Fred's 2014 Painting Diary

[fred.]

A blue/grey splinter with some thing bright for contrast would look good!

Yes, I think I will go with the peregrine falcon colours, but in a more splinter/stripes pattern. Should be different at least!

[fred.]

Lizard Raptors

A quick block in of the main blue colour for the wings - went with Oxford Blue - which looks a bit more purple in the photo than in real life.

[Techno]

That has come out a bit 'purply' in the photo.
Looks like that'll work well, though.

Cheers - Phil

[toxicpixie]

Wowzers, they didn't look that purple on the iPhone!

Should be a good base colour, anyway

[fred.]

More work on the Raptors - undersides of the wings done in sea grey with a touch of oxford blue. Bodies done with a bit more blue added. Then angular stripes added to the wings with the same slightly darker grey/blue - these have been highlighted slightly.

I attempted to included more things in the photo (now mostly cropped out) to make the colour balance better.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good!

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Giving the right impression.

IanS

[Hertsblue]

I'm totally amazed. My suggestion was intended to be satirical. Oh, well, many a true word.... 

[jchaos79]

Really impressed with the painting scheme. Yes, I like it!

[Matt J]

something I never would have thought of doing but works really well 

[fred.]

I'm totally amazed. My suggestion was intended to be satirical. Oh, well, many a true word.... 

Arse! 

something I never would have thought of doing but works really well 

Really impressed with the painting scheme. Yes, I like it!

But it seems to of worked!

Thanks for the ideas chaps, it seems the sum of the parts has some worth.

They were fun to paint, I have a couple more to do, if I manage to spray them at the weekend.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

They look great.

[fred.]

Ta ML - it was your idea that got me started. I might still do some under wing dapples.

[Techno]

I forgot to ask before, Fred.
What sort of lighting/light source are you using ?

One of the things that has always puzzled me, is why do certain colours look fine.....(I'm guessing the cutting mat is a fair colour match).....and others shift.
If there was a colour 'cast' over the whole piccy, that would be understandable.

Cheers - Puzzled of Pembrokeshire.

[fred.]

Most of these photos have been taken on my painting desk using the normal desk lamp - its some kind of modern one, but not a low energy or halogen one. The photos are only taken with my iPhone, because its much handier than using the proper DSLR. I'm sure the green cutting mat background confuses the white balance setting on the phone, I've noticed this before with other solid green backgrounds.

If I get chance during the week I might try some using the proper camera and various white balance settings.

Got some spraying done this afternoon - before it was dark at 3:30!!!!. 4 different colours, to get the extra lizards sorted.

I also did some major rebasing of my WM giant eagles. Our home brew rules are using 40mm square bases, and the WM eagle's wingspan is so big that they are really hard to rank-up into a unit. So I have rebased them with some at the front of the base, and some at the back. This makes them fit together much better.

[fred.]

WM Giant Eagles - rebased, and now tidying up the paint jobs on them.

[Techno]

Those look splendid, Fred !

Cheers - Phil

[toxicpixie]

They're cracking

The "back and front" basing works well - I can't see how you'd get them on otherwise 

[Orcs]

The sound of it derailing into poo was squelchy!

Its not a squelchy sound that Techno makes when his wheelbarrw derails and the poo goes down his wellies.

Still thats his fault for doing Mrs T's jobs when he should be doing german paras