Completed » Edmontosaurus

The Edmontosaurus kit and base are completed as my non-entry into our forum’s Creature Feature contest. Since the last update chronicled the painting of the dino, this final update/galley will focus on the groundwork. I took an unfinished round wooden jewelery box from Micheals and finished it with an Ebony…

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Completed » MG GN-X

I consider this one a bonus in the MGX4 Challenge as it’s the 5th MG kit (7th model overall) completed before the End of April deadline. The MG GN-X is a fantastic kit, but I may be biased loving the design as I do. This was built OOB except for…

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In Progress » 1/20 Edmontosaurus » Paint

Despite some setbacks, the Edmontosaurus is just about done. My initial basecoat had melted away causing me to have to strip and reprime it. I had originally primed it with Duplicolor Self-Etching Primer then basecoated with Krylon Ivory. This looked great until my next step. I had applied a thick…

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In Progress » God Emperor of Dune

I’ve probably mentioned this before, but if I could only read one series of books then it would be Frank Herbert’s Dune series. I’ve read all 6 of his releases 3 times in the past 15 years or so since I discovered them. (only one of his sons more recent…

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New Contest » Creature Feature!

Because we’ve not done it yet and it’s good to expand our horizons/learn new techniques that “Creature Feature” is our next FichtenFoo Forums contest. So no robots or “pure” looking humans. Just monsters, aliens, dinosaurs, animals, mutants, vampires, werewolves, frankies, zombies and the like. Cyborgs depends on the cyborg. Star…

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