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.
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I managed to do a few short sessions throughout the week to paint the Ion Cannon and then finally today added some detail to the Bunkers to finish it off. I'll soon have enough scenary pieces that I may finally decide to take pictures of my Tau Armoured Core to add to this website. I probably would have had the Power Capsule done too if it wasn't so hot. At least I managed to get time off from my tablet games.
There's a heat wave and muy back is the window while working on the models, so the tube light adds too much heat that doesn't help. It's either too hot or too cold to work. However I endured the heat to get at least something done. However I still had not purchased a new pot of paint so I decided that I had nothing to loose and added water to my gloopy remainder. Luckily it worked out well enought that although there were still little bits, I managed to base coat the three bunkers and the other pieces to start painting, Despite this success, I'm not sure how long the paint will last in this heat if I need to patch up some mistakes.
It would have been easier glueing the Ion cannons to the central column, however I wanted it to be removable. To complicate things more, I didn't want to use the 40K Drone or the smaller Drone shield. So I had to cut out circles and didn't want the disc too big either, leaving me a very small edge to glue the cannons to. Then to top it off, I added an epic base with small rods to the base so I could paint the red drone sensor. Hopefully as complicated as it gets... until I decide to add some pop-up minature missile launchers or something ridiculously complicated to make.
The main components of the Ion Cannon now completed and its time to commit and glue them together. Only then I can start adding the layers and detail. I just hope it turns out how I want it without drastically wanting to change it... although I wish I made the front of the barell longer already!
circles, although they will need sanding down to make them thinner. I even started the Ion Cannon with it's curved top barrel... and yes, I'm trying to wrap the plastic around the sanded round top. I just need to be patient and wait for the glue to dry rather than try and pull the other side tight to only realise the first side has shifted.
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