Thursday Throwdown 9/12/19

This weeks challenge was "Smiling Mummy"

GFR Leia

After taking a few days breather after finishing good ol' Chuck, I picked out Leia, a recent pickup from JersyFest, as the next bust. This is a very nice model from Good Fellas Resin.
I figure with her costume white, and her blaster black (according to the pics) all I really need concentrate on is her face.

Time to clean. It is a very nice kit, but there was some very thing seam lines that need to clean. Also here and there it looks like there was some grow lines from the 3D printing process. It wasn't everywhere, just here and there. Some of the grow lines actually help out as it looks like the pattern in the fabric!

I sprayed the body with a gray primer to make the seams stand out and just went on from there.

Cleaning the seam down the gun with it's ridges was the hardest to clean

Leia/Carrie likeness was said to be hard to capture. Good job here.

 This tool is used to help make panel lines on planes etc... It cuts out thin ribbons of plastic. Here it helps define hair strands. You can get one from Micromark.

Check back for part 2. Thanks for looking.

Good Grief Finale

Sat down at the desk and did the final touches to the Good Grief kit.  After a talk and some kidding with the guys who created the kit, online and at Jersey Fest,  the 3 what I thought were palm fronds (why ony 3 leaves on the base?) turned out that they were actually Woodstock's feathers. I guess snoopy got hungry enough. Glad I didn't decide to sculpt a little bird for Snoop...  So those got a dry brushing of yellow.

Next was I was informed that the blanket wasn't army surplus as "my story" imagined, but was Linus' blanket. Linus' blanket was blue. So I felt the need to change that.
Next up was I took the cord that was provided in the kit, soaked it in brown wash,  and did a wrapping so the baseball bat and his cooking pot no long just magically hung off the backpack.  Afterward the rope got a highlighting of V's Dark Sand.

I couldn't leave well enough along and I added tiny leaves to the dead bushes, and even left some on the ground.

I finished off painting the rifle and the last step was coloring the wrapping. The base coat being Dark Sand, with an Ivory highlight and then some camo with V's Olive Green.

Finally I wasn't in a mood to mess with the seamline that resulted from gluing the hand to his arm so I just took some Aves and created a wristband.

With that I was done. It was a nicely engineered kit and a pleasure to work on. Thanks for looking.

2019 Jersey Fest

Another JF has come and gone at the Newark Int'l Airport Marriott. This year I was only a minimal attendee. No workshops classes, no demos, and didn't enter any models.
This year I just reconnected with some of the old (and new) friends in the hobby. And as usually I came home with a little loot.

Clockwise we start with Princes Leia from Good Fellas Resin.
To the right is a mini Chewie from McDevitt Studios for his Patreons.
Since you can never have enough werewolves, next is TC Quist from The Howling by Gillman Productions.
Lower right is Satan from the Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man." This is another excellent bust by John Dennett's MoonDevil Studios.
To the left of him is a GOT's mini Danys also from Good Fellas.
Then I stumbled across this World War Toons tank from MENG gotten from Michigan Toy Co.    I have an idea for a diorama that includes the tank in a new form. We'll probably see that in early 2020. 
The final mini is a "trophy" figure of a wrestler, for scoring best on some of McDevitt's Patron  Thursday Throwdowns.

One kit that I was looking for that didn't make it out in time was Silver screen Icons interpretation of Lucy from Bram stokers Dracula based on this scene -

I'll be keeping my eye open for that one. Thanks for looking.

Thursday Throwdown 8/29/19

This week's Throw Down was Punk Rock Primate.

Good Grief 4

Didn't have much time today, but I did make headway. With the batteries finally in the UV flashlight (torch)  I tried out the resin and it worked very well. You just need to drip the resin into the divot and hit it with the UV light. I saw on GSW's video so it didn't surprise me that when you hit the resin with the UV light, you may see a little puff of "smoke."  The strangest part was that I got a definite whiff of the cleaner Pine-sol. Weird...

I was thinking about adding a tint to the water, as with a lot of things post apocalyptic, everything is supposed to be dirty and ruined. But I figured I made a lot of things dirty so I left this pristine. Thinking too much...  ;) 

The other big thing that went on was I took the rifle/hand into the kitchen, boiled some water in a frying pan, let it come to a boil and then shut the flame off. I gave it a minute or so and then dropped the rifle in.  I left it for tens of seconds and pulled it out of a the water with a spatula.  Having done this a bunch of times I've realized that the resin feels different - a rough kind of feeling.  Having previously turned the cold water on in the sink, I straightened out the bend in the rifle and held it under the cold water until the rifle no longer felt warm. aah, nice and straight.

The next step was to start painting. For the base of the wood I used Red Leather. The wrapping is the same Dark Sand base coat.  Where there will be metal, those spots got a coat of gloss black. I think I'll be using gunmetal for paint. We'll see... Check back and find out. Thanks for looking. 

Good Grief 3

Moving forward, I turned to the base for this session.  It was painted in NATO Black, and then misted with Chocolate Brown.  I also had to add a little "dirt" around his feet to mate up with the base better. The 3rd thing was to take some basket liner fibers and create dead shrubs. I drilled holes into the base, filled it with black Mod Podge, stuck the fibers in, and then sprinkled sand over the top. Once the Mod Podge dries, it'll all be glued in place, and I'll come back with more NATO Black to blend everything.

Moving on there are a few divots on the base that could double as puddles. I recently picked up this resin from GreenStuff World that almost instantly cures with UV light -

Before pouring in the resin I gave the light a few clicks. Nothing. Opening it up - Duh - no batteries. Why would I think it would come with batteries. When I go downstairs I'll have to get some.

Staying on a roll I added a few more of the parts to the figure and except for the rifle/hand which came in warped. I'll have to heat up the water, and straighten it. Once straight all that's left is to glue the wrist to the arm and then attach the arm to the should. Then he'll be done. Check back for that. Thanks for looking.