the SS Rabid Empanada -- a spontaneous scritash

[Klaus not Santa]

What a funny ship!
I still don't have a clue on what it will look in the end Mate
But one thing's for sure, your scratch building skills are at madness level

The airbrush for the "wing" section looks great - I like the vivid colors and saturation from the inks.
Great job - I look forward to it continue.
Cheers

 

[urumomo]

;D Thanks , Klaus !

I'm not sure what this thing will look like finished either 8)

... It's currently looking very Miami Vice ...
More pastel than I was after -

I picked up some more inks :



I introduced the copper to the top-side and now wish that I had not

...... The one panel that is no longer with us ;D started getting too muddy towards the aft-end and my attempts to lighten it required that I stop and remove what was there .


Gonna let it sit and pick back up when I have an Idea of where to go :-\

Here's what she looks like currently .
I mocked her up to the engine module to get some feel of it back ....



I have ideas of the direction and colors for the underside and the engineering hull ( I think : ) but I want to finish this completely first .

I had planned to use the " nickel " for the foundation color on the engineering hull , BUT - that stuff is more 'rose gold ' IMO , maybe you could say 'platinum' but not nickel : .
I'll need to try a mix of blues and the silver instead ..

Another update hopefully sooner than later ..

Ciao

 

[Hagoth]

I agree. Not a fan of the addition of the copper. Personally I liked the more simple lines and color pattern you had before. If you are open to input of where to go I would head back that way.

Also, checked out the inks. They have iridescent Black and several Green tints. I think I can get the color I'm looking for on my future project.

 

[urumomo]

Definitely open to the input ;D

I don't know if I can work with the copper by overlaying the transparent oranges or yellow .

not surprisingly , the blue is what muddied it prior .
I may remove some of the copper ..
.. I had intended to only use it at the trailing edge and got carried away .
All these mixes cure out to be much more intense than they first appear ..

BTW , I used 50% isopropyl ( rubbing ) alcohol to take it all off .
I also re-primed that panel as there were still a few little spots of color .

Ciao

 

[Quaralane]

Liking what you have here. Including that one white section

 

[urumomo]

Thanks , Q

Yeah , LOL , I like the white section much better than what had developed there .

I'll most likely repaint it into a green/blue fade similar to the adjacent ones sans the lines ...

The good thing is that it's fairly easy to remove if it doesn't work-out

Cheers ;D

 

[Jason Abbadon]

I also preferred the white- but I think you can beat that even by painting the (formerly white) areas aluminium or Testor's silver- that would rock and would show off the color nicely!

This is just a feast for the eyes- you should submit a build aticle to the SMA magazine and get famous!
Then marry a Kardashian cl/drone! Then it's all drugs and floozies as you spiral out of control, losing what made you great in the first place- until finally drowning in your own vomit.

Okay, maybe just keep making models.

 

[urumomo]

Good Grief ! , Jason . :

Save some glue for the models .... ;D



I had it looking like this :



but ,
again , I got the other section too dark and removed it ;D

 

[urumomo]

 

[Belugawrx]

 

[urumomo]

LOL ;D ;D

 

[urumomo]

currently ...

Coating with multiple coats of clear Future today ,, start more color tomorrow

 

[urumomo]

Quick update --

I'm doing more color-work on the top-side , but I want to get the RCS pylons and fire-cans set up ...

How she looks currently :




Magnets added to the cans & I epoxied in some screws at the end of the pylons ..








Just need to do more sanding to bring their profiles together .
.. then they will be infinitely variable

Ciao

 

[Klaus not Santa]

I still can't grasp her
But that's some great craftsmanship and cool airbrushing - I really look forward to the end result

 

[sunsanvil]

Creativity at its purest. I love it.

Looks like it could have been in Jodorowsky's Dune (...if it had been made that is).

 

[urumomo]

Thank you , gentlemen ;D

Hope to have some more pics up tonight ..

Cheers !

Uru

 

[urumomo]

Made a little progress ...

These thruster modules need way more sanding and shaping -- but you can see what's up :



I'm convinced she needs another lifeboat .. for the engineering hull .

There's really no shapes that I like .
There are no more greeblies that lend themselves to engine nozzles ( that scale well -- there's still all kinda stuff , obviously )



I'd been looking over using that nozzle thingy in the foreground ...

But , I think it works way better on the main engine :




I've started upon the underside of the main hull :




Ciao

 

[Hagoth]

Really liking the direction the underside pattern seems to be heading. This thing is wild!

 

[Grendels]

It is starting to look like something right out of an Anime! Nice!

 

[urumomo]

;D

Thanks , guys

A quick pic of what's happening on the underside :




The life-boat module is just sitting there for the pic ..


Long way to go -- it won't be pink :

Lotta time sucked up with dry-times for the masking .
I'll be doing more free-hand work on this side which should speed it up a little .
You can't rush this Future though -- it don't play that

All I had in my mind for this side was a " coffered ceiling in red & white " -- LOL ;D , Yeah , steak sandwich ..

This side needs to be heavy on the red and dark borders .
Some 3-d shading 8) . maybe a little Escher-esque stuff going on


I'm watching a bunch of Steven Seagal on YouTube during dry-times , ha ha , ,, but I don't know how late I'll be up
.. more pics soooon


Ciao