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To Re-Shoot or Move On
I picked up a model of Sputnik from Red Iron Models (Sputnik-1, Red Iron Models RIM24001 (2021)) which is the perfect scale and has great details and is in the perfect scale.
As I commonly do when airbrushing bare metal finishes, I primed the model with a layer of flat black before shooting an aluminum acrylic paint. I think that my mixture was too thin though, because on second inspection the finish has a decidedly darkened steel look. I don't mind the finish, but I worry that it really should have a more brushed aluminum finish. What do you guys think? Keep it, or shoot another thicker layer? If I keep it like this, I was going to finish the highlights and then seal with a semi-gloss coat.
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Two thoughts:
1. I know I won't be happy until it looks like what I wanted it to look like. 2. I might look at it and decide, ya know, nobody ever models how a thing looks on the night side of its orbit, how about I become a trendsetter.
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Looks a little like a Studio Ghibli Soot Sprite - which is no bad thing 😊
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LOL Gotham. I hadn't thought of that.
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My thought is that it looks like H G Wells War of the Worlds
Enjoy, Miles
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Ah okay that’s better. Thank goodness I don’t have to weather it. :D
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