It's a nice kit, although definitely needs painting in sub assemblies, no matter how tempting it is to go ahead and glue it all together, my only complaint is the general laziness of its design In regards to the Wyvern, the mortar tank that can be built instead. In my opinion changing the ammo boxes and lopping off the barrels does not make for a convincing light artillery piece. However there have been some interesting conversions popping up on the net recently that have have piqued my interest in getting another one of these kits at some point.
You can't really see it on the close up photo, but I tried to do a bit of freehand on the targeting display with slightly disappointing results, it's definitely something I need to practice more.
After work and parenting I'm only left with a couple of hours hobby time every week so getting the hydra done has taken me a lot longer than I would have liked! Hopefully not such a big gap till the next post!
Looks great Phil. Really nice and grimy. I agree the quad autocannons are flippin awesome looking!
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg! I tried a black glaze combined with washes for the oily bits and scorched barrels. it was my first try with a glaze - I picked it up on a whim - and I'm pretty pleased with the results for the time spent.
DeleteGlazes and washes are my favorite way to paint...you can do so many fun things with them! Let them sit longer, they stain more. Can pull them off right away with a towel, rub around with fingers...oh man gets me excited to go paint :)
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