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Airfix Model World

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Airfix Model World

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INTERMEDIATE BUILD

HARRIET ON A BIKE

INTERMEDIATE BUILD

HARRIET ON A BIKE

were then primed with Citadel

Chaos Black Primer.

Steampunk subjects often include

plenty of metal bits and pieces and

this was no exception. In fact, after

a coat of Tamiya clear varnish, the

whole bike was airbrushed with

Alclad ALC-124 Black Chrome (even

the dragon!), and then masked

and coated with ALC-109 Polished

Brass. Highlights were hand-

painted with Dark Star’s acrylic

silver, Vallejo 70.865 Oily Steel and

70.998 Bronze, before another

airbrushed coat of clear varnish.

Details such as cables, tyres, saddle

and handles were then picked out

with a variety of Vallejo colours,

to differentiate them from the

remainder of the metal parts.

The bike was weathered with

pigments from Wilder and MIG

Productions, before a thin wash of

AK Interactive AK-181 Desert Sand

was applied over the tyre treads.

A similar process was used on the

stone slab base, with several sandy

brown shades sponged onto the

surface; these were followed by a

very thin airbrushed coat of Tamiya

XF-63 German Grey, which blended

the base colours.

Harriet’s accents

Construction of the figure didn’t

present much of a challenge,

with just minor filling around the

joins required. Harriet was then

primed with black and white,

Skin shades were airbrushed

after the paints had been

diluted with the appropriate

thinner. Five different hues

were used, and any overspray

was easily overpainted by

subsequent colours.

 Leather parts were painted with several

browns from the Vallejo range. Note the

shades and highlights on the gauntlet,

which served to enhance its pattern.

 It was decided to paint the skirt in red,

and while highlighting every single fold

might have looked like a time-consuming

process, in reality it didn’t take more than

30 minutes to finish. Harriet also received

red lipstick at this stage.

 All the white shades were painted on the lace details and the top hat...additional lines

were added with heavily thinned black paint. After consideration, the original idea of

having a chequered pattern was discarded in favour of stripes instead.

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