Space Jamming to Star Man .. PSC Freighters Grab Bag – Painting Description
Step one .. with no idea how to really paint them (as in a proper paint scheme of sorts) I decided to prime them with Airfix Primer Grey Acrylic (01) and follow a hunch, a Traveller style hunch, of Free Trader Beowulf – a grubby planet hopper plying his trade, trying to make that big credit deal to set him up for life in the manner of his dreams (see below, the first batch of eight of my cosmic traders – „free booter“ as I call them):
- Vallejo Game Colour „Off White“ for the top half of the freighter
- Vallejo Game Colour „Bone White“ for the bottom half of the freighter
- Vallejo Game Colour „Gun Metal“ for engine and exhaust parts on the freighter
- Vallejo Brown Dipping Wash along the black lines of the panelling to bring out a grubby feel and depth, and cover the Gun Metal engine parts to make it rosy
- Highlight „White“ areas with the base colour („Off White“ or „Bone“ White respectively)
- Highlight „Gun Metal“ area to „Silver“
When you have done one, then it is just as easy to do two (see below, the advantage of the simple paint scheme, was that it could be turned into a factory production line):
The budding space commercial space empire takes a trip through the fruit bowl system and basks in the fading sunlight from a Red Dwarf (see below, but beware danger can strike from any quarter, unannounced):
So best paint some more in case you run into losses (see below, simple paint scheme begs a simple production system – one ship at a time as I am getting into a rhythm and getting to know the peculiarities and wrinkles of the model – but the more I paint it, the more I like it):
The fleet burgeons to three active „freighters of the line“ (see below, I have not yet got to the point of naming them yet, but I am getting attached to them and thinking of possible rile systems such a Billion Suns to use them with, as well as Traveller!)
Half way through (aka four done) my initial batch of eight which were to be my ‚proof of concept‘ that I can be ‚bothered‘ painting the ships in this way (see below, each one is getting slightly faster to do which is a good sign):
To get from four to six, I did two at a time and to be honest was more frustrated that pleased. There was a certain satisfaction of doing one and moving onto another, that was not „doubled“ by finishing two at the same time. As it is partially about enjoyment of the painting journey, as opposed to just painting them for gawd sake, I reverted back to one at a time for seven and eight (see below, but I think they do look grand „en masse“):
Starting the „last one“ of the „initial batch“ – I an finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Even though it is really the first stop on a journey of many (see below, the squadron celebrations are about to begin):
At last I can rest my weary brush hand, the „trading“ squadron is assembled in quite a beguiling formation (see below, I know they are specifically not warships by design but I think they have a „we mean business“ look and feel to them):
What do you do with old Xmas tangerine boxes? Why you fill them with the first painted batch of transports alongside a primed and washed second batch (see below, remember that this is half of one „grab bag“ and I bought two, of which I have only painted a quarter in total – not a quick project):
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