| Kit Building Diary |
| I decided to keep a Photo Diary, of the day to day process of building, more than one kit at a time, you will probably notice I dont work to any set plan or routine,I tend to just go with the flow, dependant on my mood at the time, I hope you enjoy this project, and hopefully it will give some insight into how I work and the methods i use, in pursuit of my beloved hobby thank you for looking. Mark Atherton July 2003 |
| Sunday 20/07/03 |
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| The kits I have decided to use are Jaycos, Maleava, Sculpted by Wayne Hanson, I am also going to use Waynes replacement head for my Geometric Wolfman, the other kits are the re-issued Polar Lights Planet of the Apes Kits, I have primed Maleava, with white, I also glued and puttied all 4 POTA kits, then I sprayed General Ursus, (with Tom Parkers replacement head,) Matt Black, I did the same for his and Corneliuses Bases, total time, taken Aprox 4 hours, on Sunday 20/07 |
| Monday Morning 21/07/03 |
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| Airbrushed Maleavas, hands and face, and wolfman head with Tamya Flat Flesh, Also, gave, The Pota same treatment, ie hands and faces flat flesh, time taken aprox 30, minutes, |
| Monday Evening 21/07/03 |
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| Once Flesh tones had dried, I started handbrushing, the base coats for clothing on all figures, Maleavas, dress is a mix of Anitas Midnight blue, and Humbrol, Royal blue, abot a 50/50 % mix, Ursus, trousers, and sleaves, ar Anitas Burnt Umber, Cornellius tunic and Trousers and Ziras Smock, also Zaiusshirt are Humbrol Matt Dark Green # 30, Zais suit is painted, Humbrol Matt Leather,#62. I gave all these colours two coats, total time, working, aprox 2 hours. more tomorrow. |
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| Tuesday Morning 22/07/03 |
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| Tuesday Morning, started, Dry brushing, Ursus and Cornelius Bases with Anitas Coffee, also dry brushed Ursus Trousers and sleeves with same colour, dry brushed black on Ursus tunic dove grey, and dry brushed his face, Anitas Bark Brown, finished Bas colours on, other Apes Clothing, Zira and Cornelius, Burnt Umber, Zaius Coffee, Maleavas, shawl, paint with a mix, of Dark Teal, and Leaf Green. Total Time taken Aprox 2 hours. |
| Tuesday Evening 22/07/03 |
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| Tuesday Evening, touched up clothing, on apes, where diferent colours had bled into each other, started painting, fur on Cornelius and Zira, during this process I realised I hadnt painted there ears, DOHHHH!!, so I had to go in again with the flesh tone, dry brushed clothing, on Cornelius Zira and Zaius, also lightened up the face on Ursus, did some more work on Cornelius and Ursus bases, dry brushed with grey greens and browns, I am almost there with these two bases, I started working on Ziras base, I laid on Anitas Coffee acrylic, quite heavily, then wiped off most of the paint with a cotton ball creating a stained look, I will do same again tomorrow with a darker colour, for weathering, I started hand painting, the Flowers on Maleavas dress, everything seems to be coming together well with no major problems up to now, I should be able to start some detailing work tomorrow, but for now, thats it for today I am knackered time worked 3 hours Scroll down page to continue |
| wednesday Morning 23/07/03 |
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| Wednesday Morning, finished bases for Ursus and Cornelius, did some more work on Ziras, base which is nearly done, touched some mistakes on Ziras clothes, started on Zaius hair, you will notice I have 2 bases finished one almost there and the fourth I havent even started, as I said earlier, I dont work to any set routine or pattern maybe I will start on the base tomorrow. time worked on kits 1 hour, |
| Wednesday Evening 23/07/03 |
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| Wednesday Evening, put finishing touches to Cornelius amd Ursus, and glued them to bases, thats two done three to go, did some more work detailing the flowers on Maleavas dress, very time consuming. time spent working 3 hours. thats all for tonight, check in again tomorrow, Thanks. |
| Thursday Morning 24/07/03 |
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| Thursday Morning, started on Malaevas base, I washed with various brown artists inks, from reddish brown, to near black, I also did some work on the replacement Wolfman head, I already painted the Geometric, figure a couple of years ago, when I used washes for shading flesh tones |
| rather than the pastels I use now so I am going to replicate the original head colour scheme rather than repaint the whole figure, which doesnt need it anyway, I also finished the flowers on Maleavas skirt, they are pink flowers with a yellow inner spot, and green tsems and leaves, I have to say I am glad these are done, I laid down the base colour, on her headscarf, Anitas medium blue, I finally got started on Zaius, base, painting the parts that will eventually be stone colour matt Black, time taken. one and a half hours, still no major problems, up to now. |
| Thursday Evening 24/07/03 |
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| Thursday Evening, I finished zira, thats 3 down 2 to go, did some more work on zaius base, I am still not sure how to go about the scrolls and books on this base, it will come to me soon, I got more detailing done on Maleava, mainly gold and silver, (this realy is a beautifully sculpted kit) I havent done much more on the base, just a little dry brushing, I did lay on the base coat for Wolfmans fur, Anitas burnt umber, so far I am managing to keep the colours tied in with the Geo Wolfman figure that is already painted, still looking good for a weekend finish, more tomorrow, time spent working this Evening, 2 hours. |
| Sunday 27/07/03 |
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| Sunday, I managed to get back to work on the last two kits after a 2 day break while I visited Birmingham for the Memrobillia show, I finished all the remaining work, time taken 3 hours I set myself the target of completeing five kits in a week, although I have enjoyed doing it, I dont think I would try it again, I was very luck in that everything has run smoothly with no major problems, a total time of 21 hours was taken to complete this project, now I need some rest, please let me know what you think of this Diary idea, your opinions will help me decide wether it is something I will continue with in the future, thanks for looking M Atherton. |