Now that I'm back in Austin, I've had more time to work on Bigred's prisms. I lost Monday to a game against bullymike, but yesterday I had all afternoon. I can tell I'm much more comfortable at my own desk, as soon as I sat down I realized some things I'd done wrong. I fixed the blended side 'fins' colors to be correct before doing anything else.
I decied I did not like the yellow "gems" from the sample serpent, so I did not do them. I replaced all the yellow ones with green. The red ones stayed red. I also painted them as gems instead of just throwing a color over the entire thing.
The cockpit window was kind of a wild guess... I really wasn't sure how I'd do it. After checking out a couple pictures of real jet fighters, I decided a grey scale would work. I just picked a slightly curving line starting at the front and going to the back where the grey would start. I did continually lighter shades until I got a "reflection" effect I liked. I think it looks pretty good and is a nice contrast to the rest of the tank. The last bit was the craftworld symbol. I put it in the same place as on the prism, but I wanted it to be a bit larger and kinda stand out more. I hand painted it on and I think it came out alright.
Tonight, I plan to finish up this one tank and maybe start on the second. My goal is to have this one finished by tomorrow so I can bring it in with me to the game store. Once the prisms are done, I can get the warhound finished.
