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STORMSHADOW_80

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  1. STORMSHADOW_80
    Spent a good amount of the weekend rearranging my garage so I could get a better workspace. Finally utilized a nook in my garage wall with a bookshelf that fit perfectly. Finally my stuff is out of harms way and room to spread out projects.
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    Airbrush failed. Had to resort to painting it by hand. I think it's the testers paint that doesn't work that good, especially with darker colors even though I used a lot of thinner
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    Added supporting wires. Getting ready to airbrush Conan
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    Made up for some lost time today.
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    Took a little break from the statue to help my wife with her hobby. Repotting cacti. Decided to start the detailing. To my surprise it's actually not that bad. Just had to keep mixing the jar to keep the paint consistent, but it seemed to flow where I needed it to go to on it's own :-)
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    I went to a sale once at 6:00 am. Had to have a flash light out and everything just for the buyer to say he changed his mind about selling the comics. I was too tired to be pissed off about it. But really I should have given him a harder time about it.
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    Still looks beautiful to me. I struggled with staples being properly aligned on my copy, but it didn't affect the grade.
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    Thanks. Yeah I'm still a little bummed about the arm. I'm probably just going to use the cement glue instead of putty so hopefully it's not noticeable. I'm hoping i could possible finish her by this weekend.
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    Minor set back today. Dress came out pretty nice but her arm came off the seam when I was pulling off tape
  11. STORMSHADOW_80
    Thank you! At some point I always want to pull my hair out doing model kits. Thanks for the interest. I'll have some updates this afternoon.
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    I had a couple spots on an ASM 46 that looked like this. At first I thought it was some kind of touch up and was afraid of a PLOD. After a friend told me that is was just spots where the water cleaned it, I felt better. It got a blue label.
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    Got better skin tone colors. Had to mix myself. I think the girl's name is "Tara" now has a little more pinkish hue and Conan isn't as dark. Hard to tell in the lighting but I think it will be ok now. The air brush I borrowed has some air compressor issues that takes more time to paint and I think led to more clogging. I only finished Conan's torso and arm. Hopefully I do the legs tomorrow. I might try to dial in the compressor so it's more reliable. I would like to do some fine shading but need it to work properly. Everyday I try to do something on this kit to keep motivated. I might work on Tara's dress tonight. The hard part will be all the detailing once all the base coats are applied.
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    7.5
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    I would love to see how the Hulk 181 grades as
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    well shoot. I was worried about that. I need a Conan 1 reader copy. Thanks for the heads up.
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    Unfortunately the kit doesn't come with any paint codes or suggested colors. I wish it did. It just has a pamphlet with a picture of a completed model for reference. It looks like the one in this picture below that I pulled from the website. I've done a few planes and helicopter models, but this is my first time building a statue. It's relatively easy to be able to put together but the hard put will be hand painting all the details where as other models are mainly solid colors you're just gluing together.
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    "Not forgotten" Is a good story arc in X-Force about X-23. Issues 19 & 20
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    Currently where I'm at with Conan. I need to restock on paint and repaint. I might add supporting pins.
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    The whole 2008 X-Force series is pretty awesome
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    I'm a 9.4
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    I saw that there is going to be an agent Venom Punisher for the Venom verse. What if 44 might be a good one to pick up
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    1.0 When do you think you're going to send it in?
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    Outstanding! Congrats on the first submission! Definitely some keepers there
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    Some progress last night. Kit does not come with a string so I made my own out of twine. Burnt the loose edges and used candle wax to smooth it out a little. Helmet looks pretty good so far. It got a heavy coat of paint on the brown part the other day and still wasn't dry completely when I painted the horns.