by FourEyedMonster | May 22, 2018
Painting micro paint chips has been one of the biggest tests of patience I've ever encountered in this hobby. While it's not as difficult as painting eyes on a miniature figurine, the task of micro paint chipping is extremely laborious in its own right due to the...
by FourEyedMonster | May 11, 2018
As a work-in-progress update it's pretty hard to distinguish between Phase One and Phase Two of the weathering process. Firstly there the technical issue with photography which I'll get into in more detail later. And secondly there's the slightly overenthusiastic way...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 27, 2018
There was once a time I would've stopped here. Weathering with washes and panel lining over a basecoat was all it took to momentarily scratch that ceaseless itch to paint up a monotone grey hued vehicle of the Galactic Empire's Imperial Navy or Army. And in most cases...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 13, 2018
Well duh but a model kit is always greater than the sum of its individual parts. So while both the AT-ST pilots/drivers looked bland on their own, the meh-factor lessened somewhat when they were both seated inside a fully assembled and painted cockpit interior. Well...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 7, 2018
What was Bandai thinking, molding a rigid looking pair of AT-ST pilots/drivers to accompany their 1/48 scale AT-ST model kit. Any form of dynamic pose - e.g. having one of them reach for a side control panel - would've made a lot more sense. The alternative was to use...
