So, the third part of my haul of new toys from Salute 2012. This time, we have spaceships from the
Iron Stars range by Brigade Models along with a few from their
'Cimexian' bug spaceships range.
I'm not entirely certain why I decided to paint these first, but I've now finished them, even getting the dip applied. Originally, I was going to follow the paint schemes from the Brigade site, but I decided to have something a bit more colourful in the end. So, for the Austro-Hungarians, I've used Burgundy with Pale Flesh (btw, that's my zombie skin colour!) for the ships themselves and Copper for their Cavorite sails:
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| Austro-Hungarian Empire |
And for the Russians, I've used Field Grey with Porcelain Blue for the hulls and Blue Steel for the sails:
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| Russian Empirs |
While the bugs are quite a bit brighter as I wanted them to be markedly different, so they have Heather, Pink and Scarlet:
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| Bugs!! |
One thing that I did not know until I had the ships is the amount of detail on the underside of the bug ships, so here's a shot of that:
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| Detail on underside of Bugs |
I was very impressed by all these models, although getting the sails to stick on the Russian small ships was a real pain!
Next time: another Dave Graffam Model build which will be one of: a) The Cottage, b) 2 Low-Level Ruins, or c) Split Ruin - stay tuned to find out which!
