

One thing to note is once its on it wont stick 100%, handling the model a lot will result in some of the powder coming off

Next up was creating some Trencher Commandos. I got a 10 pack of these guys, and honestly, i never thought I would field all 10 as one unit. Seems like overkill, especially as you pay the same cost for the scatter gunners. 10 Commandos for 10 points is far worse than 6 commandos and 3 scatter gunners for 9 points.
So I converted some of them into scatter gunners. I took the standard carbine that had and sculpted a round nozzle on it with green stuff.
Initially that was all I was going to do, but I thought they needed somethign extra to have them stand out. I didn't want anyone saying "OH THATS THE GUNNER, AS ITS NON STANDARD I DIDNT NOTICE"

I started by drilling a pin into the gun and gluing it in place. I then molded the green stuff around the gun, making sure I had a flower type effect around the muzzle. Not exactly pleased with the paint job on the fireballs, will look at that again in the future
Last, and least is the Trencher grenadiers. Same logic here, would rather have 6 trenchers and grenadiers than 10 trenchers. This didn't turn out so well, but at least with the paint job and the over the top grenades you cant mistake them on the table.
Right, off to my first war-gaming tournament ever tomorrow...... i'm gonna get crushed.
I like those gun emplacements, very snazzy!
ReplyDeleteweatherings good fun isnt it!
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DeleteLove the powdering effect on the chain guns. I think it does wonders for bringing the model to life. As for getting the powder to "stick" and stay in place so it doesn't come off during handling... that's another whole topic.
ReplyDeleteYou can try regular rubbing alcohol, but that only helps a little bit.
Keep up the powder work, I think it takes your models up a level.
Ron, From the Warp
Thanks Ron! Missed your post with the build up to my first tournament.
DeleteI'm just breaking the surface with weathering, a lot more to do methinks!