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marcus_aurelius Lieutenant Commander
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Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 254 Location: Cary IL
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:46 am Post subject: Federation with "weathering" |
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Instead of clean and pristine Federation ships I wanted to take the beaten down and war weary approach. The base hull color is gull grey and the weathering is done in diluted watercolor black and rust washes. The weathering does not come out as clearly and I would like in the pictures.
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BCH
Old CL
CA
DW and FF
Hanging out with some Klingons
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djdood Commodore
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Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:01 am Post subject: |
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I like it.
I do a bit of weathering on my Feds (the "rust ring" on the saucer tops and a little bit of gray leading-edge streaking).
Just out of professional curiosity, are those the Mongoose/ADB decals? They look quite nice and I think this might be the first pictures I've seen of them applied (outside of the official "store" pictures). _________________
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marcus_aurelius Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Yes they are the Moongoose/ADB decals. The only decals that are not are the decals behind the bridge (yellow rectangle) and between the warp engines (red stripes) on the old CL; those are from my 2400 star fighter decals stock. |
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marcus_aurelius Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:38 am Post subject: |
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Federation DNG, including one shot comparing with my 2400 DN.
Federation new cruisers, including one shot comparing with my 2400 NCA
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djdood Commodore
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Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:03 am Post subject: |
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Looking great!
That comparison shot really drives it home. The old SL2400 NCA just doesn't do it for me any more. The SL2500 is sooo much better. _________________
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Maxtype Lieutenant JG
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Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 61 Location: Pueblo West CO
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:37 am Post subject: |
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They look lovely. The weathering suits them.
I just got in my 1st 2500 - the DNG, along with the decals. If the weather holds tomorrow she's ready to prime, and hopefully Konkordium will sail soon.
I hope she turns out as nicely as your ships. _________________ Please Captain,not in front of the Klingons. |
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