I was determined to keep the painting simple and painted only one motch in the circle around the disc rather than three. Unfortunately I then painted the grill at the rear and every other detail including some random silver lines beneath the disc. I even added a bronze dot at the side of the guns! The Shield Drones were mounted on clear rods and base, which meant I couldn't add the nobs protuding from the bottom disc which I was hoping to do. The three (of five) Gun Drones I previously made was mounted on a painted transparent Hex base. I just hope the flimsy rod hold as I already broke one, hence one drone is lower than the other two. |
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I thought starting off with some shield Drones would be easy... I was wrong. The 4mm "Super" Styrene rod is immune from the melting effect of my liquid glue that I use, although it did mean I could melt my plastic shavings easily to fill the hole in the middle. The next part was trying to add the different layers; a 3.2mm followed by a 1.6mm and another 3.2mm. As I have a problem with detail, I was trying to get this perfectly aligned in the middle. Then I had the problem trying to rotate it due to the uneven surface and trying to balance the over all layers so it wasn't lopped sided. This was a very bad idea :( And a picture of my sanding disc plus ~22mm in diameter that I used to curve the edges of the Drone discs and the steel brush I used to get the plastic off it.
I'm suprised how restrained I was painting this as I was so tempted to go overboard with more detail. Although the final result looks a bit femaine, I didn't want to try and alter it any more. Without an Ork holding this, how do I categories this post?
Now do I want to start an Imperial Guard category? Or even post the few painted Imperial Guards that I have with the hope one day painting my small horde of Imperial Guards... Unlikely, until I have anything decent. Hmm... I can't even remember where I stashed them along with my custom epic Commissar Yarrick.
One of the two Gundams didn't come with any weapons and my son kept pestering me when I would make it some weapons. I eventually succumbed and got around to making a sword and weapon. I used the left over sprue bits for the entire sword as it would be much stronger than the plastic I had. The sprue doesn't bond using the plastic glue I had, so using a T shaped piece, I found a plastic tube that it fitted into and encased it with the plastic I normally used. I guess the only logical next step is to make an entire Gundam from scratch!
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