Studio Scale AT-ST (v.ESB)

[qcfoundry]

This took a few years to finish, but I finally did it:








rest of the shots and the build up can be found here QC Foundry - AT-ST

[3phase]

Super cool mate. cant wait to finish my armatures so I can actually get started on this. Love the snow effect, how was it done again.

[kbilly]

Wow, this looks incredible. I like everything, the pose, the painting and weathering, the base... nicely done.

[Wombat]

Looks stunning! The clean detailing, paint and weathering look top notch. That really is some fine work. Well done! :-)

[darkimmitator]

I echo the comments from everyone above . You Nailed it for sure sir!!

[Scott Graham]

Wow! Great job Quincy! It's good to see you got the paint job spot on too. Inspiring work. Love the base too.

[Scott Graham]

PS: It looks like you could wind up the base and it would rotate...and play the music of the Imperial March.

[qcfoundry]

Kind words from all of you. I'm honored.

Snow: It was a big of a process. If you look at my photo album you may have picked up I used green florist foam (the dense stuff) and just used my bare fingers to rub away and craft the snow drifts. I then painted with a thin slurry of plaster water. Which was a bad move because it grabbed the foam and pulled it away from the supporting MDF board (which I had to fix later). I had intended on using microballoons (nothing compares) but knew they were quite tempormental. Trick: make a slurry of future floor wax and microballons, make thin pancakes, then let it dry. Break those pancakes up and you have jagged snowballs, round them with your bare fingers if you want a smoother look (hence a lot of the plowed snow). A month before I was going to apply the snow, I saw a FB post on a product called Precision Snow & Ice. They have some really nice products and I highly recommend their starter kit (sieve, wash, and 2 types of snow). I also got a couple sheets of their ice. I ended up using a 50:50 mix of the Precision product and microballoons. The white on the chicken feet is their wash product with some loose powder thrown on while wet.

As for the painting - thanks, but I feel you exagerate. Its really not much similar to the actual model. Those guys had their own random style. I'm a little to focused on doing that way. I tried to be ITSO (in the spirit of) the weathering they used but also mix a bit real world weathering (as practiced by the armor guys). I hadn't painted in probably 8 years - so considering, I suppose I'm kinda happy with it.

As for the base, I usually have to explain it for the lay people. I really needed something heavy to balance the top heavy model. I know I wanted snow. But didn't know how to terminate it towards the table. The base is supposed to remind you of the Hoth rebel turrets in shape and color. In that you have some symbology: the bad guys beating/over the good guys. Cheesy, but works in my mind.

thanks again for the words.

[SS Raider]

QC.

Really nice job on this. Looks great. I love the base. Very very cool. Is this going to be at WF 2016?

-SS Raider (emojo5)

[qcfoundry]

Ed,
I hadn't planned on bringing it, but I live an hour from WF.  Be happy to bring it for you - just confirm you're coming this year!!

[JAWS]

That is sensational Quincy.

[mirdhim]

Ufffff!
I would like to have a better English language level to say How wonderful your model is.

Menuda maravilla de modelo y que pintura más impresionante!!!!!!!

Congratulations.
Luis