A quick F5-D Update

Things are progressing slowly, but forward. I got the canopy on after really having a hard time cutting out the vac form piece. It seems that for whatever reason there was almost no edges to any of the detail on the canopy.

Return to Armstrong's F5-D

I turned my attention today back to Neil Armstrong's F5 Skylancer.
Where we left off I was having problems with making all the seams disappear. I ended up with letting things go as being good enough. The next step was me adding the interior to the cockpit. This was just the seat and the stick. I didn't put too much effort into the interior as I thought you wouldn't be able to see much once the canopy went on. I was partly right. Thankfully I gave a little more attention to the seat.

SS Ion Cannon Finished

Well, the Ion Cannon was so easy being only 4 parts that I'm done. I thought I had taken a pic of the first thing I did which was the cliff face. everything was painted in a light gray primer and then I used Citadels Nuln Oil, Agrax Earthshade and Reikland Flesh washes and covered the cliff. I then put a little extra Nuln Oil into the deepest recesses. 

The Old and The New

With Twisty and Yeti done and me still working on the seams of Armstrong's jet, I decided to head to my "To Do" pile and pic another kit. 
This time I was looking for something simple. I chose Scale Solution's 1:1000 Ion Cannon. You see it during the Battle of Hoth during the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back - 

Twisty Final

I figured I'd never get Twisty finished unless I just jump in, risking messing  up what I've already done on Twisty's face and get the white face on.  
I used Vallejo's Foundation white which is very thick and the just dry brushed it on.  Then went back and forth between the white and V's Beige Red to have a little skin show through.
The pic looks a little too white compared to how it looks in person, but oh well. On to the next kit. What shall it be?
Here's Twisty and as always thanks for looking.

Two at a Time

With the days still cold here, I'm getting a lot of time at my model table. I've been letting Twisty dry for a few days,  and then I applied the color to his irises. IMHO John Carroll Lynch has light brown eyes, so that's what I attempted to mimic here - -

Now I just have to build up the courage to apply the white face over his skin and add the black around his eyes.

Next I had a New Ware model of the Mercury Laboratory Atlas. I picked this kit up from a fellow modeler over at Yahoo's Space Modeler Group. 

In 1959-1960 Mercury was the only launch vehicle approved for the manned space program. In 1960's NASA's budget, one of the proposal was to be a sort of  small temporary space station. This is a model of that proposal - - 

Sorry about these pics. It's tough for me to image white w/o a photo booth. I have directions how to make one on the cheap. Maybe I should build one of those soon? Eh?  ;) 

Anyway, it's mostly painted up. The capsule got the blue black coloring. The instructions called for the two windows to be blue. The escape tower in red, and the engines were done in a dark metallic which I did my using Army Painter Gun Metal, and then giving it a coat of Citadel's Nuln Oil.   The bottom half of the rocket needs to get a coat of a silver or polished aluminum color. Then a gloss coat - then the decals. 

Thanks for looking. 

Calling Abominable Snowman Done

Well, as with most of my models, I could tinker with them forever. So to combat that I've decided to call the Snowman done. The newer steps from where I left off was to paint the names on the base in Vallejo's Old Gold. This way it matches the red and gold of the Monk's prayer beads that are lying nearby in the snow. I then took Woodland Scenic's Snow and after applying thinned white glue, sprinkled a heavy coat in the snowy areas leaving the rocks clear for the most part. Out of the jar this snow is quite powdery, so I left it out of the footprint, as that snow would have been compresses and looking different. 
Here's the finished model - -

Thanks for looking.

American Horror Story's Twisty

As I continue to jump around I unboxed a bust of Twisty the Clown from American Horror Story: Freakshow. Twisty is quite the shocker when you realize he's a murderous clown the the bloody scalp of another on his own head. He's quite willing to juggle for you before killing you - -