Saturday 20 March 2021

Hobby Diary Part 3: Monster March and Razorback TO-DONE!!!

 



Hi folks,

Last night I added the final touches to the Razorback I have been working on for the 2nd Edition Army Challenge. I added a whole bunch of decals. Unfortunately, most of them have left some kind of water mark around them, perhaps from the adhesive spreading. I am not sure at this stage whether it is worthwhile trying to get rid of it, perhaps by sealing the decals with a setting agent. I may try it on a small section. Otherwise, I am very happy with how it has turned out and really excited to use it in a game. The combination of lascannon and plasma guns is really fun.










As soon as I finished the Razorback I got cracking on the Forest Dragon. It is going to take a special effort to get it finished in time, but with 11 days left, I think I should be able to do it justice. I have started working on the base early as well, as I can see it is going to take a bit of time to add all of the components that I want.







See you across the table,

Marc


8 comments:

  1. Hi Marc!

    I really like the Old School painting on the Razorback! Brings back memories of the 2nd edition Warhammer 40k :)

    Cheers!

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    1. There are so many models that I dreamed about having back in the 90's, that I am only now capable of getting. 14 year old me is pretty excited:-)

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  2. Once again, beautiful work! I have blended decals into the model with careful layers of varnish - gloss at first and then a spray of matt varnish.

    The Dragon is coming along nicely as well! I'd dread having to putty the seams when painting in subassemblies, I#ll e looking forward to see how you do it!

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    1. Yeah, I am going to have to do some careful varnish shenanigans, I think. The seams are problematic, but still better than trying to reach all of those hard-to-reach places!

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  3. Ah...2nd addition. Good times!

    Great looking dragon head too, Marc!

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    1. Thanks mate; my heart is still firmly in the 90's era of 40K. Otherwise, I would need to rename my blog ;-)

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  4. Micro sol can help with the decals. Varnish locks in the problem. Microsol will melt the film.

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    1. Varnish will lock it in, but can also hide the problem (due to its refractivity). I like the idea of using Microsol, though. I ran out last year and have been using a setting agent, which has been fine for most things. This project turned a little weird though. Time to place an order ;-)

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