Can't have a pilot figure without something for her to pilot.
This is no mere rebuild of the NMPD Hornet painted metallic black. This is a substantial rebuild of the NMPD Hornet painted metallic black. The UNSC Medivac Hornet has an on-board fastrope, medical supplies cabinet, stretcher, twin air-to-ground missile launchers, a forward mounded 40 millimeter chain cannon, and a jerrycan (not shown here). The wind screen in lower section of canopy has on board threat, ally, and objective augmented reality tracking, as well as a real time monitor for the vital signs of the soldier on the stretcher.
Yes, Spartanz19, this is also hand painted. Everything I make is hand painted, which is why some stuff takes forever to do.
Time to A some Qs:
Couple of easy ones today:
Muto112 asks: "What is your most favorite custom of yours?"
Answer: As much as I want to say the Pulse Blade Pilot, I have to say that it's a tie between the original 405th ODST and Doc.
81Ceta_Deta asks: "Which of my customs is your favorite? And tips?"
Answer: Your custom Spartan contest entry. No questions asked. No thought required. That's one of my favorite customs on the Gallery, actually. As for tips, fine point? Jokes aside, where you paint with Sharpie and I paint with acrylic, I don't really know how to approach giving tips, short of these few general tips:
1. Have a dedicated spot to paint at.
2. Unless you are the sort who can't multitask, put on a podcast/NPR/music to pass the time while you paint. Some of my best customs have been made while I distracted the higher-order thinking with music and just relied on the lower order thought process (Stuff like, "ooh, pretty!" Or "that's cool."). If you think about what you are making too hard, it will never turn out right.
3. If you have pets and plan to spend an entire day painting, it's not a bad idea to put a pet bed in the room where you sleep, especially if you have a cat/dog who likes to spend all of their time with you. I keep a soft towel in the garage for my cat, Pepper Girl, to sleep on. If you end up spending ten hours on a figure, you really want the company, believe me, even if it only has four legs and can't speak English.
you want to do visor lines, paint the lines before you paint the visor. It sounds counter-intuitive, but nothing you or I can do will ever get a visor line exactly perfect. Painting the visor on after the line allows you greater control over the shape of your visor line.
5. You may want to grease the joints of the figure, so to speak, after you paint it if they start to stick. *see my topic on saving a doomed figure*
This is no mere rebuild of the NMPD Hornet painted metallic black. This is a substantial rebuild of the NMPD Hornet painted metallic black. The UNSC Medivac Hornet has an on-board fastrope, medical supplies cabinet, stretcher, twin air-to-ground missile launchers, a forward mounded 40 millimeter chain cannon, and a jerrycan (not shown here). The wind screen in lower section of canopy has on board threat, ally, and objective augmented reality tracking, as well as a real time monitor for the vital signs of the soldier on the stretcher.
Yes, Spartanz19, this is also hand painted. Everything I make is hand painted, which is why some stuff takes forever to do.
Time to A some Qs:
Couple of easy ones today:
Muto112 asks: "What is your most favorite custom of yours?"
Answer: As much as I want to say the Pulse Blade Pilot, I have to say that it's a tie between the original 405th ODST and Doc.
81Ceta_Deta asks: "Which of my customs is your favorite? And tips?"
Answer: Your custom Spartan contest entry. No questions asked. No thought required. That's one of my favorite customs on the Gallery, actually. As for tips, fine point? Jokes aside, where you paint with Sharpie and I paint with acrylic, I don't really know how to approach giving tips, short of these few general tips:
1. Have a dedicated spot to paint at.
2. Unless you are the sort who can't multitask, put on a podcast/NPR/music to pass the time while you paint. Some of my best customs have been made while I distracted the higher-order thinking with music and just relied on the lower order thought process (Stuff like, "ooh, pretty!" Or "that's cool."). If you think about what you are making too hard, it will never turn out right.
3. If you have pets and plan to spend an entire day painting, it's not a bad idea to put a pet bed in the room where you sleep, especially if you have a cat/dog who likes to spend all of their time with you. I keep a soft towel in the garage for my cat, Pepper Girl, to sleep on. If you end up spending ten hours on a figure, you really want the company, believe me, even if it only has four legs and can't speak English.
you want to do visor lines, paint the lines before you paint the visor. It sounds counter-intuitive, but nothing you or I can do will ever get a visor line exactly perfect. Painting the visor on after the line allows you greater control over the shape of your visor line.
5. You may want to grease the joints of the figure, so to speak, after you paint it if they start to stick. *see my topic on saving a doomed figure*