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Offline sotoolslinger

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #50 on: March 07, 2012, 09:50:27 PM »
Yeah well I don't plan on doing any serious covering of my bad ass engines maybe just a few panels here and there. I will mock up some stuff today and see what y'all think.

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #51 on: March 08, 2012, 12:37:31 AM »
Check this out and let me know what y'all think please.





Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #52 on: March 08, 2012, 02:30:11 AM »
Thats perfect. a few panels here and there but still plenty of detail shown  :)
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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #53 on: March 08, 2012, 03:38:24 AM »
Im not sure weather i like them matching or not... Han always seemed a more random person than that... Still i like !!

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #54 on: March 08, 2012, 04:05:30 AM »
Thanks y'all :-* Chris if you go back and look NONE of the greeblyfication is matched from side to side >:D In any case this ship does not belong to Han ;) It is a Star Wars ship and it is HEAVILY modified ,fer instance, no Headhunters in SW lore are listed as having hyperdrives as built... mine has a big one ;D >:D

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #55 on: March 08, 2012, 04:26:07 AM »
It sure looks every bit the genuine article! Watching you put this baby together is almost as much fun as quarter draft night!

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #56 on: March 08, 2012, 04:44:50 AM »
Thanks bubba. She's a fun build ;)

Offline ChrisF

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #57 on: March 08, 2012, 05:39:45 AM »
Ah sorry i misread the begining... A headhunter LIKE the one Han had... Got it sorry...

...Hell like it matters its awesome :D

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #58 on: March 08, 2012, 05:44:08 AM »
Like the new covers, seems strange that covering detail can make it look more realistic.  :-\   :)
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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #59 on: March 08, 2012, 06:30:55 AM »
Ah sorry i misread the begining... A headhunter LIKE the one Han had... Got it sorry...

...Hell like it matters its awesome :D
It's ok bubba ;) I was just funnin wit ya ;D It's like why I do what- ifs even of sci-fi subjects... can't noone tell me I built it wrong... course it could be owned by Ron Solo :D ;D :P

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #60 on: March 08, 2012, 06:43:15 AM »
Like the new covers, seems strange that covering detail can make it look more realistic.  :-\   :)
Yeah it is weird but if your a SW / Hot Rod geek like my own self( and you) it makes perfect sense... look at the end result of something like a Y-wing  or any hotrod where the hood is left off (sometimes the entire front end sheetmetal)  Compare what a Y-wing looks like in SW as opposed to the original artwork or the  "Clone Wars" or a stripped hotrod or bike :-*

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #61 on: March 08, 2012, 10:09:35 AM »
i like it with the stripped down panel look
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Offline ChrisF

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #62 on: March 08, 2012, 04:35:16 PM »
"Ron Solo"

PMSL !   ;D

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #63 on: March 11, 2012, 02:57:38 AM »
Dang it is pleasant to see how busy everyone has been... I let this get pushed to the 3rd page :o
Anyway ;D after several more PSR sessions here is a primer walk around








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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #64 on: March 11, 2012, 03:27:31 AM »
Looks fantastic in black, Ron! The level of detail is amazing!

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #65 on: March 11, 2012, 05:37:37 AM »
Thanks bubba. Right now she is getting a few more randomly placed greeblies such as are commonly seen on SW type craft and of course some more putty ;)

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #66 on: March 11, 2012, 06:12:53 AM »
Damn that looks good...   :P

Offline apophenia

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #67 on: March 11, 2012, 07:17:11 AM »
Cool!  "It's so black!  You can hardly see it.  Light just falls into it."
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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #68 on: March 11, 2012, 07:36:44 AM »
Cool!  "It's so black!  You can hardly see it.  Light just falls into it."
Thanks y'all :-* I have always thought that space camo, especially for a fighter would be a finish that would basically absorb visible light ??? :-\ If your moving fast like a fighter occluding stars would not be a problem... unfortunately that would suck as a paint scheme for a cool model :icon_sleep:
Also on a real spaceship that would absorb heat like, oh a black thing, :-\ which would suck for the folk inside it as space is very hot :icon_twisted:
So she will not be black... think metallics and green?

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #69 on: March 11, 2012, 09:37:05 AM »
Avoiding detection would be difficult, I'd rather go with something with high refelctance to disapate at least some of the incomign energies.  How about an electrochromic paint that would change color as desired to allow different color schemes as desired/needed?

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #70 on: March 11, 2012, 10:06:20 PM »
Avoiding detection would be difficult, I'd rather go with something with high refelctance to disapate at least some of the incomign energies.  How about an electrochromic paint that would change color as desired to allow different color schemes as desired/needed?
:o I'll get right on trying to paint that on my model ;) ;D

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #71 on: March 12, 2012, 02:53:30 AM »
-chuckle- I considered it more as an excuse to paint it any way you wished (heck, pink with purple polkadots when the color control system shorted out ;) ).

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #72 on: March 12, 2012, 06:07:59 AM »
Actually I am actively trying to figure out how to uses inks and washes to get a "color casehardened" look to the finish... dang engineers ;D ::) :P :icon_fsm:

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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #73 on: March 12, 2012, 08:25:04 PM »
I am very curious to see more! Looks great right now, what a journey it has been
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Re: Hotrod Headhunter
« Reply #74 on: March 12, 2012, 10:45:46 PM »
Way cool Ron  :-*
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