Yes it is true, I have finally managed to paint two drop pods at the same time without tearing my eyes out or shoving the blasted things in the skip.
The trick was to leave them at the side of my desk as I was painting other stuff, and just paint a little bit every day. A door here and a panel there and soon enough they were done (I say soon enough, but it actually took two months all in). Unfortunately I have two more to do but these are not needed for blog wars, so can wait for another time when I am feeling brave enough to have a crack at them.
As usual I started with a black wash over the chassis, followed by three heavy brown ones for the worn and weathered look (Infantry only have two brown washes but these need more as there is a much larger surface area. I really quite like the splotchy and drizzled effect that the wash makes on these. Makes them look quite oily and grimy. The rest was blocking in the colours on the doors and adding weathering to blend it all together. For a model I have hated to paint the end result is not too bad. I should have done a much better job but I could not summon up the courage or motivation to do so.
Only 6 more thunderwolves left to paint (ooh er) and my blog wars list will be complete (finally :) )
Till next time
NafNaf out! :)
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