Red Scorpions Land Raider

[quindia]

Nuff Said!

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You can see larger images, as well as the rest of my growing Red Scorpions army on my blog at Quindia Studios (http://quindiastudios.blogspot.com/search/label/Red%20Scorpions)!

Clarence Harrison
Quindia Studios (http://quindiastudios.blogspot.com/search/label/Red%20Scorpions)

[MaltonNecromancer]

I normally despise freehand; it's usually crassly showy, often ugly, and mostly just plain bad. This is the literally the first freehand I have ever seen that didn't look like total crap- especially on a Land Raider. The design on top actually really helps pull the whole aesthetic together and look good.

Really, really impressive work.

[Meph]

I concur!! I do have seen some extraordinary freehand work which are some true illustrations and must have been abnormally time-consuming, but I really, really like the way you did this.
The unshaded, flat design, really nicely ties the whole look together and suits it perfectly.

How did you do it? Freehand sketch with pencil, projection +tracing, or did you stencil the design on first with masking take or something?

[Wolfshade]

Brilliant.

[quindia]

Thanks, guys! I wanted to keep the design fairly flat because of all of the details on the top of the hull. I've never added freehand details to a model on this scale, but this is meant to serve as the centerpiece of my army and I decided to make the effort.

Meph, before assembling the tank I placed the upper hull piece on a flatbed scanner and imported the image into CorelDraw where I designed my graphic, superimposed on the image. Then I printed this to use as a reference. After building the kit, I painted and highlighted the entire tank with the main grey colors. Using my printed reference as a guide, I used a white colored pencil to draw the design on the hull. All of the angles and details made it relatively easy to get the proportions right. Then I just filled in the shapes and highlighted each one in the same manner as the rest of the hull.

[Meph]

Well done, sah! *tip o' da hat*

[Culial]

Amazing work!

How've you painted the 'grey'? Looks almost metallic...

[olberon]

verry inspirational !!

what colour did you use for the yellow ??