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hough I have already painted some of the Epic Forgeworld Ork Gunwagons, I am currently painting some more.
They started with a white undercoat and then I sprayed the bottom with black paint to seal in the resin.
These are very detailed models and well worth getting and very good value (compared to the metal models from GW) at £5 for three.
I also like the weapons on them and it is worth getting them I think just to get the guns for conversions.
Did the tyres on my Epic Bowelburnaz.
With some new Epic Skorchaz I am currently painting I am going to follow a scheme I have used on some Wartrakk conversions.
Starting with a white undercoat I have painted the metal parts in black paint.
Once this is finished I will drybrush with Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal. The rest of the model will be painted in a shade of brown with each model having their own shade. This will then be washed with an ink and paint wash before detailing is added.
My current Epic Skorchaz look like this which was based on an all over black undercoat.
My intention is to follow a scheme similar to these Wartrakk conversions.
I have painted the base coat on my Lunburstaz.
They are going to be in the same paint scheme as my more desert models.
I really like this model, the detail on the casting is excellent and in some ways better than current models.
Note the paint is still a little wet in that picture.
I have added some more Woodland Scenics foilage to my grassy scenery board, it is now good to go…
As you can see from this crop it is now more verdant than before.
The Woodland Scenics used is very clumpy and quite difficult to work with and stick down so some is now loose.
And for those that like to see Epic pictures here is a Ork Junkatrukk.
I have now added some more foliage using a rougher Woodland Scenics flock and some lichen as a base to give it some depth.
You can now see the look I was going through with this cropped image.
This is a picture of my Ork Skorcha in the morning sun.
I have based the look on real places and this was based on Cheddar Gorge.
Since the last picture was taken I have drybrushed the rock face and the rocks with various shades of grey.
I then with a brush put some PVA (white glue) down before covering it with a Woodland Scenics grass flock.
This is a close-up of the Ork vehicle in the terrain.
Still needing to add some more foliage and some different flock to get a more natural feel.
What really got me motivated to start these tiles was a new product from GW, RoughCoat, which can be used to add a roughened coating to expanded polystyrene, which should a) protect the tiles b) work well on the AT buildings I now have for the cityfight terrain.
Well getting hold of a can of RoughCoat is proving a bit of a nightmare, more popular than GW Marketing thought so virtually every GW store is out of stock.
Looked at the boards and added some more black duct tape as the thinner edges were lifting.
On the desert terrain I glued some cork and rocks down.
The last picture of the Photographic Terrain Desert was taken in the garage when it was still wet.
Here is a picture of it in the sun, now dry.
This picture shows (though it is still unfinished) how I am going to use it for photographs.
Still some work to do.
Having forgotten to take a picture of the intermediate stage from the last picture, I spray painted the scenery.
Starting off with a black spray for the rockface, this was followed by a rust red colour and finally a brown spray. The picture shows it just after I finished so the paint is still wet.
The next stage will be drybrushing.
In case you were wondering the board is 19″ across and 14″ deep.