Rolfosteus model

This project all started after seeing an interesting image of the fish on Deviantart.
From the site: 

Rolfosteus is a genus of arthrodire placoderm fish that lived in Australia during the Devonian.‭ ‬Though small for an arthrodire placoderm,‭ ‬the stand out feature of Rolfosteus is the enlarged snout.‭ ‬The specific purpose of this snout is still unknown,‭ ‬but fish that develop such a feature usually do so as a form of sensor suite,‭ ‬having a heightened ability to detect things such as smells to even electrical impulses from prey that otherwise might be hidden.

One thing I like was that this fish topped out at approx. 6 inches.  So I was able to make it life size.

The sculpt was done with Super Sculpey, with MoreZmore ceramic beads for eyes.  This guy will be painted ASAP. 

Thursday Throw Down 10/3/19

This week's throw down was If a Celebrity was Frankenstein.  I originally misread it as a celebrity Frankenstein. And when I discovered it I only had a couple of days to make the change.  With the hand position the first thing I thought of was Paulie Walnuts from The Sopranos.  So, bada biong, here's Frankie Walnuts.

Trade Federation Landing Ship

Having cleared my bench, I dug deep into the pile and brought out Two Fat Guys' 1:2256 Trade Federation ship as see in the Phantom Menace.

I don't remember how long Two Fat Guys lasted. but they seemed to morph into a one man show starring "The Jimi"  from star Ship Modeler forum fame. ;)   Items from his new operation, JPG Productions, can be easily found at the SSM Store, or from Jimmy on FB. 

The kit is an old (I'm guessing) OOP kit. But the parts are very well done, with only a tricky seamline here and there.

The kit went together so quickly that I didn't think to take pics until I got most of the kit together.  After the pic I added the bottom portion and it was time to prime already.
More next time, thanks for looking.

The Thing's MacReady

This is another that has been on my shelf since 2012! Sculpted by Chris Elizardo, and produced by "Teddy Novak". It came as a one piece bust approx 1:4 scale.  With no eyes, It was also another easy one to do.

Using the following image, I matched up the colors the best I could.

First step, as usual was to get the base colors down -

A few days later, I was able to get another session in and get the bust finished. I was thinking about added the snow and what not, but decided to keep it simple.  Thanks for looking.

Thursday Throw Down 9/19/19

This weeks throw down was titled Kid with home made Halloween costume.
First thing I thought of was the kid with the plane/rocket out of a box.  I even tried to paint it as a 10 year old would.  Good idea but way too ambitious for the time period. At the 11th hr., the sculpt also cracked and I had little time to do anything else but a bad repair job.  Any way here's a boy and his rocket -

GFR Leia Finale

Hi all. In this session I finished base coating and then used Citadel's black wash on her hair.  Being a warm day this dried quickly, and I was able to add two highlights to it.  A coat of Satin went over the hair to give it a slight shine. speaking of shine, I then used V's Metallics clear gloss, which in my opinion is the "glossiest" gloss out there, and gave the eyes two coats. 
Her arm nestles into position nicely without glue, so I just sat it there. This removal option will come in handy if and when I need to transport her. The final thing to do was to glue her head in place. With that, I was done. Thanks for looking.

GFR Leia Part 2

These two sessions were mostly adding the base coats of the costume and skin areas. I tried to paint the gun a metallic black from one of those cheap-o craft paints. But it just wouldn't go on easily. so I just used plain black.

The next session I added more highlights and then the details to her face. This model is coming together quickly. Check back for the final look at Ep. 4 Leia.