Boathouse & tree (pic heavy)

[jo b]

Finally it is finished. The model ended up being way too big to fit into my lightbox, so I had to photograph it outside early this morning.
Will submit it in a few days time. Many thanks everyone

Grumb, regarding the tree tutorial, I did find it while browsing through armorama website. Will post it here later

[jo b]

Took me a while, but I managed to find the bit of concept art that is 50% of the inspiration behinf the boathouse:



The other 50% was the same model done by a member of GW (whose name I can't recall) and whose picture I shall post soon.

[DunErwit]

Really awesome, breathtaking work!! I like it very much, especially because of all those little details you've managed to create in that scale. I'd be interested in how you did the ropes?

Excellent!

[mattsterbenz]

This project is really inspiring. Thanks so much for posting. The amount of detail is amazing... and I just love the way you weathered everything (especially the wood). Top notch!

-Matt

[jo b]

Thank you guys,

Dunerwit, the ropes (along with many of the brass bits), I did buy from here:

http://www.onlinehobbysite.com/

I am only sorry for the final pictures not turning out the way I would like them too. The model ended up being way too big to photograph properly in my current lightbox, and now I have to get myself a bigger one before making my submission for cmon.

Again, many thanks

[No Such Agency]

now I have to get myself a bigger one before making my submission for cmon.

Can you just drape some white sheets or something? I hate to encourage the idea that CMON is all about having a professional-grade photo setup, rather than being a skilled and imaginitive miniaturist

[jo b]

Absolutely, however the specific project needs proper lighting due to size and detailing.

[khavor]

Great work. Really cool model. I agree that the weathered wood turned out really nice, very realistic colors. Details are great, looks like it could be ready to sail away at a moment's notice. Reminds me a bit of Evan Almighty. "Why are you building a ship on dry land? So when the flood comes I can sail away! So long suckers!"

Sadly, I agree that you need better pics to go in the gallery, but as NSA said you could probably drape a sheet as a backdrop somewhere outside and get something good. Get that thing submitted so we can vote.

[Shawn R. L.]

Your sketch is equally beautiful.

[DunErwit]

Dunerwit, the ropes (along with many of the brass bits), I did buy from here:

http://www.onlinehobbysite.com/

Thanks for the link. I already found the ropes Which ones did you use for your boathouse (diameter)?

Concerning the photos for the gallery, I agree totally with khavor and no such agency: Better photos ok. But you certainly won't need a 150% perfect light for this. A white background already should help a lot. Try to take your pictures outside, when it is a bit cloudy (direct sunlight will create shadows where you don't want them to be).
This way you should get wonderful pictures.

[jo b]

I did use the 1.6mm rigging thread. Excellent quality!

I did take the pictures early in the morning, albeit without a backdrop due to lack of one at the time. As for the cloudy bit, I will have to wait until late September/early October, for we don't get anything near that in Greece before then I'm afraid. I will be ordering my new light tent this week

[jo b]

Hi everyone,

I photographed the boathouse yesterday and I submitted it just minutes ago. Many thanks to all for your kind words in this thread.

Looking forward to your comments either on the new thread or in the submission page.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/...246#post551246
http://coolminiornot.com/257431

[sans]

wow.... love the wood effect - it's perfect. How did you do that if you dont mind my asking? what paints did you use?

[jo b]

Hi Sans and welcome to the cmon forum

The house bit, I did by giving it a grey undercoat (vallejo) which then I did airbrush, giving it that cloudy white colour as in the first painted pictures. Then I did the "once painted blue" areas using some random GW's darkish blue paint. Finally, I did apply MIG's dark wash, with which I scrubbed the surface. Because of the material (balsa wood) the oil-based wash's thinner was able to penetrate the blue paint and dissolve it, leaving just traces behing that looked dark, old and flakey. Vallejo has tiny amounts of resin in its paints, so the thinner did not damage my white layer as heavily as it did with GW's.

On the boat, I didn't plan to have any traces of old paint, so i did follow the same procedure (without the blue paint of course) but instead I gently applied the dark wash, giving the wood a more grey-silvery finish. I then used tamiya's abrasive papers (180-400 mostly) and randomly scrubbed till shades of the underlying layers were revealed, giving a brownish hue to the whole structure.

Hope this helps

[sans]

yes I did sign up just to ask that question.... the effect is exactly one I will be trying to get on a future model - thanks for sharing!

[Iguazzu]

OMFG!! Is a great work and very inspired!! Thanks for share!!