From TamsinP: Dredd Busts A StuG [B&W; Under Construction] (72 points)

 It's been a while now since my first entry. I was rather ill for the week between Christmas and New Year and the following week I was recovering and catching up on all the things I hadn't been able to do while ill. I did get back to painting last week, but didn't quite finish the piece I was working on in time to submit it on Friday so I've had to hold that over to this week. Which means you actually get two entries today (in one post).

Dredd Bust

For the Black & White studio, I offer up this bust of Judge Joseph Dredd. I found the file on Thingiverse: linky-link 

This is a FDM (= filament) print; I scaled it down to 50% from the original.

I didn't get the contrast quite right on the shoulder pieces, but I did emulate the classic highlights on the visor quite nicely.

The bust is 100mm tall including the base, 75mm wide (elbow to elbow) and about 30mm deep. 

I also printed it at 75% and 25% of the original size. At some point I might print it full size as well (or maybe bigger - my printer might just manage 125%).

And that gives me my second studio in the Green zone.

German AFVs

For the "Under Construction" studio I had far too many options, but in the end I settled for revisiting a more recent project that I'd hit a block with. I started work on the AFVs back in August and got them mostly done. They were looking good up to the point when I decided to apply an oil wash which acted more as a filter and darkened everything. I couldn't see any way to easily get back from that and just stuffed them away in a drawer until this week.

I eventually decided to get over the oil "filter" by making them look dusty. I did that by airbrushing a very thin coat of beige from above and then a slightly thicker mix of light brown and pale grey from below and in front. 

The two crew figures here hadn't been started until this week, so I'm able to claim some points for them!

And these three AFVs and two crew give me my third green zone studio.

These are all plastic kit models from Warlord Games.

Now that I'm back in the swing of things, hopefully next week's submission will be rather more fruitful and will see me visit several studios.

The Points Claim

1 x bust @ 20 = 20 points
B&W Studio @ 20 = 20 points
1.4 x 28mm foot @ 5 = 7 points
Under Construction studio @20 = 20 points

Total = 67 points

+5 'Rule of Cool' points = 72 points

Friday Minion - Sorry to hear you were under the weather Tamsin, but glad you're feeling better and back at the brushes now. Your greyscale Dredd bust is frickin' awesome, and a really nice finish for an FDM print. I know how tricky it can be to get those dialled in . And lovely brushwork on it too, I'm gonna use the powers invested in me as a Minion to issue five bonus points for it being so damn cool.

Glad you salvaged those German AFVs too. I've not had much luck using oil filters myself. Did you try using some thinners to work the wash off? Still, I think you've salvaged them, they'll look fine at a tabletop distance and they're done now, isn't that more satisfying than languishing in a drawer?

72 points to Tamsin!