I gave the craters a base coat. Rather than use GW paints I used Daler Rowney’s Burnt Umber acrylic paint. The paint does give a slight sheen, but the process I am using should tone that down.
Tag: scenery
Moonscape
After buying the “not very good” Blastscape I was slighty wary of buying the Moonscape, knowing it was made from the same vac-formed process. However Simon had bought some a year or so back and he said they were very good. So one impulse purchase later and I was the proud owner of a bag of Moonscape craters.
No battlefield would be complete without some fantastic terrain to bring your games to life and provide cover for your units. These Warhammer 40,000 Moonscapes are an excellent representation of the craters and ruined earth left by the devastating weaponry of the 41st millennium. Easily painted to match your gaming board they provide cover for advancing squads and can be used to represent the craters left by destroyed vehicles.
This set contains five different variations of vac-formed plastic craters for use in your games of Warhammer 40,000.
I gave the craters a white undercoat.
Epic Hellhound
An Epic Imperial Guard Hellhound moves through the ruins of an Imperial City.
The model is from the Epic 40000 era and is very well detailed.
From Simon’s collection. More photographs of Epic Imperial Guard.
Base coating the Skyshield Landing Pad
After undercoating the Skyshield Landing Pad the next stage was the base coat.
I used a Humbrol green spray can for the base coat.
I had to ensure that I covered all the undercut detail, especially on the legs.
Next stage is detailing and weathering.
Ork Crane
A different view of an Ork crane at GamesDay 2007.
Softening the Blastscape
Having given the Blastscape a base coat of black and red primer, I used a brown spray to soften the harshness of the base coat.
I was quite pleased with the effect. Next stage is drybrushing.
Basecoating the Blastscape
After applying the texture and letting it dry fully I gave the blastscape a basecoat of black and red primer.
Undercoating the Skyshield Landing Pad
Before basecoating my Skyshield Landing Pad I gave it a white undercoat.
Texturising the Blastscape
I decided to add some texture to the blastscapes. I mixed some polyfilla, white glue, sand and water. This was then brushed liberally over the blastscapes. These photographs were taken when they were wet.
Skyshield Landing Pad
The Skyshield Landing Pad is a very nice piece of scenery for Warhammer 40,000.
It goes together quite easily.
Though the key really is to ensure that you don’t stick it so that the side walls can go up and down.
I am not sure if I managed this very well, as at least one gets stuck and starts to unclip.
I might just well leave them up, possibly buy another one with the side walls down.