Ruckdog's Planetfall Thread

[Ruckdog]

I've finally gotten around to working on my Planetfall stuff! I'm starting with the Directorate.

Here is everything cleaned up, washed and ready for priming:

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I got everything primed today! I did all the ground vehicles in black, the flyers in white, and the infantry in grey:

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I've also gotten fairly far along on painting up my two test models; one is a tank, to test the vehicle scheme, and an the other is a stand of infantry:

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Of the two models, the tank is further along than the infantry stand is. I still have some detail panting and basing work to do to both, but I'm happy with the progress. I'll post a better, close-up pic once I've finished these two.

[Ruckdog]

I've gotten a couple of test models completed! I'm pretty pleased with the results, and feel that I'm ready to move to full production on these:

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[Quickdraw]

That blue is a great accent color.
What paints went into the blue?

[Ruckdog]

That's Vallejo #70.943, Grey Blue. I spot-painted areas of the tank with it, and then drybrushed the whole thing with two shades of grey. I'm a big fan of this color! I also used it on my Halo UNSC ships.

[Badi_Dea]

The dry brush really set off the tank! nicely done
Did you apply a wash for the soldiers? I can't tell if its just the lighting or not

[Ruckdog]

The infantry models were base coated in the same Blue Grey I used on the tank, then washed with a black wash, then dry brushed with Blue Grey and finally Light Blue Grey.

[Quickdraw]

That might be exactly the color I was looking for on my Infinity project!
The color combination you've used would be great on a Directorate fleet as well. 

[Landlubber]

Looking good Ruckdog! Man I really like the look of the Directorate ground forces...but I must resist, with the Halo ground combat game coming sometime this year...

[Ruckdog]

Just a quick status update! I've gotten all the blue-grey accents done on all the vehicles, given some of the vehicles their first pass of drybrushing, washed the infantry stands, and given them their first pass of drybrushing as well:



With the weekend coming up, I may just push through and finish all of these guys up! If not, then I should definitely have them done by the end of next week.

[Quickdraw]

+1 for batch painting!

That's quite a force you have on that table. It's looking nice and sinister.

[Ruckdog]

Thanks! Sinister is good, as they are the Evil Corporate Overlords, after all

So, I didn't get as much done over the weekend as I hoped, but I did make a little progress. I got the drybrushing done for both the infantry stands and the vehicles, and got most of the Boltgun accents done on the vehicles:



Overall, I'd say I'm still on track to have these guys finished by the end of this week!

[Landlubber]

Looking good as always, Ruckdog.

[Ruckdog]

Core Helix is done!



You can find more pics in my Showcase thread:

http://www.manbattlestations.com/forum/index.php?topic=1136.0

Next up is my Works Raptor recon helix!