Defiance

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Project Entry by soapdodger

It's been a long time.... Getting from there to here... (Hate UHH sometimes)

August 10, 2021

Tutoring 12

Skill 12

Idea 12

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So it’s been a while since my last update here. I started strong then got side-tracked when wave one arrived. Partially as the scale of the project hit me. You pretty much get a Combined Army force in the box. I already have a combined force below… AND I have more coming so I better get this up to date. I don’t want to imagine the look on my wife’s face if I say I have backed another Corvus Belli Kickstarter when I have not finished the last one.

My plan here was simple
1. Design bases I still have Starmada to base so I need more bases than what’s needed in the box.
2. Make a set. Yes I do this with all my projects. I like to take photo’s and if I do not have scenery to photograph a model, I make this.
3 Paint like a Motherf***r.

I designed bases like I have shown in other projects I take the game tiles of play mat and then copy them. Meaning I cant sell or distribute the designs but end up with great quick bases. I done about 35 of each base types. Combined Ship and Defiance Ship style. Some are dull but hey some of the models are not exactly exciting (dig at duplicates). I went to print these out and found the screen had died on my 3D printer. Got another newer quicker one and done them again.

Then there was the clean up. A snip, a sand and a cure under a UV lamp.

Next up I took the Stalker tile from the game a completely done this in 3D using the same method as before. This was difficult as the tile walls are drawn in an odd perspective making sizes and details difficult to gauge. I think I done this ok, but there is a lot of room for improvement. it's more accurate than the Luxumbra effort than launched the day after I completed this part of the project putting me in a little funk. As I didnt want to spend ages printing walls I lastercut the set with one side off So I can take photo's through it. Taking them through an open door may have been cool if I had built the full shuttle...(nope)

I went about painting this. I did rush this as it's not that fun to paint and very detailed. I sort of wish I spent more time on this but it's only a backdrop. It's also very tight in terms of what I can photograph. I did however use my plotter / vinyl cutter to cut out masks. this was great and a time saver as I had already drawn everything out. Is it cheating, no. Is it faster and less frustrating, yes. The vinyl making film I got is great, though it did come from America. No masking film for you Europe.

After I had finished painting I mad the set. The light went really odd because the walls were neutral grey. My camera couldnt cope even if it was not going to be in the cropped image. I I feathered black around the top and it seems to not mess around with the colours of the models after that.