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Thanks, the banner was a rush job TBH.
The chaos dudes not being my primary army get less attention.I am still not sure on the colour, but it is not terrible so it stays!
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It is far from exciting, but I dusted off and set up the old 3D printer to see if it still worked ok.
I printed some feathers that I use to convert historical models into more Empire feeling models.
As seen here:
I think I may have to purchase an STL of a war wagon.
…As for the war wagon – it is Fathers Day so treats are allowed – I got myself some sourdough bread so you can have the STL file 🙂 If any one asks just tell them I said it was OK…
Hot Dang, let’s give it a go…
Will report back in about 3.5 hours
All printed, though I fear some of the detail/texture is so fine that it may be lost when painted.
Also the beams are so thick that getting any colour on it will be hard unless instead of painting the beams in black I paint them in 1 of the 2 colours.
I think the War Wagon was great, I also liked the Steam Tank.
I am not sure which I preferred, I think it depends on the model of the steam tank, they went a bit OTT later on.
But then didn’t everything in warhammer jump the shark at some point…
So, as well as the 10mm I am slowly gathering some 25mm oldhammer.
It has to be said that the process of basing a slottabased model is so much nicer than a 10mm.
Slot it into the base and pretty much job done.
The 10mm however, you need to glue it to the base as centrally as possible, then build up the height so the base it is on is flush with the integral base.
Then add the texture.
The texture stuff I use I really like but it shrinks a lot when it dries, that means if you use this to build up the base you need 2 or 3 layers, and it takes a while to dry.
So, my new cheaty technique is to use plasticine to build up the base and apply superglue with a cocktail stick over the plasticine. This hardens it enough to be able to apply the texture gel.
What used to take 2 or 3 sessions now takes just 1.
Not as big as I wanted, but it does fit on the size base I need it to, and it is an actual Keeper of Secrets rather than a conversion/knock off.
Turns out it is big enough.
I could have sworn the original 25mm model was huge compared to regular troops.Turns out it is not even twice as tall and the KoS’s head is only 1/3 of a human higher..
So yeah, actually it is very much big enough!
Thanks, yeah the weapons are bonkers.
My issue with the legs is they are too long.
The model, the legs are 2.00 the size of its body:
It irks me… 😀
Cheers all, a change of pace now.
Started work on a ruined windmill. Paint the lime mortar first, ready to drybrush over it in grey stone.
Started with a lime mortar base coat, drybrushed the grey stone, block coloured everything then gave it all my customary brown inkwash.
Then picked out wood grain, & tiles, & so on…
Next to add a broken sail/mast/pole/axle/arm.
Then to make a terrain base thing for it..
Cheers, I will be adding them to my 10mm website with some fluff soon.
I may make a base for my 2 Talabheim pike units and combine them into 1 bigger unit.
I like big bases and I cannot lie.
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So…. After doing that big unit of 35 compared to my normal units of 20, I have decided to make all my units 35 strong.
1: I think it looks better.
2: It will be easier to move units about as there will be fewer of them.
3: It actually increases their HTH effectiveness.
4: (And this is the main reason). It has allowed me to combine some of my Talabheim units into each other, and this reduces the amount of non Stirland units of the table without losing whole units.
I have merged my 2 units of 20 Talabheim pike into one unit, thus halving the amount of Talabhiem pike in the army.
This will soon result in there being a very clear majority of Stirland troops.I have just printed another unit of 35 Helblitzen.
Pics in a day or two.
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