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  1. electric indigo
    There's no magic involved: I use Schmincke gouache which comes as a paste in tubes, in a wide range of colors. You mix them with water and use them as you would with any other wash, either apply them with a wide brush and wipe away the excess with a damp cloth, or paint directly over the panel lines with a small brush. Due to the higher surface tension, they will not flow as easily as enamel or alcohol based washes, but you can apply and correct endlessly (with a wet brush, paper tissue, or your fingers) without marring the base paint, and you have zero fumes to deal with. My favorite is the cool grey color for panel lines on white paint, like here: - I hope you hands get better soon and we see more electric magic from you.
  2. electric indigo
    The plan here is to stay fit & build a Fitter
  3. electric indigo
    Just back from "The Invisible Man" and I highly recommend it. Cool modern update of the classic, Elizabeth Moss is killing it in every scene, and great cinematography & sound design. The theater was hooked.
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    In all fairness, when the OT came out there was literally no competition to the designs. Fast forward 40 years, and the number of star fighter iterations has exploded exponentially. If you don't want to cut all ties and have someone like Syd Mead do a take on Star Wars, the margin for original designs gets smaller and smaller. And IMHO there were cool new designs in TFA like Kylo's shuttle and the troop transport, the new Stormtrooper just nails it, and BB-8 is genius. But I agree with you that these examples don't balance out the many not-so-great derivations, and that the ties to the OT are too strong. Design-wise, the prequels managed to transport the idea of another era, while the sequels are stuck one minute after ROTJ and sometimes go backwards from there.
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    Excellent job on that Alex. I'm glad you didn't hide it in that shoebox armor.
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    I stay away from clear coats as much as possible and use Gouache paints and chalks for panel lines and weathering. But large decals leave you no choice.
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    Actually, they are little warning signs that pop up to recommend you not to stand in the line of fire:
  8. electric indigo
    I will watch it next after finishing The Crown. Also, this looks promising:
  9. electric indigo
    Leaked pic of the F-35F
  10. electric indigo
    Awesome finish! Now onto the FZ...!
  11. electric indigo
    That's coming along real nicely. I'd give the decals a light dusting with grey to tie them in with your beautiful weathering.
  12. electric indigo
    Was this already posted in the remake thread? Critiques are quite promising over here.
  13. electric indigo
    The planes look a lot nicer than the watches IMO.
  14. electric indigo
    You have to admit that recycling ideas from other genres (and even other SF stories) is the DNA of Star Wars from the very beginning.
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    That's a nice backdrop you got there
  16. electric indigo
    Wow!
  17. electric indigo
    In the same vein, EVA's designer Ikuto Yamashita stated that his approach for the joints of the Metal Build re-design was thinking of mechanical muscles.
  18. electric indigo
    Spoiler alert: Physics do not apply...
  19. electric indigo
    Stranger Things happen at The End The F**king Wolrd
  20. electric indigo
    That's a cool Ghost going on there! The sprue piece already had a wedge profile that fit right into the cutout for the windows. While it stuck in place I cut the right side angles with my little rotary saw, removed the clear piece and filed it into the final shape.
  21. electric indigo
    Spicing up the Minerva with a clear cockpit.
  22. electric indigo
    Don't know if anybody here is into Anderson's stylized insanity, but this looks like another must-see to me.
  23. electric indigo
    Did some experimentation with backgrounds today and caught some interesting shots of my Trumpeter J-31 (which will remain a work in progress until someone releases a set of lo-viz PLAAF markings someday)
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    With fighter design being bound to the stepped-on-shoebox look for the next generations, at least we get some interesting perspectives for airliners from Airbus. The configuration is currently tested with a 2 meter demonstrator (which also demonstrates that someone in the art department at Airbus is into anime).
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    For the fans of the Discovery E: Round 2 has an upcoming 1/1000 kit with lighting option.
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