Pictures of some First test models

Here are a couple of my first test models.  I've spent severals weeks working on different yellow recipes and how to get the tone I was looking for. Trust me on this one: I think I have tried every acrylic yellow paint made - and more than a few enamels and spray's.  I even tracked down the yellow that Caterpillar heavy equipment used in the past and bought that.

To put it simply , yellow aint fun to work with.

Back to the topic at hand.  The recipe for these two models is similar, but different:

Marine on the left:

Primer: Testors Flat White

Basecoat: Vallejo Golden Yellow

Highlights: Vallejo Sunny Yellow

Marine on the right with the Fist shoulder pad:

Primer: Testors Flat White

Basecoat: Vallejo Sunny Yellow

Glaze: Vallejo Sunny Yellow

The marine on the right was an experiment to try to start with a bright yellow and glaze it down to a slighter deeper tone.

The marine on the left was a classic deep base coat that was brought up to to a brighter highlighted tone on the edges.

Needless to say these approaches were VERY time consuming. Working with yellow isn't something to be underestimated. The time commitment would be fine if I wasn't going the turn and chip up the marines, dirty down the color and basically thrash the underlying color that I worked so hard to create.

Back to the drawing board...

Stay tuned!