I really wanted to do a Recon Drone and the Remora Drone, however did not want to tackle the weapons. So I decided on something easy... or so I thought. I ended up trying to do too much detail on the Command-Link Drone and without planning, realised only after assembly that the front sensor wing/flap was too big. Although reluctant to start again, I was |
tempted to make a bigger Tau Drone disc, however lacked the correct size rod without resorting to the Epic round base. Not wanting to spend any more time, I decided to keep it as is. Unlike the shield drones, I drilled a hole into the clear Hex base and pushed the clear rod inside with some super glue. This meant far less visible glue and hopefully one that less likely to break off.
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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.
I believe I'm finally recovered after 28 days laster! Although I've barely started and getting a little tired, so potentially this will not get very far. It's the Easter week and I need to save my energy to keep the two kids entertained. This little project is based on some other models I've seen and although out of place along my various Ghazs, it puts the "P" in CaPCon (Cosplay and Prop Convention). The Commisssar for reference of size and I'll probably keep the shape of that random piece of plastic from my bit box.
I was still painting this Ghaz in three parts which made painting easier, but also meant needing to handle it gently so that I don't rub the paint off. Worse yet, at this stage of painting, I was making minor Cuts so the backpack would fit better and modification to the bottom of the torso so that it would mount on the legs without being unbalanced. I was still reluctant to squeeze the bottles of paint, trying to use the paint at the tip of the bottle and also the paint that had overflown down the side of the neck. This was more Paste than a liquid paint and became increasingly difficult to draw the fine black lines I wanted. I eventually decided to squeeze some paint into my paint tray and managed to get a droplet of decent black liquid paint out without it all flooding out! Although despite trying to use it all, there was still some left that had dried too quickly for decent line painting. I've had this paint tray for years now as evident of the thick layers of dried paint. I guess some of us still recognise where this came from?
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