CiF does ZenTerrain [Mediabot]

[CoveredInFish]

Hi all.

I recently bought a bunch of stuff from ZenTerrain and try to protocol my experiences with it.

First kit I assemble is 50% done, my experiences so far are here: CiF does infiNity: Watchtower and Military Fence from ZEN TERRAIN

Stay tuned for Part2 - probably tomorrow.

[Mob of Blondes]

Unrelated to the product, but about the things you used on it: I see USN Light Ghost Grey xx.615 there, per any chance, do you have the Grey xx.601 primer too? If so, which one is darker? A picture with dry areas of both would be even better. Thanks.

[CoveredInFish]

The ..601 primer is defintly lighter, a good notch towards white. I see that I make a color sample soon.

EDIT: ah, managed it quicker than I feared.



@MobOfBlondes Hope that helps.

[CoveredInFish]

I finished Part 2.

[Dozer]

I like you're posts - will do you any painting tutorials. I love what you did with the Tungunska bases and I'd love to know how you went about getting them done.

[CoveredInFish]

thanks. I possibly will share more of my doing, but calling that a tutorial? i dont know. Im a total newb.

As for the tunguskan bases. I primed grey, added lights in white and blueish white and washed with a brownish dark grey. after that i painted details with a brush and put some lights on top with the airbrush again. Varnish, black oil wash. Done.
I cant go into more detail since I havent documented it and was experimenting until I was happy. Learning with everything I try ...

[Dozer]

Don't matter if you're a 'newb' they look great and thanks for the input. Your paint job on the bases is really different compaired to the stock image they have posted and I do like the lighter tone of colour you've picked.

[Mob of Blondes]

@MobOfBlondes Hope that helps.

A lot. Thank you!

Now everyone that was not happy with the grey knows what to get.

[CoveredInFish]

So, the next item is finished - the military outpost. Nice set and a bit more detailed and complex than the watchtower. Read more here.

[zenterrain]

CiF thank you for your in depth reviews.
As for the radar dish assembly it's a misprint from my part - sorry for that - also I don't know if it's obvious but all the instructions are readily available on the store website - when you go into the detailed section of a product and scroll down there are links to pdf files.

Hope this helps in the future in case of missing instructions.

[CoveredInFish]

You're welcome.

Thanks for the good work, fast shipping and inspired designs

Good to know with the instructions. It was no biggie since the pictures helped a lot.

[CoveredInFish]

Next project was the mediabot, a little present for being an early customer. Thanks you, its cute



More pictures here.

[Uriel]

It all looks great painted. I'm having some trouble getting spraypaint on mine. Could you tell me what you did to prepare the MDF?

Edit - I'm an idiot. Normal miniature primer works great. Must be the components in the colour primer I wanted to use on these.

[CoveredInFish]

I had success with regular primer - the Vallejo polyurethane one - but I improved coverage and finish by using a shellac based sealer. It was not necessary but beneficial - like I experienced with every MDF product so far.

I use Chestnut sanding sealer (infos here, scroll down for shellac, german shop here) and it is a great product and easy to work with. Brush on, let dry and optionally sand a little bit. Clean the brush with white spirits. With roughly 20€ per 500ml its not exactly cheap, but I used 2/3 of a bottle for a 4x6 table of street tiles and 4-5 medium sized buildings.

Voila super smooth surface and absolutely no blooming (of burned MDF, first layer of primer often gets a bit yellowish and i assume this is the reason) or swelling of fibers.

[Lampyridae]

Oh, that is very cool! I must investigate some sealant for my growing collection of MDF stuff.