JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Here is another diversion from reality that is currently on my workbench. My OLDER daughter's birthday is coming up and I thought I'd do something similar to what I did for my younger one. As you recall, I built a plastic model kit of the Flaptter from the anime movie Castle in the Sky...
This one is the Gunship of the Valley of Wind from the anime movie, Nausicaa, another Studio Ghibli film.
I'm not going to cover the build step-by-step since I've done alot without photo documentation so forgive me for the missing steps. But I'm using this build as a testbed for an expansion on my recent preshading experiments, so I thought it'd be worthwhile sharing. Here are some sprue shots from the kit. Like the Flaptter, it is meant to be a snap-together kit but the quality is fairly decent for this toy-like kit.
The figures (1/72 versus 1/20 for the Flaptter) are very small and mostly concealed since they are sitting in the aircraft. I gave it my best shot but didn't spend too much time on these.
Fast forwarding to the point where the fuselage and wings have been assembled.
Uncle Mito the co-pilot is giving Princess Nausicaa the thumbs up from the rear position.
Nausicaa, in her trademark blue outfit, is all but hidden in the pilots seat.
Preparing for painting, I cover up the two fuselage openings with tape.
Time for preshading! First is the customary black along the panel lines and details.
The blank areas were filled with a fine scribbling using green on the top.
The bottom was also scribbled with green but I left it sparse because I wanted to try a multi-color base this time.
I added brown scribbling on the bottom and then some black on certain panels for contrast.
Black was added on the top in panels to finalize preshading.
Ready for the camo. The anime portrayed the gunship in an overall sand color. I think I may exercize some artistic license here and put a light blue/white pattern on the bottom as an homage to cartoon skies that are always blue with fluffy white clouds.
This one is the Gunship of the Valley of Wind from the anime movie, Nausicaa, another Studio Ghibli film.
I'm not going to cover the build step-by-step since I've done alot without photo documentation so forgive me for the missing steps. But I'm using this build as a testbed for an expansion on my recent preshading experiments, so I thought it'd be worthwhile sharing. Here are some sprue shots from the kit. Like the Flaptter, it is meant to be a snap-together kit but the quality is fairly decent for this toy-like kit.
The figures (1/72 versus 1/20 for the Flaptter) are very small and mostly concealed since they are sitting in the aircraft. I gave it my best shot but didn't spend too much time on these.
Fast forwarding to the point where the fuselage and wings have been assembled.
Uncle Mito the co-pilot is giving Princess Nausicaa the thumbs up from the rear position.
Nausicaa, in her trademark blue outfit, is all but hidden in the pilots seat.
Preparing for painting, I cover up the two fuselage openings with tape.
Time for preshading! First is the customary black along the panel lines and details.
The blank areas were filled with a fine scribbling using green on the top.
The bottom was also scribbled with green but I left it sparse because I wanted to try a multi-color base this time.
I added brown scribbling on the bottom and then some black on certain panels for contrast.
Black was added on the top in panels to finalize preshading.
Ready for the camo. The anime portrayed the gunship in an overall sand color. I think I may exercize some artistic license here and put a light blue/white pattern on the bottom as an homage to cartoon skies that are always blue with fluffy white clouds.