Bunkermeister  | 09 Jan 2014 9:57 p.m. PST |
I got a new rocket from Warin15mm. I want to paint it in a 50's sci fi retro style, maybe metallic, perhaps copper? My painting skills are marginal, so any help you can provide would be, well, helpful. Thanks. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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| Pictors Studio | 09 Jan 2014 10:58 p.m. PST |
Spray it black. If you want it to be all shiny metallic just use the basic metal colour you want and do a heavy dry brush with it. If you want it to be weathered that will depend on the final colour you want. For copper you would want to paint it with a sea green color first and then dry brush the copper on that. With a steel colour you want GWs Warlock Bronze or whatever colour Tin Bitz is called now. Do a heavy dry brush with that and then dry brush a steel colour on top. To actually paint it hot glue the fins to a paint stirring stick and use that to hold it. |
| Toaster | 10 Jan 2014 12:08 a.m. PST |
If you want it to scream retro the orange and black scheme from the Tintin comic would fit the bill. Robert |
| Norrins | 10 Jan 2014 12:46 a.m. PST |
I painted mine in black and white.
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| Bunkermeister | 10 Jan 2014 12:55 a.m. PST |
Norrins, love the rocket and the figures. Tell me more about them too please! Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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| Whatisitgood4atwork | 10 Jan 2014 12:59 a.m. PST |
Nice one Norrins. I picked up 3 of those gum ball rockets a while ago and have been wondering how to paint them. Painting out the windows is a good idea. The stickers they put over them are almost impossible to remove entirely, even with soaking. BunkerMeister, the rockets are gum ball dispensers. They appear in various guises. Mine were 'Toy Story' themed. The gum was awful. Even my kids wouldn't eat it. TMP link from when I found them. TMP link |
| Chokidar | 10 Jan 2014 2:58 a.m. PST |
With one helluva lot of paint?
Oh.. it is in 15mm – well perhaps a bit less then… |
| Martin Rapier | 10 Jan 2014 3:07 a.m. PST |
Tins Tins rocket is essentially the experiemental V2 colour scheme done in red and white rather than black and white and replicated to a lesser extent on e.g. the Apollo rockets (somewhat unsurprising considering who designed the postwar US rockets). It makes it easier for an external observer to determine rotation of the tube. It does scream retro however, although I imagine the chequered pattern is hard to paint. |
| Chris Palmer | 10 Jan 2014 3:26 a.m. PST |
There are two styles of paint schemes for '50s Pulp rockets. The first is the metallic scheme that you would see in the movie serials and early black & white TV series. The second style is in vibrant color combinations like red and blue or green and yellow that were seen in the Sunday newspaper comics or comic books.
Check out the different styles on the same rocket ( the Target pulp rocket sippy cup) in the photos on this thread from the Pulp message board:
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| Norrins | 10 Jan 2014 3:39 a.m. PST |
My rocket was a 'Peppa Pig' sweet dispenser that was reduced to £2.00 GBP a few years ago. The 28mm figures are from the Victory Force 'Spacefarers' range. The paint is Halfords black & white primer. As Whatisitgood4atwork says, the stickers are a pain to removed. When you do eventually get them off, there's a sticky residue which takes a while to scrub off. |
| Mr Canuck | 10 Jan 2014 11:26 a.m. PST |
Google is your friend! link |
| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 17 Jan 2014 2:42 p.m. PST |
MR Canuck has scored. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
There are so many representations out on the web culled from movies and comics that you should never go wanting.
…of course you could just do what you want via imagination. |
