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Scoutdad Commodore
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djdood Commodore
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Great stuff as-always Tony.
Try not to pop-the-top of the Red Bull freighter. _________________
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, I thought of using it as the target on a Gorn / Paravian game.
"Red Bull gives you wings..." _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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malleman Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 307 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Wow, sure looks like someone has been busy.
Nice job Scoutdad. Love the Hydrans. I can almost smell them from here .
I was also very impressed with The Pink Lyran as well as your Burning Orion.
Thanks for sharing your work again. I haven't had time lately to paint, so it is always nice to see someone else's work to keep me going. |
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Actually, it's kinda funny. Most people work on a few minis at a time. I tend to work on 2 or 3 dozen at once and bounce back and forth. It takes forever to get anything done... or so it seems. When I get tired of Hydrans, I switch to Lyrans. When tired of Federation ships, I work on freighters.
But then, suddenly I have 1 to 20 new miniatures finished and ready to show. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: Re: More miniature fodder for the Distant Kingdoms grinder |
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Scoutdad wrote: | DK PF blitz - my latest ebay acquisition |
Finally finished the first flotilla of Lyrans:
top view
forward view
As you can see from the photos, I actually painted 8 PF's, rather than the standard 6-PF flotilla. I converted 2 extras into a PF Leader variant and a PF Scout variant _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: |
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Shucks. Photo links are broke.
I'll be painting tonight. If I'm lucky I might have something finished to take pics of. _________________
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malleman Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 307 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: |
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You can see the new pics on the BBS. They really look nice Scoutdad.
Just finished cleaning some minis I traded for and I am planning to prime my Kzinti fleet tonight. Hopefully, I will get some painting in tomorrow. |
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Got the PF links fixed. Sorry for that... _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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djdood Commodore
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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No biggie. Like malleman said, you had them on the legacy bbs (I just didn't know that when I posted).
As simple of a shape as the Lyran PF's are, I almost wonder if they could be die-cut from sheet stock. That or laser-cut from acrylic sheet by somebody like Litko. Hmmmm... _________________
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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A few years ago, Xander fulton cut some from a sheet of Plastrucs Styrene that looked idential to ADB's once painted.
Cutting the shape would be easy, getting the smaller things like disruptors, tractors, impulse engines, phasers attached would be the hard part. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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pneumonic81 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 275 Location: Austin TX
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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i like the brightness and quality of the pictures, what lighting process did you use. I know alot of people use the sun outside but i have found you get a nasty shadow from that. how did you get such bright lighting for these images? |
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OGOPTIMUS Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Some days I swear you have too much time for this.
But I love getting to look at the products.
Again, nicely done. _________________ O.G. OPTIMUS
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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pneumonic81 wrote: | i like the brightness and quality of the pictures, what lighting process did you use. I know alot of people use the sun outside but i have found you get a nasty shadow from that. how did you get such bright lighting for these images? |
these were easy.
10.2 Mega Pixel Kodak Camera, outdoor lighting (photo taken on shaded side of house at about 6:00 p.m.)
Then, resample the pic to reduce it to 100 dpi and 640x480 and voila' _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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OGOPTIMUS wrote: | Some days I swear you have too much time for this. |
My wife would agree, but I beg to differ.
I need more time to do this. As it is, I only squeeze in about 1 hour every week for painting...
These photos took all of 10 minutes to set-up and shoot...
Resampling and uploading took another 30 minutes...
Updating the links on the BBS and FC Forum took 20 minutes...
that means I have already used my painting time for this week...
Wait, I'll be at Origins next week and won't be using my paintig time, so I'll just pay myself an advance and get another hour of painting time this week... _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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