Desert Operations SNAKE

Joeczar · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:15 pm

I was using some leftover resin to test out some new and repaired SNAKE molds I had recently completed, and before long I had an almost complete SNAKE, so I went ahead and finished it off. The final color was a kind of sandy yellow, so I molded the hand attachments in brown and called it the Desert Operation SNAKE.

Mysterious Stranger · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:07 pm

Very nice. Paint a little tan and brown camo on it and you've got a real winner.

Spin Doctor · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Yes, very nice.

I don't know that the camo is needed. Just paint some of the detail, like the visor, and maybe some sand wear on the joints and you can call it good.

joemichaels70 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:36 pm

you should fill some of your voids, but then you should also give some of your voids some 'battle damage' --

i like what you're doing here!

JBYRDD · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:23 pm

I likes, but i agree with the others about some paint, maybe a wash to bring out the details. I like the decals you put on and i think you forgot the visor ?

pluv · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:34 pm

Awesome. I'm cujrious what the brown and sand would have looked liked swirled together for this.

Tim 121RVC · **Posted:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:20 pm

Cool. But indeed, paint the visor and add a little brown / tan camo here and there would perfect it.

Tim 121RVC

LeeMarvin80 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:59 am

Pretty darn nifty. I can't imagine the work that goes into casting, so I'm always impressed. I like the idea of SNAKEs for different environments, but I do agree about dirtying it up a bit, so it looks like it just popped up outta the sand to ambush Dusty or something.

Grepicon · **Joined:** Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:00 am **Location:** AZ

Wow, wish we could see how this sweet custom turned out!

DanOfTheDead · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:34 pm

You need to get food grade casting materials and sell chocolate and white chocolate snakes!

DarkJedi · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:05 pm

DanOfTheDead wrote:

You need to get food grade casting materials and sell chocolate and white chocolate snakes!

Or better yet, salt and pepper shakers.

justinm · **Joined:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:20 pm

Very nice. Just one suggestion: paint silver in the cast air "bubbles" to make it look like bullet marks instead of a flaw from the cast.

past nastification · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

justinm wrote:

Very nice. Just one suggestion: paint silver in the cast air "bubbles" to make it look like bullet marks instead of a flaw from the cast.

Best. Idea. Ever.

yjagg · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:48 pm

I'd take some steel wool and rub it down to give it a worn look

justinm · **Joined:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:20 pm

yojoe-a-go-go wrote:

I'd take some steel wool and rub it down to give it a worn look

I build plastic models, so I have tried many things and I personally think there is better ways to achieve a worn out finish, as steel wool would just scratch it and in my opinion note make it look good.
Here are some things thaat may be worth a try on this(these are very good tutorials and what he does is used by plastic modelling pros) :

http://www.youtube.com/user/ScaleModelM ... pqp68xoLC0

http://www.youtube.com/user/ScaleModelM ... h-HpiqqbY0

http://www.youtube.com/user/ScaleModelM ... OAiXL4KPO4

I would only due a wash of a mixture of burnt umber and black(about 85 to 95% burnt umber) and light drybrushing in a sany color, or maybe tamiya dark yellow with a little bit of a san color.

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