Tau Tetra Scout bike, Just a one off concept Options

[tartanarmy]

Heh,

found one of these in an old box from ages ago. Tried a few diffrent painting things, but made the gray a little to drab. Still, interesting to paint. Your thoughts please!

[Lazarus992]

Base kills it and blue camo things you where trying to do.

[Plebicidal]

Base kills it and blue camo things you where trying to do.

uh.. what?




Blue, blue grey is an interesting colour choice.. I like the camo, but the dark blue on the engine seems out of place to me.
Perhaps swap to a contrasting colour?
Its also worth noting that the warm colour on the base clashes with the cool tones used on the actual model.

Weathering/damage is way OTT in my opinion.. I like that it is near where the drivers would use the roof to swing into the vehicle, but reduce it to a much smaller area & maybe keep the general damage closer to the edges.
I imagine that if such a fragile vehicle took that much wear & tear (Also how would some of that have happened? careless pilot?) it would not still be in the air

Possibly use a dark grey instead of black for the damage base colour to reduce the impact?



This post has been edited by Plebicidal: Apr 4 2012, 01:04 PM

[PlasmaDavid]

Now steady on Lazarus, photographs very often completely bonk the contrasts on the head. This could look much better and subdued IRL.

I agree I'm not a fan of the camo colors/design, but it's a great job none-the-less!

Also it's a speeder, not a bike

[tartanarmy]

Weathering, yeah there is a fair amount. At the front i thought if they were close to the ground and hitting small branches and such. Hence the tall grass.

Other base colours.....yeah, i really regret that red. But i just thought if i add more dark colours (gray etc) to the base i would just have a grey blob.

Thoughts on the blue camo. Just imagining if it was 'skylined' on a hillside against the sky. the blue lines would break up the outline of the 'speeder' (sure, its not a bike, no wheels!!) and disrupt weapons fire and line of sight. I think i may have been thining to much real world.

Still, thanks for the feedback, always good to not get somthing quite right and gather feedback to make it better next time!

[Lazarus992]

sorry to sound so harsh, i should of put in some positive comments in there to. I like the weathering and the blue and gray on the engine it does match/contrast well but i think you should remove the camo or possibly weather this also looks a tad to clean.

The base it might just be the photo but the white on the base is this meant to be snow. i think you should get rid also. They where the only two issue i found with the model. other than that nice work.

This post has been edited by Lazarus992: Apr 5 2012, 08:07 AM