The first of my aircraft, a Lightning Strike Flight.




Any suggestions?

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Looking good.


Try feathering the window pane light blue highlights rather than applying them as block colours?

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Gotta figure out a way to to that that I can get consistent. I'll give it another shot.

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One way that can work on small areas is to start with the lighter of the colours (light blue) and then apply the darker as a sort of washy-tint pulled across with a wet brush, rather than going dark-to-light.

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I'll give that a shot when I wake up.

Right now it looks like the kid is going back to sleep. Hooray!

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So much for sleeping.


Thoughts?

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very nice, much smoother effect

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Ugh! They're worth it, but blending tose canopies is a pain!

A Marauder Bomber, not part of my 3k list.



I'm realizing a couple things as I see these pics at full resolution: I need to go over the wash again, and the primer I used on these (I finally ran dry of GW) sucks. Very grainy surface. It's not too bad in the spots I've gone over it with a coat of paint, though. I think I'll do a light coat of Codex and rewash the whole thing like I did with the Lightnings. Yay, redo. As long as I can keep the glass and engines intact it's not too much of a setback, though.

Black/Green Recon Squadron. Done except for basing.

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Sigh. They've got a Sepia wash. Probably need another though, especially around the rocket pods. That's why I'm posting them, other's eye's see things mine don't always.

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you know, who ever suggested blue for the canopies was a forward thinking genius

I don't know if the planes are a work in progress, but a little highlighting on the panels and sharp edges would work wonders. It's hard to rely on washes alone for creating an illusion of depth and even a couple of only slightly lighter highlights would make a big difference.