Saturday, December 15, 2012
War Rocket Extras
Been a while since I've posted up anything. I picked up some generic rockets from Shapeways to use as transports and other civilian craft.
This was the first time I've bought something from Shapeways. The selection of rocket-ships is substantial so I had lots to choose from. They weren't cheap and unfortunately Shapeways uses UPS and I can't stand UPS. The material I had selected is really light and the ships are all one piece. I can safely say if I had a choice painting this material or painting metal/resin, I'd choose metal/resin as it's not as grainy and something I didn't expect, the Shapeways material is really absorbent. I gave the 3 identical rockets a wash and they soaked it right up. Regardless of the bad points the selection of rockets was excellent and they're all comparable in size. Here are the painted figs:
Presently I'm slowly grinding through 2 units of Ashigaru with yari and I should be done them in the next few days. Then I'm going to switch over and start on my 15mm Egyptians (for Impetus). I need a break from looking at Ashigaru. I've also got a War Rocket Pirate fleet on the way.
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Nice stuff Scott. Yes, UPS is awful. Interesting about the the Shapeways material. I thought some of their models looks grainy but then I figured it was a light effect, not an actual surface issue.
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ReplyDeleteWow...you've painted 51 starships this year?!? Have they all been out to the club yet?
It's all stuff for War Rocket. I've brought out some of it once or twice. I'll be bringing out more on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteThe purple one is the Liberator from Blake's 7 - and you have it flying backwards.
ReplyDeleteReally? Ha ha ha! I've never seen Blake 7, so I figured the bulbous end was the front.
ReplyDeleteScott, are you using White Strong and Flexible? I've been using the Detail materials and haven't had an "absorption" problem. I did notice that WSF Polished looks way better, with less grain than regular WSF, as long as the ship doesn't have pieces that can fall off during polishing.
ReplyDeleteNice! And cool to see a miniature of the Liberator! I'm hoping Hydra make some civilian/non-combat rockets in keeping with the styles of each of the factions at some point and i'll be snapping them up if they do. In the meantime though those do look good.
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