Just a quick update on my Knight I managed to get the bits based with imperial Primer. One thing I noticed was that the paint seemed to chip/rub off very easily. So I think I will need to seal the model once I have finished painting it.
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I cut plasticard to the shape of the oval base to make the base look like it was made of wraith bone. The plastic card is difficult to cut so I tried to keep the lines straight to make a sort of puzzle look but then I decided to make a transition between the wraithbone and the city street theme so cut the card in half.
I then decided to do a split of half half as sort of a wraith bone tile that he will be standing on. I also thought it would be cool to have a wound tracker on the base. So I drilled a hole and placed a 3x1mm magnet in the base. The statue is from the Dire Avenger sprue and the circle is a Night goblin shield. I glued them together with the shields wooden side facing down. I then drilled a hole and placed another 3x1mm magnet in the center of the shield.
I used the bevel tool on my Dremel like device to cut grooves into the base. I might have not made them deep enough tho.
The little white circles are BB bullets cut in half and then glued down onto the base. 1 for each of the 6 wounds as when it gets to 0 you would remove it off the table
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Thats a great wound tracker, I've been thinking about HP trackers for my orks, especially since I plan to have meks running around fixing things. I was considering having multiple grots and removing them as it loses HPs. But moving a single one (or a snotling) might actually be a better idea, especially since grot rigger upgrade cost like 20pts so may not always get used.
ReplyDeleteWith the old O&G Night goblins you get these small plastic snotlings which could work well for that. I could it working by drilling and placing 3 (hull point #) of magnets in a row on the top of a tank and putting a magnet in the feet of a snotling ( one of these http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qpfCIXaH4jI/UkRs4ntiywI/AAAAAAAAE2g/E2fpPBCIZk8/s1600/goblins+nocturnos+snotlings.jpg ) and moving it along after each point of damage.
DeleteOr have little sheets of plasticard magnatized on to cover something and then slowly remove them as damage is dealt, Only problem is how noticeable it is.
DeleteWow...I came to see the blog...and was amazed by the wound markers...then Daniel goes and blows my mind with using grots as hull points for the gorkanaut! Such a great day. Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting glad you got something out of it.
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