All my Space Marines, Cadians, and heavy equipment will sport this green and graphite with gold trim sparsely applied which seems satisfactory to me.


    The Lackluster Blackadder

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Robed Space Marines:


    This next entry is ten robed Space Marines.


    Google doesn't help much and my first inclination is to paint the robes my mixture of green and burnish the armour with graphite powder....


    http://i.imgur.com/8zTaFfw.jpg


    but I also have a notion to paint the robes crimson à la the Monty Python Inquisitioners.


    http://i.imgur.com/5LokJ3x.jpg


    The pieces came with the jump packs seen here but the google images show regular jump packs In either case it would seem the exhausts and the robes to prove mutually exclusive.


    http://i.imgur.com/RL8Vftb.jpg


    I thought instead to mount mechanical arms packs and convert them into a Space Marine faction of Tech Priests.


    What if any is the presidence for this?

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition:


    Yeah I've about worn that title out and truth be known I've about had it with reclaiming these various chapters and disciplines of troop figures but since I am on a roll I might as well stick it out until they are all completed and reasonably painted.


    I embarked on this sub segment of my model building because I had nothing to put in my Thunderhawk or to display around my various Titans for scale purposes and since I shall not be actually playing any of these pieces many will be just scenery on the display platforms.


    Anyway I left off with these robed SM which I thought to convert to Teck priests but instead I've decided to show them as the were originally intended.


    Below are the completed figures with their base coats applied:


    http://i.imgur.com/xoobRyj.jpg


    I'm not pleased with the coil glow on the Phasers but we'll see how it looks with the wash applied; detailing is yet to be done on any of these figures.


    http://i.imgur.com/87zQagW.jpg


    These figures will likely be displayed on my Warlord gantry so they won't need bases. Whether SM troops are reasonably deployed in Maintenance facilities is subject to speculation.


    http://i.imgur.com/xXmoCCJ.jpg


    Another possible mistake is the outlandishly huge shoulder armour as I did not have the originals; I had to scrounge for enough to just to complete the set so the shoulders came from various different chapters which may be off putting to 40K purists but..........


    Waddaya gonna do? :D

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."