Flammarion : Interstellar rescue and exploration ship

[Sisko]

Looks fantastic!

Like something straight out of a Terran Trade Authourity book.

[Mr Ten]

Thanks for your comments !


Aieeekk !  An Harlequin's ship What's happened ?


Just another undercoat of white to prepare the next color...
At this stage, some effects are required : darker panels in red/brown/orange, masking tapes and stickers to have later truly "white lines " , and not white-pink-yellowish lines...

The first coat of orange :


It's done with a mix of 4 differents colors of acrylics (vallejo/prince august), applied with my old tamiya airbrush.

Now, the second, deeper coat of orange :


The color is once more blended, but with different ratios to have a weary effect. Shading is added, as some "zenithal light" with some kind of desert sand...

The engine zone is darker.

[Father Ennis]

For what its worth, I like the look of this as two ships. I think you should make the bigger one a stand alone and the smaller one into another scout ship. I find the two attached to look a bit odd but not "alien". Not saying I don't like it or anything just a suggestion ...   

[Old Wombat]

Mr Ten: Congrats on the Whiffie - the finish on that ship is just glorius!  And I think I have already seen next years winner...in this very thread!!

It may be just a little obvious, but I agree!



Guy

[Mr Ten]

Thanks for your remarks...

In fact, the "saucer" in front could be a scout/escape ship. If you notice, you can see a cockpit on front of the saucer (black windows), and another cockpit/observation post on the top of the ship...
I should recheck the original blueprints...
Now some more pics :



Masks are removed, and you can see the naked white truth : the contrast is right, but there are a lot of small flaws here and there... Annoying, but not catastrophic : everything will disappear with the next step...


Now decaling with stripes, and adding more and various paints, and washes, and powder pigments, and black marker spots  and white paint spots and...  More decals... And adding moreof everything...  Well, until you're satisfied !
It seems to be the funniest part of the game, well it is . But it took also the longest time to finish, because the decoration plan wasn't on a paper sheet, but only in my head...

[Mr Ten]

Building is finished !

Now let's follow the Flammarion on her first cruise at an exhibition :



So here is the first big interstellar squadron... 
The third ship (the grey one) is from my... Err...  Padawan(1).

I'm not schizophrenic  ; As you'll see later, he has really a "different style".

More detailed pics of the Flammarion later

(1) He has not enough time to post on the net, so i'll post pics of his buildings under the name of...   Well...  Darkonnen ...

[NARSES2]

Great work 

[nighthunter]

I really, really, do hate to say this, but it looks like an interstellar vacuum cleaner, lol, or an interstellar metal detector. Other than that, it looks great!

[buzzbomb]

I gotta say, this is a fantastic build and the colour scheme just wonderful

[Mr Ten]

End of the journey : some more pics from the exhibition 




And, now.... Details ! (You'll see all the flaws  )

[Old Wombat]

Said it before, say it again - Brilliant build! Love it!

(And, no, it does not look like a vacuum cleaner, Mr Nasty Nighthunter! )



Guy

[deathjester]

I see NO flaws - only glorious sci-fi goodness!!