So with one Storm Raven down, I figure I should learn a few things from the first build and painting that I could really do a better paint job, with much less effort. The first thing was not gluing everything together, rather do sub assemblies that can be combined when the majority of the painting work was done. So I built the wings, engines, and hull separately and then primed and airbrushed the base coat. I'm much better with the airbrush now as well, and the finish on this one is much better. I'm using Vallejo GC Heavy Ochre as my base color (thinned down about 1:1).
I also masked off a couple parts of the model that will have the checkered pattern on it. I used blue painters tape, and then cut squares out and laid out in the area to do the black. Much easier than free-handing all of them, though I will need to go do some cleanup. I'm planning on adding more black and red details to break up the yellow and give it some nice contrast. This model is also magnetized, and I made sure the polarity lined up with the other Storm Raven so I won't have to keep the different bits separate from each other. The result should be finishing the model in a fraction of the time, to a higher quality.
I also masked off a couple parts of the model that will have the checkered pattern on it. I used blue painters tape, and then cut squares out and laid out in the area to do the black. Much easier than free-handing all of them, though I will need to go do some cleanup. I'm planning on adding more black and red details to break up the yellow and give it some nice contrast. This model is also magnetized, and I made sure the polarity lined up with the other Storm Raven so I won't have to keep the different bits separate from each other. The result should be finishing the model in a fraction of the time, to a higher quality.
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