Hellboy (an old Spring Clean Challenge)
Printed, not painted.
So I met my deadline to have the modeling finished and parts printed by the end of the weekend.Honestly I didn’t really enjoy the trouble shooting on the printing, It took me most of my weekend with a lot of back and forth remodeling the last few pieces and testing print orientations and settings to get a finish that I’m accepting simply because it’s the best I can achieve. My task may have been made a little easier with a better quality PLA . This one was just too black and also a bit soft so. But ultimately I think this sort of model should be done with resin.
As you can see in the pic below there is a growing pile of rejected parts. I even gave up on printing the fuel drum , the piece I thought should be the easiest , and grabbed one out of a 1/48 Tamyia Jerry Can set
Tacking the model together and testing parts for fit and finishWith the model completely tacked together I’ve given a quick rattle can coat of Vallejo black flowed by a top down Bone White to show up more flaws.
Next step will be to disassemble, clean up some daggy areas and touch up with a bit of putty, and get on with adding some colour.
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