Hi Rowan!

Wow, now that's some progress...

You'll see, the figures are very nice to paint. What color will you use for the Kurogane? Black?

Jean-Luc

Excellent work Rowan.
I was wondering what had happened to the Zero build.
Looking forward to seeing some more progress with the vignette.
Andy

Thanks for the encouragement guys! Much appreciated.

The figures will be somewhat unknown territory for me, because I haven't tried to paint any since I was a kid. Hopefully, they'll turn out reasonably and will encourage me to try vignettes more often - I think what Jean-Luc and Michael achieve adds so much life to models, I'm very keen to have a go. I'm following the Hasegawa instructions for painting the Kurogane. They suggest Navy Blue or "Cowling Colour", so I'm using WEM's cowling colour which is basically almost black with a faint hint of blue. I'll mist on a slightly lightened coat and also dry brush etc., so that it doesn't just look like a shapeless dark blob next to the Zero.

All the best

Rowan