Minor/Repaint: Another ice storm commission......

Discussion in 'Radicons Customs' started by BigMetalUnit, Sep 6, 2013.

  1. BigMetalUnit

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    This is another commission for surlyj....this thing was a pain in my ass....lol..

    He wanted an Icestorm that wasn't the "traditional" seeker look but didnt want the 3D effects. So thats when we decided to go this route ,,,using chrome to give an icy look.....it wasnt really that big of a pain in the ass...it just took along time with alll the different coats and types of paint....took alot longer than the traditional seeker paint. i used tamiya fin surface primer, tamiya pure white, tamiya french blue, tamiya gloss black, testors gloss black enamel, alclad chrome, and a little tamiya acrylic white misted over for the frosty look...lol

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  2. TacticalBacon

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    Nice effects! I like the way it looks!
     
  3. OMEGAPRIME1983

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    Lovely. I may buy an Acid Storm to do something similar, now. Well played, sir.
     
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    Very nice!
     
  5. BigMetalUnit

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    thanx alot guys.....i wish chrome photographed better it looks alot better in person....lol it either looks silver, white or black in most photos.....
     
  6. SurlyJ

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    Awesome! I can't wait to complete my seeker shelf with this unique bad boy! Part of me wants to learn to do my own customs, but why bother when you keep doing such good work!
     
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    Cool (literally XD)!
     
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    I dig it.Makes it look like he is a flying & gleaming sheet of ice in the sky.
     
  9. pumpkingonzo

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    Brilliant!!!
    Superb work mate.
    I love seeing your seekers :) 
    I totally appreciate how long these things take to do.
    I love the look of this one, really does look fantastic.
     
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    Damn this is nice..... All you need to do now, is a Icestorm where White is the base color, and you could have your own Ice Seeker team, LOL. Kickass!
    In alt mode, I get the feeling this would be a great as a Cobra Jet
     
  11. Nyarlahotep

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    Not really my cup of tea. It looks like a lot of over spray without any definable regions to differentiate the shapes of the seeker. I think if you had done a detail pass with washes, and some dry brushing to bring out all the lovely high frequency detail on the mold, and then hit it with some frosty effects you'd have a better result. Instead, you've got large regions of flat color or chrome with nothing breaking it up except other large swaths of color intersecting them.

    Overall it's just flat and uninteresting :( 
     
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    ^Give the guy credit. It was his customer that commissioned it to look like that.
     
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    Doesn't "large regions of flat color" kind of define every seeker out there?
     
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    lol.........so you're saying i should have detailed it with dry brushing and washes ...then covered it with frost effects? yeah...that's not really my cup of tea
     
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    Thought this was all covered with IceStorm #1, lol

    Still kickass man!
     
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    That's amazing.
     
  17. BigMetalUnit

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    #1 is still my favorite but im pleased wuth how this came out even if there are those that dont get the concept of "frosting over".....lol with this one i had iceman icing up and sub zero in some pics looking like he was partialy made of ice..... while i was doing this ...oh well you cant please everyone ....but im happy with it thats for sure
     
  18. SurlyJ

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    Just got my Ice Storm. The paint job ins INCREDIBLE! And the trio is complete.

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    looks good.
     
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    Yeah, this is really slick.