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I have stuck down some GW sand on my Grey Knights Dreadnought base.
I am keeping it simple, as I am using a desert theme for the Daemonhunters force I am building.
I used PVA (white glue) and then scattered the GW sand (which I really like, especially the small stones) over it.
Next stage is the undercoat.
I undercoated the whole Gunwagon with a black undercoat.
Here is another view.
I have already mentioned that I undercoated the Kannon.
The next stage is to drybrush the model.
Having cleaned the parts I started to try dry runs and then sticking the track units together.
The track units went very easily together though did requires some cleaning and they did have some large chunks of superfluous resin. The tracks went on easily and are separate from the wheels.
They came together nicely.
I then stuck the gun shield and the engine block to the main structure. I used epoxy resin for this as superglue wouldn’t be strong enough as the resin filled in the slight gaps between the parts.
I then stuck the two tracked sections to each side and the exhausts.
Next stage is the undercoat.
See my previous post on the Kannon, having cleaned the parts, they were ready to be stuck together.
The actual Kannon model does go together quite nicely.
I did stick the Kannon together and intially I did include the base which in fact isn’t required when using the Kannon with the GunWagon, and this isn’t clear on the instructions.
I undercoated the Kannon with a black undercoat.
I have also been working on the Gunwagon itself.
If you have looked at my Grey Knights Landspeeder you will realise that I am attempting to paint a Grey Knights force which goes beyond the listings in the DaemonHunters Codex. What I am trying to do is to create a Grey Knights force (using the Space Marine Codex) and then using a DaemonHunters force as allies.
One thing I will be using are ordinary Space Marines conveted and painted as Grey Knights. As well as ordinary Marines I am going to use some of the Space Marine Veterans as they look very ornate with their purity seals and stuff. Here is the blister.
It was a simple model to put together and went together really easily.
This is the front view.
The right view.
The left view.
The back view.
Next stage is to get the base done.
One excellent birthday present I had was a Grey Knights Dreadnought from Forgeworld. This is a fantastically detailed model, with lots of engravings, purity seals
These are the parts that you get.
You can see the detail on this close-up.
This is another view of the parts this time with the bits that you need to cut off highlighted.
These are the cleaned parts.
One of the issues I had with the model was the large piece of superfluous resin on the back which I literally had to hack off.
This was no small piece of sprue this was a large chunk of resin.
Next stage is to stick the thing together (and order some arms).
A little more has been done.
The model is an Imperial Guard Catachan Sniper.
Previous work on this model can be found on the workbench feature.
The Kannon model from Forgeworld is a very nice model.
Most of the Forgeworld parts come with bits of flash and the Kannon is no exception. The photograph below shows the bits that you need to remove.
I do like this model and I think I might get some more.
Why you should take extra care cleaning mould lines on your models…
Having painted the equipment on my Ork Mekboy black.
However this photograph shows that I really needed to spend a little more time cleaning the mould lines off the model. Though when I did this it fell apart!
Back together again.
Next stage re-apply the undercoat.