Re: [FT] More Thrust Cover

>I suppose that Jon would be the best person to ask this of, but someone
>else might know the answer as well: How was the ship on the cover of
More
>Thrust painted?  The panels are far too smooth, and the lines seem far
too
>regular, to be the result of drybrushing.  My guess is that the panel
lines
>were individually picked out, either with a brush or a fine-point pen,
but
>I am hoping otherwise.  I could manage that on a *few* ships, but doing
>that to an entire fleet would drive me mad--and I really like the way
that
>it looks.

The FT108 on the MT cover was painted by Dave Garnham (who now works for
us
at GZG), many years ago. As far as I can remember, it was painted
overall
blue and then each raised panel individually painted in white (with a
brush), which is the way Dave likes to do ships - yes, it's a slow
method
but one that gives very good results. Much neater than the reverse
method
you mention above.  If anyone wants more tips I can ask Dave about it on
Monday!

Jon (GZG)
>
>
>John X Crimmins
>johncrim@voicenet.com
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