Pictures

Here's what I've accomplished so far:

My second Emperor CAV. The colors were supposed to be the same as those on Mil-Net, however, one of them turned out a little more purple than I expected. I think it works. I've got one more Emperor to paint, but it has to be a special paint job on it as it is one of the masters.


This one is the Centauro escort carrier along with the Mirage and Camerone fighters. Still perfecting my paint scheme for these. I don't think the shading is pronounced enough on the carrier and may go back to darken it up some.


And some terrain pieces. The satellite dishes are from JR Miniatures and in 6mm scale. The space station is a kitbash of several pieces that have been sitting around for a while. All three are painted to the 3 foot and squint standard, but they get the job done.

One More Down

Finished up the FSE escort carrier to go along with the fighter stands. Important lesson learned though. For the other ships that come in multiple parts it's better to paint then assemble, it's almost impossible to get under the bridge superstructure. This puts the annual total to a whopping four!

Stay On Target...

OK, finished the NSL escort carrier and the two fighter flights. Pics when I get around to it. More interested in trying to finish 100 items by the end of the year.

Back to the Grind

Went back to work yesterday, so the output of painted miniatures will be slowing down, though I expect to get several ships prepped for primer and paint over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Speaking of which, last night I prepped and assembled the NSL Escort Carrier. It was a little bit more of pain in the butt than I thought it would be. Still need to drill out the engine exhausts on it but need to use the Dremel I think. Don't think my hand is ready to handle the power drill yet and the pin vise isn't doing the trick. Had to use a little green stuff to gap fill and ensure a good bond between the fore and aft sections of the ship.

Almost forgot, got the painting done on a Federation frigate, but don't trust my hand enough yet to try to put the decals on it, so not quite counting it as done yet. Have the other Fed CA base coated and ready for some detail work.