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Post by animal on Oct 12, 2005 9:55:42 GMT -5
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Post by Bluecorsair on Oct 12, 2005 15:49:34 GMT -5
Man!! Now that's a diorama dude!!  , Outstanding!!!Oh, and "Brutus" looks like a baaaad momma jamma!! 
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Post by animal on Oct 13, 2005 11:35:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words. This one took just about a year to complete. The Brutus was one of the better known trucks in Nam. It had been destroyed on three different occasions and the crew and truck had a Million dollar bounty put on it.
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Post by Bluecorsair on Oct 13, 2005 20:28:58 GMT -5
Great job with the fire! That part really had me fooled for awhile
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Post by animal on Oct 14, 2005 15:29:27 GMT -5
Great job with the fire! That part really had me fooled for awhile Thanks this was the first time I tried to do the fire thing. |
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Post by johnreid on Oct 15, 2005 17:00:16 GMT -5
Nice!
Cheers! John. ;D
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Post by Bluecorsair on Oct 18, 2005 18:50:30 GMT -5
Uhhh, would you mind explaining how you did the "fire thing" IF it is not a secret, I really like that!! ;D
Bill
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Post by animal on Oct 18, 2005 19:07:52 GMT -5
Well I used a cotton ball. from the opening or rupture I glued the cotton. After it was dried I pulled up on it to give it height and to make it thin and transparent. After I was satisfied with the look, I airbrushed it with a very light coat of flat black. I continued with very light coats of grays, making them lighter as I worked my way up to the top of the "smoke". Then I used a thin round paint brush and dabbed on the b right red and added some white to the red and lighten this up toward the top also. I them added the yellow in random places. After this was all dried I used a pair of tweezers to pull on the smoke and flames to get the look you see in the photo. I realize that it does not look exactly like fire and smoke but it was the best that I could come up with. I know of some guys that actually add a smoke machine inside the model with red LED lights to get a fantastic effect. But this would not work on a closed display in the Museum. I hope this helps some.  |
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Post by cdntanker25 on Oct 24, 2005 10:01:14 GMT -5
looks pretty good!! You made fire into a scale!!! Heh, lot's of people have problems trying to replicate fire, and you did it wonderfully!
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Post by animal on Oct 24, 2005 10:33:26 GMT -5
looks pretty good!! You made fire into a scale!!! Heh, lot's of people have problems trying to replicate fire, and you did it wonderfully! Thanks! |
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, Outstanding!!!
IF it is not a secret, I really like that!! ;D
