Primer, Deck Paint and Starfighters I painted the flight deck of the space carrier the same gray color that it was underneath the hangar. Then I weathered it with streaking and tire marks from the service vehicles. Happy with how… Read More »UCSDF Franklin Build (Part 4)
Weathering This model poses some interesting problems when it comes to painting and weathering. The base color of the fighter is flat black, which means the only option for seeing anything against black is to go light. But it all… Read More »K’nat Starfighter Build, Part 5
The K’nat fighter is featured in an upcoming novella set after Starstrikers, Book 4 of the Star Saga. It was mentioned briefly in Starstrikers as being one of the fighters based on the Eclipse starship. The novella that features this… Read More »K’nat Starfighter Build, Part 1
All of the parts and pieces finally come together in this post. This has been a fairly quick and dirty build for me. I’ve never done a kit bashed starfighter before and in many ways it felt like cheating. I… Read More »Triak Starfighter Build, Part 3
As with any airplane model, you start with the insides. Here I used the wheel well turned upside down for the seat bucket. Then added details to the side walls as needed. In looking back at this build after I… Read More »Triak Starfighter Build, Part 2
It sure looks different when you put on the gray primer, doesn’t it? I’m still trying to figure out what colors to use and whether I want a camouflage pattern or not. Leaning towards no camo but perhaps some unit… Read More »Terrox Fighter Update
In Part 5 I start going to town on the greeblies and do some panel lines. I round out the post with a light gray dusting from an airbrush to see what the basic shape will look like as a… Read More »Votainion Warship Build, Part 5