1/35 Ma.K Luna Diver Stingray

[Nessus]

So this is technically large scale, but a spaceship from the Ma.K universe - an orbital weapons system developed by the Mercenary forces. Anyway.......the interior is rather empty and it you leave the large top hatch off it is quite visible. So it was filled with all sorts of greeblies = 1/48 flak trailers parts, gundam parts, bits from the old 1/32 Mirage, what ever looked good:

 

 

Sealed up and then you can have your spaceship in which ever colour you like as long as its blue.............

 

 

With the Stig's cuz for the future pilot (cobbled together from the kit options) - he needs some touch ups obviously:

 

 

First layer of camouflage:

 

 

Which ultimately became this:

 

 

The larger blue spots were masked with blue tack, the smaller spots are painted in, as you can see part way through here.......

 

And where I'm at now with mockup for the pilot:

 

 

Nose art for the top hatch:

 

 

Sorry for some of the photos - the iPad shots don't resize well.

 

Comments and criticisms welcome.

 

Brendan

Edited May 25, 2020 by Nessus

[Nessus]

Better overall images. Shading and weathering next

 

 

[The Madhatter]

Love it!! I've not been much of a MAK universe fan but I do really like this example. That's an awesome paint job! Is it part of that world or your own take? Either way,  it looks the part. 

I like the mods too - they all tie together perfectly and look functional.  Brilliant work 

Thanks for sharing this 

Edited May 25, 2020 by The Madhatter

[LSP_Ray]

Very cool! The greeblies definitely make a difference!

[Nessus]

8 hours ago, The Madhatter said:

Love it!! I've not been much of a MAK universe fan but I do really like this example. That's an awesome paint job! Is it part of that world or your own take? Either way,  it looks the part. 

I like the mods too - they all tie together perfectly and look functional.  Brilliant work 

Thanks for sharing this 

 

Thanks - I've been watching your Star Destroyer come together and I keep thinking I need to start my Anigrand one..........

 

As for the paint job, there are no real canon paint schemes from the Ma.K universe so anything goes. There is I guess a technically correct way that was used by Kow Yokoyama (the "father figure" of the whole Ma.K universe) to actually paint the figures but I have to admit I've never followed it. As for this scheme, given the craft is a Stingray, I based the camouflage on a real world stingray:

 

 

The decals are out of the box (mostly) or other Ma.K kits. The nose art decal is from a sheet from Starship Modeler from years ago.

 

Cheers,

 

Brendan

Edited May 25, 2020 by Nessus

[thefenders]

That's so cool. I really like the unconventional type models, very well done!!

[Tnarg]

I truly love the fact that this is inspired by a real animal camouflage. This looks amazing, and even better, you painted it after the namesake. Extra points for that!!!!

 

I tried painting Ma.K kits with snake camouflage since it looks good to me. The animal world has lots of inspiration for us.

 

Tnarg

 

And don't forget that Bablylon 5 Nose Art... cool re-purpose on that one.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Tnarg

[Troy Molitor]

I have no idea what this is, however it’s wicked cool.  Thanks for sharing.