Comments on: Word of Blake Shadow Division

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:01:33 +0000

@ grey_death, yes the transition is painted on. No airbrush for me yet, although it’s been something I’ve wanted to try out eventually.

You are very right on the pinning. Thinking about it now, that cork is the weakest link in my ‘Mechs structure. Not much of a worry with the Redshift and possibly the BlackKnight, but the Seraph and the Legacy might have trouble down the line. Good news is that they would be relatively easy to repair if the cork gave way.

Glad to hear you like the blog, thanks for stopping by!

By: grey_death

grey_death — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:06:05 +0000

Cork makes for some wonderful craggy rock. Nice work on the mechs. Did you paint the transition or use an airbrush/spray for it? It’s nice and smooth. Some of the highlights are a bit rough, but at this scale it’s rather hard to get them ‘just’ right, and battle damage being as persistent as it is on the battlefield, it would make sense for a bit rougher of a look to a mech.

I have had people suggest pinning the models to the base into the foot for a bit more security when using cork for basing, might save you some time in waiting for the epoxy to dry. Only issue being here is that you can’t use the L pin and would have to use a straight pin into the metal of the base. But it’s a thought for added security!

Great blog btw!

By: Paint-it-pink

Paint-it-pink — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:14:05 +0000

I think that these miniatures are very well painted wargaming standard mechs. Let’s be honest and admit that we really wouldn’t want to be handling, on a regular basis, some of the creations that we see on Camo Specs. Let alone allowing other people get their grubby paws on them.

Now don’t take this the wrong way, but I do wish that CGL, or whoever, when they were thinking up the WoB scheme had thought to reverse it from the current specification, because it would make a lot more sense to fade from dark down to light, if you want some sort of disruption of the shape through the tonal qualities of the camouflage.