11-23-2009, 01:56 PM
Two progress photos:
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First, an image of the structure and various add-on bits. The little bin is plastic below with scribed card above and a flat brass stock handle. Painted as per the closet under the stairs, with raw sienna base and white drybrushed, then weathered. Graphite on the handle & Bragdon dark rust with water streaked down the top for an indication that there are hinges on the top. Probably need some WD40. The tank is an old plastic detail, came with an Atlas kit, I think. Long since painted so I don't recall the colors I used.
If you look closely at the tower you can see window shades/awnings. More flat brass stock bent into a square 'U' and attached above the window, pressed into slits cut in the wall then CA'd. The awning is paper, tacky glued in place then, painted flesh tan and weathered. Also there's a timber beneath the bottom rung of the stairs. This is a few layers of card sandwiched then painted 'Mudstone' & weathered. Needs a lighter drybrush, perhaps.
The dog on the sidewalk painting the hydrant yellow is a WS casting, came with a dogs & cats detail set. The sidewalk and diorama base ground coat is sculptamold - still good after nearly 15 years! I tinted it with raw sienna, but that didn't make much difference. The color you see has been painted on, both raw sienna and an autumn brown. The sidewalk is quaker gray, then a wash of dark burnt umber, and a dry brush of white/quaker gray.
Still need to drill the base for lighting wires, and complete the interior detailing of the tower. I'd have done both this morning but the drill wasn't charged and I was running out of time. I plan on turning a potbelly stove for the interior, and maybe making a chair/table set. We'll see. At least the stove for now.
Galen
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[albumimg]1571[/albumimg]
First, an image of the structure and various add-on bits. The little bin is plastic below with scribed card above and a flat brass stock handle. Painted as per the closet under the stairs, with raw sienna base and white drybrushed, then weathered. Graphite on the handle & Bragdon dark rust with water streaked down the top for an indication that there are hinges on the top. Probably need some WD40. The tank is an old plastic detail, came with an Atlas kit, I think. Long since painted so I don't recall the colors I used.
If you look closely at the tower you can see window shades/awnings. More flat brass stock bent into a square 'U' and attached above the window, pressed into slits cut in the wall then CA'd. The awning is paper, tacky glued in place then, painted flesh tan and weathered. Also there's a timber beneath the bottom rung of the stairs. This is a few layers of card sandwiched then painted 'Mudstone' & weathered. Needs a lighter drybrush, perhaps.
The dog on the sidewalk painting the hydrant yellow is a WS casting, came with a dogs & cats detail set. The sidewalk and diorama base ground coat is sculptamold - still good after nearly 15 years! I tinted it with raw sienna, but that didn't make much difference. The color you see has been painted on, both raw sienna and an autumn brown. The sidewalk is quaker gray, then a wash of dark burnt umber, and a dry brush of white/quaker gray.
Still need to drill the base for lighting wires, and complete the interior detailing of the tower. I'd have done both this morning but the drill wasn't charged and I was running out of time. I plan on turning a potbelly stove for the interior, and maybe making a chair/table set. We'll see. At least the stove for now.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!