Post by hasdrubal on Jan 10, 2011 5:25:07 GMT -5
My 2011 main gaming project is to build an Elysean air cavalry army under the Imperial Armour 8 rules. I want to be able to play under the standard IG codex rules should it be needed, so models and weapon choices need to be done with consistent proxying in mind as well.
I have always loved the Forge World Elysean Drop Troops and purchased the bulk of the forces needed for the army as my own Christmas present. After spending a fair amount of hours building the models and priming them, the first Veterans squad is reading for painting:
I’ve been in and out of the Hobby for the last 15 years or so, and resumed painting and gaming seriously (well, mostly building painting) a year and a half ago. This is the first time I work with resin and Forge World models, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the level of details on the models. I’ve also had a few nasty surprises, namely:
- Assembling the lasgun arms. They come with matching weapon arm and pointing arm, and were a pain to put together because of the quick drying time of superglue. I ultimately had to greenstuff a few gaps at the wrists.
- Converting the special weapons. I had to chop through the plasma guns of the weapons upgrade sprue in quite a few areas in order to make them fit with the arms and get a suitable pose. Considering the price of the models, I’d have expected the weapon to come with suitable arms, oh well.
- Gluing the shoulder pads definitely was a frustrating experience, as most pads will contact the torso by the side only.
I definitely recommend using gel superglue instead of liquid one, as it allows to fill in the tiny gaps that exist in some gluing areas. Some elements, such as the heads, almost require pinning to be glued in place.
All in all, the cleaning, cutting and assembly stage took around 13 hours, which is quite long! I expect it to decrease as I get more experience with the models, but I assume it will still take about 1 hour/model.
The models have been primed with Grey Primer (Vallejo Air Colors), thinned to a 1:1 ratio with Vallejo gloss varnish, and with the addition of a couple of Vallejo thinning medium. It was sprayed through the airbrush (I use a Haarder Steinbeck Evolution 2 in 1 with a 0.4 needle) at about 15 PSI. I then did a pre-shading by spraying Black (Vallejo Air Color) mixed with gloss varnish at a 1:1 ratio from below the model at around 10 PSI, and pre-highlighting by spraying White (VAC) mixed with gloss varnish at the same ratio and at the same pressure.
The color scheme I’ve chosen is based on the standard city/desert camo pattern adopted by the US Army. It will consist in light tan fatigues, light grey body armour and brown accents for the belts, straps and boots. I will try to post progresses as they occur during the month.
Thanks for reading, questions, comments and feedback are welcome!
I have always loved the Forge World Elysean Drop Troops and purchased the bulk of the forces needed for the army as my own Christmas present. After spending a fair amount of hours building the models and priming them, the first Veterans squad is reading for painting:
I’ve been in and out of the Hobby for the last 15 years or so, and resumed painting and gaming seriously (well, mostly building painting) a year and a half ago. This is the first time I work with resin and Forge World models, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the level of details on the models. I’ve also had a few nasty surprises, namely:
- Assembling the lasgun arms. They come with matching weapon arm and pointing arm, and were a pain to put together because of the quick drying time of superglue. I ultimately had to greenstuff a few gaps at the wrists.
- Converting the special weapons. I had to chop through the plasma guns of the weapons upgrade sprue in quite a few areas in order to make them fit with the arms and get a suitable pose. Considering the price of the models, I’d have expected the weapon to come with suitable arms, oh well.
- Gluing the shoulder pads definitely was a frustrating experience, as most pads will contact the torso by the side only.
I definitely recommend using gel superglue instead of liquid one, as it allows to fill in the tiny gaps that exist in some gluing areas. Some elements, such as the heads, almost require pinning to be glued in place.
All in all, the cleaning, cutting and assembly stage took around 13 hours, which is quite long! I expect it to decrease as I get more experience with the models, but I assume it will still take about 1 hour/model.
The models have been primed with Grey Primer (Vallejo Air Colors), thinned to a 1:1 ratio with Vallejo gloss varnish, and with the addition of a couple of Vallejo thinning medium. It was sprayed through the airbrush (I use a Haarder Steinbeck Evolution 2 in 1 with a 0.4 needle) at about 15 PSI. I then did a pre-shading by spraying Black (Vallejo Air Color) mixed with gloss varnish at a 1:1 ratio from below the model at around 10 PSI, and pre-highlighting by spraying White (VAC) mixed with gloss varnish at the same ratio and at the same pressure.
The color scheme I’ve chosen is based on the standard city/desert camo pattern adopted by the US Army. It will consist in light tan fatigues, light grey body armour and brown accents for the belts, straps and boots. I will try to post progresses as they occur during the month.
Thanks for reading, questions, comments and feedback are welcome!