Update... I've been painting a few ships this Easter weekend.
Although I only have an old (really old) camera and a couple of table lights, so apologies for the poor photos, and the thing I notice the most, the poor colour representation - I sooooo need a decent set up.
Anyway, To link in with my games of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares', firstly are the Algoryn.
In my SD Universe, these will be my Espan.
Conestoga
Conestoga and 2 Teal Hawks
2 Teal Hawks
3 Pit Vipers
3 Blizzards
The Whole Espan (Algoryn) Force (so far)
I've split the posts up for my forces...
Still linking in with my games of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares', these are the Ghar
In my SD Universe, these will be House Colos
Drakkar
2 Night Hawks
Drakkar and 2 Night Hawks
2 Kosmos Ships
4 Spirit Riders
The Whole House Colos (Ghar) Force (so far)
Still linking in with my games of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares', these are the Concord
In my SD Universe, these will be the Kashmere Commonwealth.
Predator
2 Salamanders
2 Hell Benders
3 Thunder Birds
The Whole Kashmere Commonwealth (Concord) Force (so far)
For my games of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares', these are the Isorian.
In my SD Universe, these will be the Unkulunkulu.
The Star Raven needs some decals I'm waiting for to spruce up those long front sections.
Star Raven
2 Lance Electra
Talon (1 of 2 painted)
4 Darts
The Whole Unkulunkulu (Isorian) Force (so far)
I've also decided to collect a couple of dedicated SD forces. Sunrunners and Night Brood. Although I've only just put an order in for the webstore for the figures, I'v e trialled a paint job for first Sunrunner Blizzard.
I decided that although they were Mercenaries, and were also busy fighting the grubs, their ships were fighting a lot and were going to be a little beaten up looking.
This was my first trial of the paint job. I tried a free hand black circle with the 4 strokes of sunlight coming out, but the orange barely shows on the yellow in the photos.
Trial paint scheme for a battered Sunrunner Blizzard
Also below are some of the Asteroids I've been painting. The first batch were cast from a white plaster for X-Wing by a company I found selling them on eBay. Although they've painted up nicely, they are very heavy.
The second, less impressive batch, I made from some 2 different sizes of polystyrene craft balls, sprayed with Black car paint (to purposefully melt them). I had made some in the past from chunks of polystyrene but I based these onto some X-Wing templates. These ones turned out less well as the 'hexes' of polystyrene the balls were made of were really large and still visibile. The advantage, they weight virtually nothing.
Finally, I decided to make a 'Black Hole'. I used a gloss black paint, then a couple of layers of the two tone metallic paints from Green Stuff world. As you turn it, the purple shines to blue, but overall, it has a black look. It'll make some interesting games.
Till I paint some more.
PS: It would appear, even though I posted in 5 posts, the forum has joined them all together anyway.
Sorry if it's an overload (and I pray Photobucket still shows them)
Oh. The forum merged my 5 posts together and now I can;t edit it, as it says I have too many photos uploaded...
Anyway, I forgot to add, that the job that seemed to take longest, was getting all the torpedoes superglued onto smaller flying bases. They're way easier now for an old sausage fingered fella like me to pick up. Multiple torpedoes also fit nicely with a ship in a 1.5 inch hex too.