That looks pretty damn good!
Just out of curiosity, did you intentionally go for squigly black/yellow hazard paint, or are you planning on straightening them out? It looks very diy/pirate style this way, I like it!
Just a few ideas I have looking at this:
- break up the larger surfaces by adding accents to them with lighter colors. Light metallic on the beams, and maybe some light brown/red rust spots. Drybrushing can also do wonders and makes adding detail fast, just don't over do it. Less is more!
- I'm guessing you will be painting the cockpit and windows shiny black? If you happen to have any kind of shiny thin transparent plastic you can cut to size (some sorta packaging maybe?), you could paint the back side of it black and glue that in as windows.
- add beacons/lights either as paint, or as LEDs if you are feeling adventurous lol.
- as a general rule (that I always forget to apply), with small models you should go a shade lighter in general. So black should be dark grey instead and so on..
- add as much detail as you can, warning triangles, no-step text on wings and such. Best if you could print your own decals, but you could also steal.some from left overs of airplane kits. For really fine detail, you can use things like pointy toothpicks to apply the paint. And a lot of patience.
As for what keeps me going when I already spent way too much time on a model and just want it to be done already... I just look at pictures of other models for what I want to achieve and keep trying my best (and keep failing due to impatience, lack of skill, lack of proper tools, etc..
). I like experimenting, so it's a bit easier for me I guess.
Edit: what
@Cugino83 said, add detail with washes and such
Question for
@Cugino83 : would you try to apply laquer to this model to bring it together? If yes, Gloss or Matt?
