Collins Does Scarif Table Build

Ok, so as you have probably guessed I had some of the 3D printed bits already done before I started writing this blog up. I’m sorry, but hey, that’s Blue Peter for you!

What I did do today however is paint all those items.

Ive made crates, in 4 flavours, turrets, comms relays and some tool sheds.

Quite a collection really.

There are two painting styles in this lot. Firstly the good old trusty paint, drybrush and wash method, which is reasonably quick and secondly there is the more advanced ‘learn how to use an airbrush method’ which is noisy, unknown to me and somewhat frustrating.

The sheds and the laser turrets were airbrushed. You can tell that I have no idea what im doing, even something as simple as paint consistency is a mystery to me. I do like the ability to softly blend things with an airbrush, looks so good. I need lessons though, I’ll have to get a friend to teach me.

The comms relay and crates were all done using the archaic method of primitive brushwork. Overall the effect of the dry brushing works well but I think I went a little overboard on the nuln oil wash. I shall not be redoing them though. It’s only terrain and not a competition level paint job miniature.

The way I’ve done the greys is quite simple and a copy of what I did for the Yavin IV build.

Mechanicus Standard Grey Base/prime

Russ Grey Drybrush

Fenrisian Grey Drybrush

Necron Compound Drybrush

Nuln Oil wash

Army painter matt varnish.

A note on the varnish. It says its matt on the tin but that’s entirely dependant on what the environment you spray in is. Tonight is a cold and not exactly dry (but not raining) atmosphere. As such I have ended up with a satin finish. This will be easily rectified by doing it again when its a bit warmer during the daylight, no biggie.

The orange and blues used were Jokaero and Caledor with a necron compound drybrush and Fuegan and Drakenhof washes over appropriately.

The next places to go are the landing pad, which has finished printing, with major warping issues. will need to be ‘hobby’d’ to be looking at its best I expect and also a bunker, the roof of which has just finished tonight, again with warping issues.

I need to find a way of having wide short prints stay stuck to my PEI sheet. These are taking up the entire of my print bed and so my usual raft/brim method is not on. I shall research and get back to you if I need to.

On top of that I will write up an entry about the 3D printing stuff. The settings I’ve used, the material, the print times etc. I’m sure there are people who are interested in that.