Megazord_man

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Here's a slight zombie dio -

Thanks for the kind words - Ah, I'll add it over in the zombie thread. As for the figure and the gun on the top their from a company called Dark World Creations - http://www.darkworldcreations.com/

Thank you

Many thanks for the very kind words everyone Crazyjim - for the welds I stuck a thin strip of green stuff along the seam, and pushed small indentations into it (like welds). Airbrushed the strip (and the surrounding panels) black. I then picked out the actual weld in a steel colour paint (Vallejo air metallics steel) and finally gave the metal a black wash (GW nulen oil wash). It's a quick and easy method to get great looking results.

Glad it's finished, well unless I decide to add more to the base. But it's mighty fine feeling to have it finished at last. http://www.coolminiornot.com/342182 http://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/2933

Thanks all Here's a couple a final preview pics before I do them properly

Thanks so much guys I'm glad to say I've finished it but as I'm away this weekend it's going to take a few days to get pictures. As for the mini gun it's from a company called Dark World Creations, not particular cheap but at this scale there isn't a whole lot of choice.

Thanks guys - I'm so close, so close now. Just a few more hours.... glup

Sorry for the massive delay I'm just glad to be back on this one. But finally I'm getting back on track after painting oddball from Kellys Heros and various other things...

Many thanks I've been busy over the last couple of evenings and things are progressing Here's where I am today, what you're seeing is little more than a base coat, even the roof at this stage -

Orange was my first choice too, then the pale blue and now finally the duck egg blue colour. I did do a wip on the zombie but its on a figure forum, you can read it here if you like. http://www.platoonbritannica.com/index.php?threads/megas-menagerie-of-miniature-madness.1118/page-16

I don't know, I'd enjoy painting your scratch built zombies, they're cool. I'm trying to decide on a colour scheme - any thoughts? I'm quite liking the light blue and still the orange (with cream).

Here's another update where things are starting to come together from a zooombie vehicle point of view

Cheers

That a nice build Derick, loving how you're putting it together. Here's my first two zombie vehicles....

Thanks guys! Lol, you would believe the problems I've had painting that zombie, parts of him have been repainted at least four times to get him to a point where I'm happy. He's from a company called Dark World Creations (they've recently released a couple of 2000ad figures too). http://www.darkworldcreations.com/

Hi, Finally I've made it back, a great deal later than I'd like but I got caught up painting a zombie dude that I had some difficulty with. There's a close up picture of him at the bottom. However, I'm creating a VW van post apocalypse zombie killing machine. It's being built out of two different kits, using my favourite bits from each. It's making things a little more difficult than normal but I think it will be worth it in the long run. There's been quite a lot of fettling to get everything to fit. Most isn't glued yet so some things are missing (like the dashboard) or are just wonky. However I'm starting to see where I want to go - I'm going to add some anti-zombie protection too. John

Thanks all

Hi Tyler, Thanks There isn't really a story other than just throwing a few parts together to give her context in crossing a crime scene do not cross line (they're blue and white in the uk). I've sold a couple and of pieces last year and given a few away but really it's just for fun. I pick up the base parts from all sorts of places on this base there; soil from my back garden, flowers from mininatur, milliput, bricks from somewhere (picked them up at a show), gate and pillar from Forged Monkey (although its not on their website yet) and brass etch from Hasslefree.

Cheers for your great comments, The lady is 32mm and the alien 54mm Hers the finished thing -

Hi All, I've been a little absent of late as I've been working on some non-car related things one of which is a little lady that I thought I would share. The first picture is for scale the rest are a little closer. Ah, before I forget the next project is going to be a VW zombie apocalypse related, of course I'll be sharing it with you Oh and I finished this dude too - John

Beautiful work DC! I really like how the mud and dirty on the tyres turned out. I remember you saying you spent a day on them, I certainly paid off!

Ah, I just spotted the video, Thanks so much Dr, I love it!

Many thanks everyone, your fine comments are very cool. Regarding the front end I used the hair spray method - first I payed down a mottled coat of rust colours, browns blacks and oranges to give it a natural look rather than being uniform. I then sealed that with a clear matt coat ( testors dullcoat) to give it some protection from the next couple of stages. Hair spray (being challenged in that area myself means that I had to make a special purchase) was then used to cover it in a thin layer. I then sprayed the whole area grey but kept it uniform, some areas were think others so thin you could see the brown underneath. Using warm water and a stiff brush I then wore the grey paint away in a random pattern just leaving enough to still some grey and some brown. The hairspray acts as a sacrificial barrier that almost melts away under some warm water and scrubbing. I then used a white soft pencil to do the chalk marks. Using some orange colours and a sponge I enhanced the rust effects in a few locations and then painted a few streaks as well. For the welds I sprayed very thin lines of black over each seam, then painted the actual weld silver and finally applied a thinned wash of black paint along the seam (to settle in the low spots). Phew, sounds like a pain when written out but it's one of those things you do where the results are very satisfying to see step by step.