Round Four Report from Zaphod Beeblebrox - Part 3

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Zaphod Beeblebrox continues:

I wanted to add something early that would bring the "Fed" aspect home, so I painted the Nacelle fronts using Scar Red and Vermilion, as well as the blue "lit" thingy on the top between the nacelles with Andrea Blue. I mixed white in with both for highlighting, and just a hint of some orange for the reds. Using some Citadel Snakebite Leather, I picked out the corners above the seat, the ends of the weapon arm, the tops of the hydrofoil vents, and some panels in various spots. Just added white for highlighting, and at this point, I was liking what I had done.

This is the step I hated. I would do this step before applying any color next time for sure. But then, if we don't make mistakes, we don't learn sometimes! Out came the Micron pen. I figured it would be okay, but once I started, I realised that the pen was too thick, too dark, and too wobbly. All of a sudden, I didn't know what to do. I tried a brush, but realised the pen was easier. So I did it all.

You can see just how wobbly some areas are! After some more cursing, I knew I would have to do a lot of touching up!

Well, cleaned up a lot. The lines are thinner, look much straighter for the most part, and I even did a little shading on the darker panels.

The gun barrel was painted as black NMM, as well as the exhaust ends of the nacelles. I used Black, Intermediate Blue and Wolf Grey for highlighting, keeping the barrel looking as a metal cylinder, and the exhausts having the same highlight coming from the same direction. I edged the exhausts and moved on to the seat, using the same colors and making it a black leather seat.

Only thing left on the ship was the "marshmellow pads" (or whatnot) around the edge of the main body. I had used these for holding the ship until the end, so I had to paint the base up and attach it.