The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 8

Really sick today, so very little done - anyway, the weather is too bad for spraying so not much progress could have been made even under the best circumstances.  So really the driver has been painted, as well as tools and headlights.

So - depending on how I feel and what the weather is like there may or may not be a Day 9 update...

Thanks

Richard

The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 7

Jeepers - 7 days has gone pretty fast - and sadly my man-flu continues, but I staggered out of bed for a couple of hours today snuggled up in my warm office and made some good progress.

First up I painted the tracks and fixed the Elhiem commanders inside the turrets.

Then I washed the tracks with a black wash, fixed up the missile and launcher and added everything together.

So nearly done.  Just the driver, tools, and headlights to paint, then a gloss coat, decals, a dull coat and weathering and they are done.

All good.

Richard

The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 6

Not much progress today as I've got a very serious dose of man-flu! - so all I managed was some dry-brushing.  I took photos at each stage - but to be honest it's pretty hard to tell the difference between them in the photos.

Stage 1 - drybrush of straight VMC Russian Green over the model.  This is a pretty solid drybrush, trying to fix any mistakes from the black lining without covering any of the shadows you want up.

Stage 2 - add a bit of VMC Khaki to the mix.  A lighter drybrush

Stage 3 - add a bit more Khaki to the mix - guessing about 50/50 at this point - and even lighter drybrush

Final Stage - add more Khaki to the mix - a very very light drybrush, mainly focused on hard edges.

And that's it for drybrushing.  Now (tomorrow) I can get started on the details.

Thanks

Richard

The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 5

5 Days in and still making a little bit of progress each day.  Not much time to spend on models today but I got a few things done.

1.  Black-lining the kit, base-coating the missile system and finishing the flesh on the Elhiem crew/commanders.  The driver figure in the hull of one of the BMD's will be finished last.

2.  Finish painting the crew/commanders (sorry - crap photo coming up)

3.  Brown wash on the missiles and black wash on the launcher

That's it for today.

Thanks

Richard

The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 4

The next day...

Time for some spraying - First the Chaos Black undercoat:

 Then PSC Russian Tank Spray:

Elhiem crew figures have also been base coated and had a black wash.

Thanks

Richard

The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 3

So I was not able to finish the kits as I had hoped on Day 2 - I didn't quite realise I needed to add a couple of PE bits (which I generally avoid - but they looked 100% necessay and were also pretty easy.

This meant a Day 3 would not be spraying day - that will now have to wait until Day 4 as I want all the glues to have 24 hrs to dry/cure.  With limited time today I was however, able to finish building the kits and prep the 2 commander figures for painting.

So on to Day 4...

Richard

The Guild Short Build - Quick Build Kits - Work-In-Progress Day 2

The next day...

I've nearly completed the kits - slowed down a bit to work out how to fix in crew as these two BMD's will be Platoon Leader's vehicles

I may still be able to finish it tonight.  It's a beautiful model kit - well worth the purchase - I just wish they were available when I started collecting VDV...

Thanks

Richard