BFG inquisition

[darthpodge]

hi everyone here is a start on my inquistion fleet any comments about how i can inprove constuction painting or anything you think would be good would be welcomed im new to building unique ships also im stuggling for names ive never been good at making them sound right si ideas welcome thanks

[darthpodge]

these three ships started out as 9 imperial cruisers i tryed to be different in design as the inquistion black ships are a rarely seen sight im not a player of the game so i dont know about the rule of playing with them but i enjoy building the models.

ship descriptions
the largest ship would be the command ship
the double decker cruiser is there to pack a punch and fight above its weight class and the other ship i was thinking of a fleet control ship with high power weapons but also advanced radar and censors and stuff because the inquistion has access to technology that most people havent this makes it a little more plasable.
as ever any ideas or feedback is welcome

[Chaos and Evil]

You should probably put such large ships on a large base, making them more vulnerable.

[darthpodge]

yeah i would have liked to put them on larger bases but these were all i had at the time im looking now for some spares on ebay for new ships

[darthpodge]

also im going to start a large scale RAMILIES CLASS STARFORT not to big but at least twice the size of the model im working with lego for structure and palsticard for faceing

[Daniel36]

Wow those are big! O_o

Anyhoo, what you should do is ink your metal parts. Use Badab Black. And next time, when painting metal parts, use the drybrushing technique. Gives your models more texture.

Good luck!

[darthpodge]

thanks i will try that. here a few pics of my paper starport. ive got the basics now ill make the body from lego blocks and then dress it with platicard. ill start taking this apart now so ive got my templates ill post more pics of the project as it goes

[darthpodge]

heres a beginning of the foundation of the space station once ive got the height right and maybe a bottom and a top (waitin on more scrap lego) i will start the details work with plasticard it heavy so making it lighter maybe needed but for now everything is looking ok

[darthpodge]

time for an update. ok then heres the progress ive made on the star fort. its looking good so far but still alot to do. ive used super glue and a glue gun and im happy with the outcome so far. as ever comments are welcome

[darthpodge]

more detailing so far so good

[Jihad_Ragsta]

Hello darth

Those are some BIG ships you have there! Heh heh, I like seeing such hardcore conversions, if you DO make more ships for the fleet I suggest you make them 'standard' size now ;P

I agree about using Badab Black on the metal parts, it will really compliment your work. May I also suggest painting in some running lights? You'll need a detail brush for that but I find such things really help liven up BFG ships- I like doing windows too but that may drive you mad on such large ships haha!

Impressive spacestation so far too, good stuff

[malika]

The Ramiles Space Fortress is going to be really cool!

[darthpodge]

thanks malika the spaceports going good alot more detail to come ive made it so the ships can appear inside or half in or out. and jihad to be honest painting is the thing im worse at but im trying new stuff all the time and thanks for the advise im going to look into getting some badab black and more ships to continue the fleet side of the project.

[darthpodge]

heres some updated pics of the starfort more detailings being done its taking a little longer than i thought

[darthpodge]

more updates soon but im out of action for a while just had to have an operation on my hand booooooooo!!! lol

[Me not Weedy]

I generally just lurk, but this fortress has brought me out of hiding. It is a fantastic build and the detailing is coming along wonderfully.

I would have to say that look around on the internet to find some space ship modeling sites. They will definitely help you out with the fine scale detailing that you are going to do for this.

Fantastic start!

[SSG Snuffy]

I really like the fortress... the detailing so far is quite impressive, and I'm sure it will only get better as you keep adding to it.

I'm not as crazy about the ships, I'm afraid. I really like the bodies and drive sections, but the double-stacked prows are a bit of a let-down. It just looks like two cruisers... umm, 'romantically intertwined.' I think a custom prow would go a long way toward blurring the lines between the components. Still nice work, though...

[doghouse]

That fortress looks brilliant! Really nice work.

[Burnthem]

Nice Starfort, it's practically a board on its own Play a game of Inquisitor or something on top of it!

[darthpodge]

thanks for the comments guys. my hands getting better now the screws out more pics soon!