Painting Contest 2015 Submissions Thread

[Ruckdog]

Please post your contest submission in this thread! As a reminder, here are the requirements:

All submissions are due by Friday, 03 April.  One submission is permitted per forum member, consisting of a single picture no larger than 3 megabytes in size at a max resolution 0f 800 x 600 pixels. Any submissions larger than this size will be re-sized by the administrators. Pictures can be submitted either by posting them on the official submissions thread, or emailing them to gamerandy05@gmail.com.

If any member posts more than one picture in this forum, the last picture submitted chronologically will be the one that is selected for the voting. Good luck!

[Ecclesiastes]

Well, allow me to kick off then with my rendering of the 'operation Weser

[Ruckdog]

Beautiful! Looks like we are starting things off in style  .

[Nightfall]

CV-34 USS Oriskany (SCB-125)
Shapeways printed by Echoco
1:1800 scale
No decals used. All hand painted.

[Ruckdog]

Great job! As I've said before, that is an impressive piece of work.

[Grgbobe]

Here's mine:

CV-4 USS Ranger
Shapeways model designed by squint181
1:1800 scale
As above, no decals.  This is Measure 33, Design 1A.

[Danaussie]

I was hoping you would enter Ranger Greg she is a really nice piece. The Hipper is also really nice too by Eccles as is that Oriskany by Nightfall. It's on the way guys I promise, been working on her all day, looks like I won't be winning this year there are some nice entries so far and hopefully more to come.

Funny thing is guys, all these entries are also up for Model of the Month at Forumini too.

Good luck to all of you, I hope you win.

Dan

[Landlubber]

This is the Couronne-class assault carrier Pierre Ab

[Ruckdog]

Great job! I love the tri-color background on the fleur de lis on the island, and the markings on the aircraft. Great detail work.

[Quickdraw]

I like weathering on the deck where the fighters land.

[Andrewchristlieb]

There isn't enough space ship love.... So I guess I'll have to throw in some Firestorm Armada. You'll probably recognize this as my Oroshan Armageddon dreadnought that I was working on late last year.

Oroshan Armageddon class dreadnought by Spartan Games
1:10000 scale (give or take)

[Danaussie]

Hi guys, here is my entry for the MBS Painting Contest 2015:



Preparation - The Vanguard received some light sanding before a spray primer of Tamiya TS-4 German Grey, a clear coat was then added, this process was repeated a second time to gain some smoothness on the surface of this Shapeways miniature. Also further port holes were drilled into the upper superstructure using a pin vice to add some detail, these were done following carefully pictures and plans from HMS Vanguard scale models.

Painting - Vanguard was painted using a Nuln Oil (Citadel) wash, before receiving a two-tone dry-brush with Dawnstone and Administratum Grey (Citadel). A hi-light of a lightened Administratum Grey/White Scar (Citadel) approx 70/30 ratio. A secondary wash of a slightly lightened Nuln Oil was then added overall, before a final hi-light of the Administratum Grey/White Scar mixture. The deck was treated with a Red Leather #70818 (Vallejo) base coat, and Woodgrain Transperant #70828 (Vallejo) wash, before a two-tone wet-brush blend of Bleached Bone/Sunburst Yellow (Citadel)/Water mixture approx 85/5/10 ratio. These pre-mixed colours one with about 10% White Scar (Citadel) constitute the two tones used on the deck using a gradual build up of shade. A further watered down wash of Woodgrain Transperant #70828 is then applied before a final wet-brush hi-light of the lightened deck mixture, other inks and washes used for detailing from Art Spectrum, Vallejo & Citadel.

Base - The base is made from 5mm Balsa, the water effect is created using modelling putty and Vallejo Water Effects, the whole base was then base coated in Imperial Blue #72.020 (Vallejo) before a clear coat being added. After fixing the miniature to the base, detailing, using a 3 tone blue to aqua to light blue effect. Lightened Imperial Blue (Vallejo), to Hawk Turquoise (Citadel) and darkened Ice Blue (Citadel) before the white water being dry-brushed and hi-lighted in Scar White.

Thank you for your consideration this year, and good luck to all entries.

Dan

[Hetairoi]

Imperial Humans Kingfisher Class Heavy Cruiser


This is my first Imperial Human ship. I

[GdMr]

My entry for the contest: Polish Navy ships of the beginning of the war plus the Schleswig-Holstein battleship.


Click the image to enlarge. Then click the magnifier icon, as photobucket scales it down.

From the right side: minesweeper Jaskolka, submarine Orzel, destroyers Wicher and Blyskawica, minelayer Gryf and Schleswig-Holstein. These are 1:700, I like bigger scales although it needs a bit more space to play with

[Landlubber]

Imperial Humans Kingfisher Class Heavy Cruiser


This is my first Imperial Human ship. I